Chicken Soup Chicken Soup

A warm, comforting bowl of savory chicken soup with tender pieces of chicken, wholesome vegetables, and aromatic herbs.

Maroush Bakehouse

Maroush Bakehouse

131 Earls Ct Rd, London, SW59RQ, United Kingdom

Bakeries • Lebanese • Mediterranean • Middle Eastern


"Maroush has been around for a while now, with locations in central, north west and west London, and early last year they opened the fabulous Maroush Bakehouse. Situated in the heart of Earl’s Court (not the shabbiest area of town! , the Bakehouse serves up all manner of traditional Lebanese Khobez breads, savoury and sweet pastries alongside fabulous Lebanese mezza, soups, salads, grills, stews and desserts. Baked daily by a team of expert bakers and patissieres, the range of delights that Maroush Bakehouse have to offer is pretty tough to ignore. Just walk past the beautiful building and you’ll want to rush in to get your slice of Lebanese cuisine. After being introduced to Gianluca, the day manager, we were served with fresh sparkling water and a delicious fruit juice. Packed with beetroot, mango, strawberry and banana this smoothie was the perfect way to start our lunch. Unlike so many commercial smoothies, it was not too sweet and had a real kick of beetroot at the end. We then asked for a selection of salads and mezza. After about 10 minutes we were presented with two gorgeous bowls of salad topped with fresh pommegrante, moutabal babe ghanjouj (one of my favourite Lebanese dishes , labne (see my recipe here , flat breads and vine leaves. The salads were fresh, vibrant and packed with flavour. The first, fattoush, was decorated with fresh pommegrante and came with toasted Lebanese bread for added crunch. Although the bowl was incredibly full, thus making it difficult to portion out, this salad was my favourite thanks to its huge range of textures and mountains of delicious fresh vegetables. The second salad of tomato and onion came with a vibrant mint and olive oil dressing and was dotted with radish for added crunch. Our mezza was also delicious. I absolutely love moutabal babe ghanjouj so was delighted when it arrived topped with olive oil and more pomegranates which added essential texture. The flavour was beautifully rich with sesame with a kick of lemon for freshness and worked brilliantly with the flat breads. I also really excited for the labne, as I knew I wanted to make it for my Live Below the Line challenge. The texture was a little wet for me but the topping of olive oil and fresh herbs was delightful. Overall Maroush Bakehouse is certainly worth trekking to South West London for. I thoroughly enjoyed my experience and found the staff, food and atmosphere really enjoyable."

Wedgwood

Wedgwood

267 Canongate, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH8 8BQ, EH8 8DF, United Kingdom

Vegan • British • European • Scottish


"slightly unusual offer: wedgwood make picnic ham on request. they are ready to order, and I had luck getting a gift. paul, the chef, apparently took the idea of a vegan hampers as a personal project. I can highly recommend the result. we received an eleven-course menu for two in two small ham, among them wee glasses, milk flask of coffee cups, tellers, cutlery, serviettes and hand cleaners. ice packs meant that eating was still cooled when we started eating 7 hours after the collection. the wine was chosen to fit the budget of the gifter; we were told it was a little unusual — translation: absurdly drunk straight out, the crust oil was a big hit, with crust bread soaked; we have wolfed through a whole rice bean salad and beautifully presented baked mushroom cous (with decorative mushroom-y flakes) (we have a very tasty pasta to find, roasted veg. six courses left — portion control! next was one of the two real stars of the show: a sprudel, nussbaum and granatapfelsalat with tangigem dressing. as good as it looks (see photo) at this place we were a little lavish, so we only slightly picked up the oriental nudels, the roasted asparagus with cale and sniffing grains and the sesame runner beans and left the leaves later. on dessert: the simple description of granola, chocolate, berries just doesn't make it fair. this was effective a chocolate fondue with fresh celestial, strawberry and mini-granola slices to dive, accompanied by coffee. 9 hours after picking up the coffee was still hot when it no longer pierced. so overall: the No-doubt market price was more than matched by the experience: eating was delicious, and often also a firm one for the eyes; the portions generous; the weinstellar - and we had not finished our eleven-course picnic after three hours. we had a few days later rest and I greet as I think of some of the dishes. beyond a couple of dry mandarins I think that my only complaining would be rather a suggestion for less weight in the early erect: to find themselves so full after the rice, the couscous and pasta made us a little strenuous, but perhaps we would have decided to eat more responsibly. the gifted reported to find lisa wedgwood, especially appealing and helpful while arranging the hamper."