So, you may have noticed my blog is changing a bit. This is due to the fact that I've decided to not only blog about food, but all sorts of fun stuff. :D I've been reading a lot of beauty blogs lately and decided it looked like fun, it'll still mostly be food but I'll throw in a few beauty blogs too.
Wish me luck.
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Sunday, 10 April 2011
Sunday, 3 April 2011
Lockstone Pub Lunch
Lockstone, 22 Market Place, Nottingham NG10 1LT, 0115 946 9950.
On a surprisingly sunny day, (for Britain) me and my buddy Laura decided to have a bite to eat at Lockstone, seeing as it looked like a semi decent place to eat in Long Eaton. We wandered in and had a snoop around and it all looked pretty good, nice lighting and seating and OHYES Costa Coffee! I was sold and ushered her to a booth to have a look at the menu.
Pretty good pub lunch stuff, the usual burgers and fish and chips, jacket potatoes and salads. But me and my carnivore friend were set on steak. So I wandered up to the bar to order food and get us some drinks, of course I get ID'd, what with looking 15 and having pink hair (And being about 5ft...). But I'm overjoyed as they have one of my favourite drinks ever.
Brothers Toffee Apple Cider.
I bloody love this stuff. I can't stand normal apple cider but this stuff is great, it actually tastes like toffee apples! Nice and sweet and really refreshing with ice in a glass. I got Laura a Kopparberg Pear cider which is equally as lovely, but I find it a little sickly after half a bottle.
But back to the food. We settle ourselves down and after a short while the waiter brings our food over, but there's a problem.
"I don't know which is the rare one and which is the medium one..." Uh, okay. So I say it's no problem, we'll figure it out when we start eating. Then he hands us our cutlery and they only have one steak knife.
One steak knife. Really?
Well, it looked pretty good. And it tasted good too, though BOTH steaks were medium in the end. The onion rings were the best part of the meal though, nice and crunchy :D We both tossed aside the tomato and tucked in and we enjoyed it. Laura finished hers first (because she's a hungry beast) and the waiter pounced on us. When he asked if we were finished and Laura said yes, when I say "No, I'm still eating" it's not a cue to take both our plates and leave me mid chew with a knife and fork in my hand, staring at you blankly as you steal my food.
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Wednesday, 16 February 2011
Assorted Desserts, Cakes and sweet stuff!
So January and February seem to have been all about sweets, which ain't half bad :D
Asda Café -Fudge cake & Cookies and cream -£3.50 each.
The local store where me and my friend tend to go when we get bored/hungry has a little eat in section which Kirsty and I decided to try out, slightly apprehensively. Took us a little while but we managed to settle on a couple of cakes and some cappuccino. It's all very school cafeteria styled, you take a tray along the counter and grab what you want then you go make your own drink on the coffee machine. The coffee itself was nice, the cakes were really disappointing. They looked really nice, can't fault them on that but they were SO dry. They must have been left out for hours. The fudge cake was okay, the fondant was nice but it was way too dry to finish. The cookies had gone hard and the amount of cream was immense. The strawberries were good though. :I
Asda - Chocolate Mini Doughnut Balls £1 for 15.
I'm a massive fan of chocolate doughnuts, Asda used to do really nice chocolate doughnuts covered in powdered sugar but they decided to stop making them for some reason </3 so I found these and decided to try them out. They're nice enough for £1 a box but they just felt a little too... doughy. Sounds weird, right? The texture was just off, I have no way of describing it other than they were undercooked in the bakery. They tasted good, just felt strange. They were nommed up pretty fast though :D
The Cheesecake Shop
I've pretty much fallen in love with The Cheesecake shop! Massive slabs of amazing cakes for £3.50! I've only tried two so far, of course they're chocolate flavour.
Asda Café -Fudge cake & Cookies and cream -£3.50 each.
The local store where me and my friend tend to go when we get bored/hungry has a little eat in section which Kirsty and I decided to try out, slightly apprehensively. Took us a little while but we managed to settle on a couple of cakes and some cappuccino. It's all very school cafeteria styled, you take a tray along the counter and grab what you want then you go make your own drink on the coffee machine. The coffee itself was nice, the cakes were really disappointing. They looked really nice, can't fault them on that but they were SO dry. They must have been left out for hours. The fudge cake was okay, the fondant was nice but it was way too dry to finish. The cookies had gone hard and the amount of cream was immense. The strawberries were good though. :I
Asda - Chocolate Mini Doughnut Balls £1 for 15.
I'm a massive fan of chocolate doughnuts, Asda used to do really nice chocolate doughnuts covered in powdered sugar but they decided to stop making them for some reason </3 so I found these and decided to try them out. They're nice enough for £1 a box but they just felt a little too... doughy. Sounds weird, right? The texture was just off, I have no way of describing it other than they were undercooked in the bakery. They tasted good, just felt strange. They were nommed up pretty fast though :D
The Cheesecake Shop
I've pretty much fallen in love with The Cheesecake shop! Massive slabs of amazing cakes for £3.50! I've only tried two so far, of course they're chocolate flavour.
Boston Mud
The Cheesecake Shop's Boston Mudcake was absolutely delish. Really moist and chocolatey, not too heavy and the chocolate shavings on top melted in your mouth. I almost ate myself into a chocolate coma :] And the bonus of getting it half off because it had to be sold made it even sweeter. ;D
Jamaican Chocolate Cheesecake
If I thought the Boston Mudcake was chocolatey, this is just... I don't even know. This cake almost exploded my tastebuds with chocolate. It's so, so, so, so rich & nice and soft. The base is sweet and crunchy which works well with the almost melted feeling of the chocolate :D Awesome cakes.
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Thursday, 3 February 2011
The Fails of 2010
[I've been needing to update my blog for a while now, but I haven't really had anything interesting enough to blog about :I Quite a few new posts will be up soon seeing as I've found a new favourite place to OMNOMNOM at The Cheesecake Shop.]
Happy belated New Year! :D Yes, I know this is very late but I've been rather busy. I seem to be 22 now, as of January 15th :] But before we go onto 2011, we really should take a look at a few of the FAILS of 2010.
The Plough Christmas Dinner.
Seriously, what the hell was that all about? I know we only paid about £10 each for a 3 course meal but it was pretty darn shoddy. We came here for our work christmas dinner and someone who works with me knows the owner so we got a good deal. You couldn't fault the staff and the prices but I'll let you take a look at the food for yourself.
Mmm, tempting. Charlotte chose the garlic mushrooms for her starter and we just stared at them blankly for a moment before bursting out into fits of laughter at these sad looking balls. She took a bite out and got squirted with grease, before watching what looked like an eyeball roll out of the breadcrumbs. Fun stuff.
Next up was the main course, what I was so looking forward to. Well, my steak had cheese on it for some reason, which wasn't on the menu, but hey I like cheese. Until I tasted it. Rubbery mild cheddar makes me so sad. The steak itself was nice, they cooked it rare like I wanted (much to the gagging noises of my colleagues. :P). The veg was overcooked I'm afraid and the potatoes were soggy, so I was pretty disappointed. But, again there was worse.
Christmas dinner. Heh. Looks yummy right? :I I don't think I even need to describe this.
Flipz
I'd been having cravings for these for a long, long, long, long, long, long time. I mean years and years. I'd had these when I was little and always remembered liking them so I tried making my own a few times just by dipping pretzels in melted chocolate and they were always great, I'm a massive fan of saltiness in chocolate. So I ordered some off the internet, thinking I'd get something EPIC to snack on and have something to blog about. I got them from American Food UK and I was really excited but they were all stuck together and had turned white in places.
So sad.
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Happy belated New Year! :D Yes, I know this is very late but I've been rather busy. I seem to be 22 now, as of January 15th :] But before we go onto 2011, we really should take a look at a few of the FAILS of 2010.
The Plough Christmas Dinner.
Seriously, what the hell was that all about? I know we only paid about £10 each for a 3 course meal but it was pretty darn shoddy. We came here for our work christmas dinner and someone who works with me knows the owner so we got a good deal. You couldn't fault the staff and the prices but I'll let you take a look at the food for yourself.
It started out nice enough, the bubble coated prawns with sweet chilli sauce were really nice, all crunchy and salty goodness. I'm a huge fan of prawns, especially these kind so I also ate the tails. Crunchy goodness. So after the starter I was pretty excited for the rest of the meal. My friend Charlotte unfortunately didn't have the same experience...
Mmm, tempting. Charlotte chose the garlic mushrooms for her starter and we just stared at them blankly for a moment before bursting out into fits of laughter at these sad looking balls. She took a bite out and got squirted with grease, before watching what looked like an eyeball roll out of the breadcrumbs. Fun stuff.
Next up was the main course, what I was so looking forward to. Well, my steak had cheese on it for some reason, which wasn't on the menu, but hey I like cheese. Until I tasted it. Rubbery mild cheddar makes me so sad. The steak itself was nice, they cooked it rare like I wanted (much to the gagging noises of my colleagues. :P). The veg was overcooked I'm afraid and the potatoes were soggy, so I was pretty disappointed. But, again there was worse.
Christmas dinner. Heh. Looks yummy right? :I I don't think I even need to describe this.
Flipz
I'd been having cravings for these for a long, long, long, long, long, long time. I mean years and years. I'd had these when I was little and always remembered liking them so I tried making my own a few times just by dipping pretzels in melted chocolate and they were always great, I'm a massive fan of saltiness in chocolate. So I ordered some off the internet, thinking I'd get something EPIC to snack on and have something to blog about. I got them from American Food UK and I was really excited but they were all stuck together and had turned white in places.
So sad.
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Monday, 3 January 2011
The Square
The Square, 7-9, The Poultry, Nottingham.
Just another quick one to show off all the pretty drinks me and a few friends had the other day at The Square in Nottingham center.
L-R: Blowjob, Strawberry cheesecake & some unknown shot. I had the blowjob, but all giggles aside this was awesome. Banana liqueur, Baileys and whipped cream.
L-R: Jaffa cake, After Eight & Strawberry cheesecake. I'd been eyeing this up after someone else had is to I decided to go for it. It's basically the same as a blowjob but has strawberry liqueur instead of banana. It wasn't as nice, put it that way.
L-R: Zombie, Key West Cooler (the tall one), Neon Dream (at the front) & Purple People Eater. The barman was getting a bit sick of us ordering Neon Dreams all the time, so we ended up having a variety. And at 2 cocktails for £6.50 it was alllll goood.
This is where thing get a bit blurry, I don't remember all of these lol. The green one is a Shrek, the tall red one is a Little Red Dress (which was really nice and fruity) and there's my favourite drink, a white russian (the small white one <3)
I don't even know what these ones are o_o They were all very tastey though!
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28.12.10 - Wagamama
Wagamama, The Corner House, Burton Street, Nottingham.
Words cannot describe how much I love Wagamama. Seriously. One night, Laura, Niki and I decided we needed a girls night out. So, we decided on going to Wagamama and then for a few cocktails, I'd never been before so I was getting pretty damn excited (as I do with food). I actually spent an hour the previous night looking at the menu and choosing what I wanted. (Yes, I am lame. I even know what I'm going to have when I go back.)
First things first.
Drinks! Laura had to skip the alcohol at first because her glands were swollen :[ but she joined in later. The one in the back with the lemon is 511 Fuji club which was Niki's, "rum, with fresh apple and lime juice garnished with an apple wheel" (£5.25) Mine at the front was a 510 Harajuku "vodka, honey and thai basil with fresh pineapple juice" (£5.25) I can't deny anything with honey in it, and this had vodka too AND pineapple juice. I think I died a little from happiness. Laura had the peach iced tea (£1.75)
So after a short wait of choosing food (Well, Laura and Niki aren't as sad as me and didn't choose their food the previous night) and me getting more and more excited, our food had arrived.
Chilli Squid - £5,35
Oh baby <3 This stuff was actually amazing. "Deep-fried squid seasoned with sea salt and shichimi. Served with a chilli, garlic and coriander dipping sauce" The squid was really nice and crunchy on the outside but beneath all the deep fried goodness the insides were nice and chewy as squid should be. I could have eaten this twice <3 Thank god I can use chopsticks.
Chilli Beef Ramen - £11.85
Words cannot describe how much I love Wagamama. Seriously. One night, Laura, Niki and I decided we needed a girls night out. So, we decided on going to Wagamama and then for a few cocktails, I'd never been before so I was getting pretty damn excited (as I do with food). I actually spent an hour the previous night looking at the menu and choosing what I wanted. (Yes, I am lame. I even know what I'm going to have when I go back.)
First things first.
Drinks! Laura had to skip the alcohol at first because her glands were swollen :[ but she joined in later. The one in the back with the lemon is 511 Fuji club which was Niki's, "rum, with fresh apple and lime juice garnished with an apple wheel" (£5.25) Mine at the front was a 510 Harajuku "vodka, honey and thai basil with fresh pineapple juice" (£5.25) I can't deny anything with honey in it, and this had vodka too AND pineapple juice. I think I died a little from happiness. Laura had the peach iced tea (£1.75)
So after a short wait of choosing food (Well, Laura and Niki aren't as sad as me and didn't choose their food the previous night) and me getting more and more excited, our food had arrived.
Chilli Squid - £5,35
Oh baby <3 This stuff was actually amazing. "Deep-fried squid seasoned with sea salt and shichimi. Served with a chilli, garlic and coriander dipping sauce" The squid was really nice and crunchy on the outside but beneath all the deep fried goodness the insides were nice and chewy as squid should be. I could have eaten this twice <3 Thank god I can use chopsticks.
Chilli Beef Ramen - £11.85
God, I love ramen. I really, really do. Especially this ramen, which turned up in a bowl which was at least 3x bigger than I expected with a ma-hoosive sirloin beef steak in it. I was a little worried about how hot the chilli was gonna be in this but I ended up putting extra chilli oil into it, which gave it that extra kick it needed. The beef was great, nice and pink in the middle and not chewy at all, which is great considering I'm not amazing with chopsticks. I did struggle a bit at first with picking stuff up, but I got back into it. Just like riding a bike >:D The chicken and beef soup was really great, I managed to eat all the noodles and beef but I left a bit of the soup because I was just so full. THERE WAS SO MANY BEANSPROUTS.
All in all, I love Wagamama and I really wanna go back! Like, now! <3
Bruges
Yeah, Belgium was awesome! Gonna keep this one brief because this was a while ago and I seem to have misplaced my food notebook with all the details. </3 These chocolate boobs caught my attention, they were everywhere! Bruges is basically a town FULL of shops. It's amazing. There must have been about 70 chocolate shops in a mile radius, there was way too much temptation.
My beautiful haul of Belgium sweeties and chocolates. The box is full of babelutte chocolates from Babelutte by Bartholomeus which I will blog when I get the chance. Other things in here are some marzipan balls, 3 different hot chocolate sticks, some rock candy (My brother is lactose intolerant, poor kid) and some banana filled chocolate.
How pretty are these chocolates?! They're all numbered and came in a really cute box in a bag. The shop we got them from was all white and minimalistic, and smelled sooo chocolatey. They were 20 euros a box, which is 25 chocolates. So a little expensive but worth it.
I had a slight inner struggle trying to pick out only 5 flavours because they all sounded so good but I ended up choosing:
#04 - Dark Chocolate / Babelutte / Peppermint.
#08 - Milk Chocolate / Gingerbread / Orange.
#09 - Milk Chocolate / Passion Fruit.
#25 - Dark Chocolate / Strawberry / Pepper / Lemon.
#58 - Dark Chocolate / Babelutte / Sea Salt.
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