Food Fayre — Natasha W

At the Southbank Centre every Friday through Sunday, there's a huge amount of food. Food stalls, to go wraps, dessert tables. Unbelievable amounts and I had the urge to try it all. Alas, it's very boutique and therefore very expensive, so I decided to go for two days to try as much food for as little money as possible. (They do give out samples, take advantage of this.)

I took a few pictures too, to show y'all what you're missing. Saturday, I went for Samosa Chaat, a samosa smothered in chickpeas and incredible spices and I was at once in Mumbai. That's a good thing. I bought four cookies as well, because if you bought four, they were cheaper. Not because I wanted four...

Sunday, I had some Japanese food. Gyoza. Yes. I will wax poetic about gyoza until the day I die, probably. It's just the way of life. I also tried some strange cheese "Samurai Balls" which burnt my mouth and made me cry. Rude. But good. I also went for a slice of Banoffie pie, which I'm told is Banana Toffee. Interesting? Delicious. Huge. Only ate half, and that baby is going to be dessert tomorrow.

Feeling like I could use a bit of a stroll after all of that food, I decided to walk towards Covent Garden, a lovely area. Too many people, but lovely. On Saturday I went around the shops in Covent Garden. On Sunday, I did the same, but also kept wandering, and found myself in Chinatown. I'm unsure how that happened, but it was awesome. I also made it to Trafalgar Square.

All I can say is I can't wait until I get my fitbit so I can actually tell how far I've been walking. I do know it's enough my mom would probably be proud. I'd like a number though, so receiving the device is going to be exciting!

Pictures below!

JAY-SAWN DUH-ROOO-LOW in the tube! Marvellous.

Didn't have this. Sad that I didn't have this. Why. Didn't. I. Have. This. I'm hungry again.

Peek-A-Boo with the London Eye!

Didn't have a crepe either. Shoot. Cool blue paint though. And nice typography.

The number of people I heard saying 'pie-ella' was astounding. Spain is so close to you. It's not 'pie-ella'. It's delicious.

The home of my Japanese wonders. (Food.)

It does say octopus, you're observant! More importantly, it says gyoza. Yes.

Aforementioned Samurai balls. Yes, they burned. Yes, I would eat them again.

Too many pictures? I get that. I will keep showing you though. Sorry.

Last one of the sacheted bundles of joy, I promise. I sat on the ground as no one was kind enough to scoot over on their benches. Rude.

Mouth burners...

I wanted one of everything but I exercised restraint. Some others did not. It takes great control.

From where I got my Samosa Chaat. That little brown triangle on the right is the last samosa. Did I mention they were good?

Such a popular pastel blue color! I also wonder, are they wondering? Or did they mean wandering? Even their logo contains a globe. Perhaps it was an accident they never could correct.