Last week I was on a trip to England. Together with a group of people from school, we visited Hastings, Brighton and London. I thought it would be quite interesting for you to see what we ate there, as the British kitchen is known as very special. The truth is, we tried lots of yummy things and I do not want you to miss any of them.

The first day we spent a couple of hours in Hastings, where we ha lunch. After a long night travelling by bus, we were quite hungry and not in the mood to search for food for very long. Luckily, there was a mid-eastern restaurant near the place where we stopped.
I do not eat meat and had therefore few things to choose from, but was pretty happy with this rice and bean soup portion. It was tasty and a pretty big amount of food, I could not eat it all.

The second day, we were in London. Our little trip to borough market was an awesome idea, they offered fresh falafel wraps there, which were prepared to your taste in front of your eyes. Very good thing.

But now wait, here comes the most fabulous thing about borough market: desserts. A few meters awaf from the falafel wraps, I found myself in a sweet heaven.

This stall ofered different cakes, including chewy-gooey brownies.

Here was a stall with various kinds of fudge and honeycomb in chocolate. I bought some raspberry chocolate fudge. It was veeeeeery sweet but so good.

This stall offered French pastries. They all looked gorgeous, but I decided on macarons. I must honestly admit, they were a little too dry and sugary to my taste, but the chocolate filling of the brown one tasted like heaven.

One merchant offered sweets from Turkey. I was impressed by the different kinds of baklava, which increased my urge to bake it myself.

In Brighton, the town we stayed overnight, we found a Moo Moo’s. This sweet brand sells some really good milkshakes. I one with strawberries. I really liked the thick consistency, caused by loads of white vanilla ice cream. The oreo version you can see above is the right thing for cookies & cream freaks. In Brighton, we also tried fish & chips, traditional British food, they call it. I did not take a picture. I did not eat it all. And I will tell you why: I am a tolerant person and open minded to other cultures. But if you care a little about your heart, be careful with this. Forget about McDonald’s, forget about Burger King. This was a real bomb of fat. Maybe we stopped by at the wrong snack bar or there was a problem with the deep-fryer, no idea.

The last day of our stay, we were in London again and we visited Camden Town. This was our best decision! This part of London is a whole piece of art and there will be a post on my other blog about it. But here you can get to know the food. What’s Camden Town like? Imagine the whole world, assembled at one place. There is Indian, Thai, Italian, Japanese, Mexican, American food. Merchants reach their handy out from every stall, offering foretastes to the people passing by. Every few metres you smell different spices and ingredients. It is simply stunning. Bang bang chicken, anyone?

You could sit down one a moped seat by a small river and have your meal.

I had Indian samosas and Thai vegetables. Both things tasted great. I hope I will get to know some good Thai recipes on my trip next week.

Of course, there were classics and fancy food. Last Christmas I saw journalists of BBC calling fried mars the most disgusting food in the world. I can’t judge that, I did not try it.

And of course, there was a variety of dessert – for cheap prices.

Give me loads of money and a few hours, and I will return roud as a ball.

All in all I can say – eating in England is an adventure. If you go on a trip there – be open-mided and try different things, it will be worth the experience.