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Sitting here editing these photos has made me so hungry! Last week Lexxi introduced me to Ukai Sushi; just down the road from her work, she goes regularly for a bite and was the perfect partner to order all the best dishes on the menu.
It all looked so good and we sat there hungrily eyeing up everyone else's dishes, until we decided to go for a mix of sushi and hot plates, washed down with some miso soup and a bottle of their sweet homemade Sake! The sushi was out of this world and I'm pretty sure I'm hooked, next time I'm in central I'll be heading back here to catch Lex on one of her impromptu lunches!
There's no doubt that East London's Columbia Road flower market is the place to be on a Sunday, just a short walk away from Brick Lane's PUMA YARD, it hosts live music, a farmers market, coffee pit stops, cafe's and of course, the flower stalls overspilling with freshly cut or grown greenery. The sound of merchants trying to out shout each other is deafening as you walk down Columbia Road (GET YOUR ROSES £5 A BUNCH!), and always brings a smile to my face.
For lunch I stopped by Printers and Stationers, an old printing workshop converted into an eatery just off the square where you can watch the buskers play, it's the perfect chill out spot for a beer a beer and pulled pork sandwich, as well as being just around the corner from the fresh Oyster bar. The flower market is open from 8am to 4pm on Sundays only.
Helpful tip: turn up around 4pm, closing time, for bunches of flowers for £2 or £3!
Some pictures rounding up my birthday last Wednesday; breakfast at the Breakfast Club with family and friends (I've just discovered their bacon and banana french toast - totally addicted!), followed by drinks in the sunshine overlooking London, some pampering in the afternoon before, dinner with some of my closest friends Alexxsia, Michael, Kit, Jackie, Alistair and Jade. Lexxi surprised me with my favourite cake in the whole world; a red velvet from the Hummingbird bakery! Happiness is that cake, followed closely by being sung happy birthday to on the piano at the end of the night! It was the best day ever and I have all my friends to thank for that.
Excited to be going back to Devon tomorrow for the week, hope you are all enjoying your bank holiday weekend!
I am just bombarding you guys with food posts as of late. As soon as it gets cold I just want to stuff my face and hibernate! Anyway, this is about reclaiming my weekend; usually on a Sunday I'm stuck at work dying of boredom, so it was a real treat to have lunch with two of my besties, Alexxsia and Andrew (TFD). We were still on a high from shooting the film on Saturday and we walked around Shoreditch enjoying the snow. A few friends had been raving about The Book Club on Leonard St and it didn't disappoint; any establishment that offers free DIY bloody mary's is alright in my book. After we polished off some heavy tradish english grub we headed over to pudding favourite, the Albion where we all shared a sticky toffee, rhubarb crumble and rice pudding. Having a little bit of everything is definitely the way to go.
