Uh-Oh

I think I’ve contracted food poisoning from the Jamaican patties pictured below. Either that or the coconut cream and chili peppers I’ve been eating have finally pushed my stomach over the edge….

Notting Hill Carnival, part one

Portobello Road, 6:15 pm. My mini harmonica was put to good use.

"I hate to say it, but this place is getting to me. I think I'm getting the fear."

"Just another freak in the freak kingdom."

"If I were you I'd leave the Doctor alone until after he's eaten his breakfast because he's a very crude man."

"Wear some golf shoes, otherwise we'll never get out of this place alive."

"Impossible to walk in this muck. No footing at all."

More to come.

Quotes from Fear and Loathing by Hunter S. Thompson

Day off with Meaghan

expensive flower-water

what I didn't eat for lunch

pan-asian cuisine at Tanpopo in South Kensington

like the English, Canadians take beer seriously

Tomorrow is Notting Hill Carnival, which I will be documenting in a post in the next day or two, depending on how the party goes.

Jamon Iberico

check out the price tag!

The priciest piece of pig in the world, as seen at Harrod’s food hall.

Harassing Adam

It’s a slow Sunday night, must be time to take some video!

Cupcakes

We make these cupcakes by putting together a batter of rice flour, hydrolyzed lime water, coconut cream, red curry oil, grated coconut and rice. All the ingredients are whizzed together using a stick blender and the batter goes all over your pants. This is crucial.

The batter is poured into a heated brass cupcake pan set over a wok burner. It has been liberally greased with coconut oil. When it starts to set you get out your “cupcake knife”, usually the first knife you brought with you to Nahm that is now so horribly dull it’s beyond sharpening. Using said knife, cut the individual cupcakes out of their molds. Fill them two-thirds of the way up with more batter that’s been let out with coconut cream. Cover with the brass lid. Once the filling is cooked, carefully remove cupcakes from pan. This can be tricky if the pan has not been seasoned properly. Very tricky. I had a bit of an incident the other day when my thumb was burnt with coconut fat, the cupcakes were sticking to the pan, and my cupcake knife was so dull it wouldn’t even cut the cupcakes. Don’t try this at home.

The cupcakes are reheated to order and filled with red curry of crab.

Raclette

After working several mentally-draining, physically arduous shifts during which I skipped both lunch and dinner, and made up the lack of calories with more than my fair share of champagne, beer and cider (burp), I woke up this morning feeling on the verge of total collapse. I needed sustenance. I needed fat with a side of starch. I needed…to go to the Borough market for melted raclette!

I downed this glorious mess of potatoes, pickles and cheese without scarcely chewing. And all was right with the world.

1000 Words

Londoners discussing cheese at Neal's Yard Dairy

Graffiti by Banksy

Liverpool Street Station

Battersea Park

Pho Pas?

Flea Market!

shop 'til you drop

nothing could deter me from buying the tiny harmonica on a chain

or the 2nd century AD Roman coin

is it real, who knows? do I love it? yes!