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Wahaca’s trip to The Covent Garden Food Market

Thursdays in Covent Garden are market day and I was all over excited and hungry! It is great to have it on our doorstep once a week.

Carolyn (who does Wahaca’s product sourcing), Tommi (co founder and chef) and I all headed down for a spot of lunch and to chat to Niamh (@eatlikeagirl) at her stall to try out this weeks fare.

tommi and carolyn

We tried some delicious Frank Hederman smoked salmon with Niamh’s own pickled cucumbers and chunky fresh bread. She’s spent the last few weeks pickling and canning her cucumbers as well as her home cooked filo pastries with butternut squash, spinach and chilli. We love a bit of chilli! All of this was topped off with a cheeky glass of Prosecco. hmmmmm…

pastries

We hope next time to try Frank’s smoked mussels in olive oil, which has come highly recommended… Niamh said she’d find out whether they’re available. Please let us know!

On to pudding…

I have a weakness for chocolate and other spoiling treats! We found this little stall selling mini shots of different puddings for just £1 – called the Dessert Deli. Chocolate shot with honeycomb on top was my favourite but I think the others were favouring the Crème Brulee.

Our creme brulee and chocolate pot with honeycomb

Can’t wait for next week.

by cecilia : Friday, 21 August 2009

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Gastro Geek at Covent Garden Real Food Market

Gastro Geek

Another Thursday, another trip to the Covent Garden food markets for some treats! Unfortunately I’ve been down with a stomach bug, so as delightful as the crab and saffron tart looked… I thought I’d better pass.

Crab and Saffron Quiche

All was not lost however, I managed to scoff a vast assortment of pastries – including the spinach pastries below, and these amazing swirls of pastryon a stick studded with spiced lamb and peas (I believe it was inspired by Keema naan). Anyway, it was all delicious, and I managed to finish it all off, in the short walk from Covent Garden market back to the restaurant. Check out her blog at Gastro Geek.

Puffs

You can read more about Gastro Geek’s stall on the Channel 4 website here.

For more information on food bloggers teaming up to host stalls at Covent Garden Market have a look at the UK Food Bloggers Association community site. Roll on next week!

by Carolyn : Thursday, 13 August 2009

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The Covent Garden Real Food Market

I went to see Eat Like a Girl today at Covent Garden market. I had no idea there was a food market on Thursdays…. shows you how much I get out of the buildling!!!

Niamh had a delicious Frank Hederman smoked salmon from Ireland, which she served on her own soda bread (made this morning at some ungodly hour) and pickled cucumbers  -  Perfect on a muggy London summer’s day.

Eats like a girl stall

Unfortunately because I had to get back to work, I couldn’t drink the accompanying prosecco from Bisol. But the market is full of treats, I will endeavour to try something from each stall in the oncoming weeks!

Artisian smoked salmon and pickled cucumbers

Although Niamh’s stall wasn’t connected to the UK Food  Bloggers Association Gastro Geek is hosting a stall in conjunction with them next week. It seems they are a regular occurance.

by Carolyn : Friday, 7 August 2009

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