A few tasty delights...

There are a few things in London that are so much fun to do that I have been back multiple times to experience them again.

The first is sampling cupcakes at Hummingbird Bakery. Established in 2004 it's London's answer to Magnolia Bakery in NYC. The flavours of the cupcakes don't vary massively, chocolate, vanilla or red velvet but they are damn tasty and the icing is to die for. As well as cupcakes they do amazing slices, cakes and brownies and some fairly good coffee. If you are ever in London I would definitely recommend you put it on your own list- a necessary indulgence!

The second adventure must is Borough markets, this place is alive on Saturday’s with food, drink, music and sweat! These markets are so well known they are often very very full and hard to maneuver yourself around but the tasty treats make it so worthwhile. Anything your taste buds desire you can find it there. Fresh strawberries the size of your palm- check, giant olives- check, massive meringues and other assorted cakes- check, cheese literally melted from a stick onto bread- check. The list goes on with meat, seafood, fresh fruit and vegetables, pate, dips, vegetarian delights and meat pies. Recently I was excited to discover they had a Turkish food area where I proceeded to make myself sick by eating multitudes of Turkish Delight and reminiscing about my recently holiday to Turkey. I topped this indulgence off with a delicious prosecco and strawberry liqueur refreshment- yum yum yum!

The most recent adventure that I am keen to try again is sampling gelato at Gelato Mio. I must mention here that once the weather is above 18 degrees Londoners love indulging in ice cream, having been here for 2 years now I can understand this obsession as there aren't many days that qualify as ice cream weather.

A Gelato Mio opened near our house in the last few weeks and this I feel is a dangerous addition to our area. The store sells specialty Gelato flavours based on well known foods around the world, this can evolve into some very interesting combinations. Examples include Hockey Pokey for NZ, Peanut Butter for the USA, Olive for Italy and Vegemite for Australia. The minute I read about this store in TNT (a magazine that is written especially for antipodeans giving them advice of things to do in London, places to travel around the world and all the gossip from our home countries) I knew I had to try it. I can happily report that this treat was quite tasty. The flavour is what I imagine the cheese and Vegemite spread tastes like (I believe this spread has been released in Australia since I was there last but I have yet to try it) and you will be surprised to read that I think I would go back and try it again.

If you have any other food suggestions for me to try please send them through!

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