Bank Holiday Weekend

Here's what I looked like this Bank Holiday Weekend:



It was a Saturday, and Jennifer had gotten brand new braids done near where I live, so we decided to meet up for a late lunch.



We decided on Arabica in Borough Market. I was a little late, so Jennifer tried to get us a table. The lady at the door declined and said it would be a 2 hour wait, which was strange as the restaurant wasn't full. She also said it wouldn't be possible to do a booking as they were all taken up. Jennifer left, called the restaurant and the smiling voice at the end of the line chirped that they did have free tables, she could take one at four if she wished? Jennifer decided not to, as I was still home and hadn't gotten to leaving yet. Unaware of all this, I wanted to make up for my tardiness and booked a table online for quarter past four.

Very strange. Nonetheless, we decided not to let this ruin our lunch and we got to ordering



We ate our way through what felt like the entire menu. My fave dish had to be the clams with giant couscous.



We were so stuffed by the end of our meal. Lovely.

Packed Lunch | (Sort of) Thai Green Curry

Due to my long term struggle with Acute Severe Delusions of Grandeuritis, I've had to look at better ways of being able to afford my life, as eating at restaurants 3 times a week, purchasing tickets to That Really Cool Thing That I Absolutely Cannot Miss, and the o(ften)dd Asos splurge really isn't all that sustainable. 

Enter, the packed lunch. I've always made some sort of attempt at packing a lunch, but it's usually what ever left overs I find knocking about in the fridge. After one sorry experience that had me chucking some miserable grey matter in the bin and legging it to Itsu to bury my face in a vegetable potsu, I thought I had better try harder at this lunch malarkey. 

I do love a good warm lunch, so no doubt a spicy curry dish would hit the spot.

I used sea salt, tumeric, Chinese Five Spice, Curry leaves, coriander seeds to season. Coconut oil to fry, and coconut milk for the curry-ness.

As you can see, this wasn't a strict curry recipe as I pretty much stuck to what I had in the fridge save for a few bits I had to buy. It's actually pretty good and does a great job and lubricating the godforsaken husks of joy that brown rice grains are.

xxx