The Adventures of a Transplant Recipient
The Camden Town Brewery is about 15 minutes’ walk from my front door, and on Saturday they were hosting Texas Joe’s Brisketfest. a £30 ticket bought you a taste of 8 different BBQer’s interpretation of brisket and a beer. The even started at 12pm, but after some needed sleep from the night before (review to … Read more
I’m a big fan of barbecue. I’ve always loved ribs, and have come through the sweet & sour and barbecue from the Chinese restaurant through to the ribs by the likes of TGI Fridays to more lofty heights of the current London Barbecue scene. Man Vs Food turned me onto the concept that there was more … Read more
After my lovely Mexican lunch, I thought I would settle down after work, cook up some chicken I had in the fridge and get an early night. As it turned out, I had forgotten I was going to meet a friend of mine for dinner. We wound up as a four as his mum and … Read more
On the Slow Carb Diet, your options are pretty limited when eating out. Not being able to eat white or processed carbs, dairy or fruit can put a real dent in the menu. A cuisine that does lend itself well to Slow Carb is Mexican. Most burrito places now do a ‘Burrito Bowl’ option, then it’s … Read more
I should start by saying I’m a pretty committed omnivore. I love all food, pretty much without exception. However it is very easy to insist on meat for every meal, and to just eat what is comfortable. A friend of mine had mentioned Vantra as a place she passed and popped in to get a … Read more
I’ll do a post about my diet in due course, but in summary I’m doing the Slow Carb Diet and it’s working rather well. A major upside of this diet is that I get one ‘cheat day’ a week, where I’m encouraged, nay forced to eat stuff that’s off plan. I think Cheat Day is a … Read more
My parents live in Bridport, Dorset, and whilst I’ve seen them fairly regularly in London over the past year, it’s been too long since I’ve been to stay. I remedied this last weekend when I was in Bridport for the Hat Festival. For those of you that don’t know, Bridport is a market town on … Read more
(Ed. I took my parents to Hawksmoor Spitalfields to celebrate my 1 year post transplant) Mon Dec 02, 2013 12:56 pm Dinner went really well. We went to Hawksmoor in Spitalfields. It was Mum and Dad (donor) and me. My sister and her husband were also supposed to come, but my niece was ill, … Read more
Fri Jul 05, 2013 4:16 pm Whilst I have widened my taste across other cuisines my Italian choices are usually very British indeed. I felt very daring when I went to Sardo (http://www.sardo-restaurant.com/) and didn’t have pasta or pizza at all! I had: Calamari ripieni Grilled baby squid filled with a mixture of calamari meat … Read more
Sun Jan 13, 2013 10:55 pm Ok so ribs & brisket recipe. I bought a half a rolled brisket as that’s what I thought would fit in my 4.5l oval slow cooker. I made this spice rub. http://bbq.about.com/od/rubrecipes/r/bl31115b.htm I used this for both the ribs and the brisket. In the morning the day before I … Read more