Culinary Adventures

As I write this post, David is busy in the kitchen preparing some wild duck we picked up at Broadway Market today along with some Wild Boar ravioli.

The past few weeks have been filled with some new adventures in food. Some of which I’ve blogged about already (Percy Pigs and Haggis).

One of my favorite things about Europe in general, is the variety of food that is available to us. From the grocery stores to the markets, there’s always something new to try.

Recently we went to the Rivington Grill with our friend Theresa. They specialize in posh traditional British food.  There we saw something on the menu, you’d never see in the states: A warning to watch out for the shot pellets that might be left in game.

It was also there that we tried new things like mashed neeps (turnip), bubble and squeak (a fried patty of the remnants of Sunday roast – potatoes, carrots and such), and blood pudding. All quite delicious, although I can’t say I’ll try blood pudding again – didn’t like the texture. I think I get points for trying though! We’ll definitely be visiting the Rivington again.

Then there were these beauties (conveniently located next to my beer) that my colleagues introduced me to:

Basically they are Cheetos without the cheese, add fake roast beef flavor. Mmmm….no. I think that’s something you had to grow up on, but appreciate the opportunity to try all the varieties of crisps (chips) offered here.