Hopefully everyone had a lovely new years and now in full swing of all those New Years Resolutions. I don't really believe in only setting resolutions at the start of the year and think it should be something you assess constantly throughout the year. However I was happy that I do get to say that I did make a resolution last year to give blood and I can happily report back that I have not only given blood once but twice last year and I have my third appointment next month.. woo! The free Kit Kat helps.
I've been looking back over my blog for the last year and thought about any baking goals I would like to set for this year and I would like to blog a bit more frequently. I also want to branch out on what I blog about which means less cupcakes - more ANYTHING ELSE. One goal is to try and master/improve/have bread making skills and I think I might give it ago myself first before hopefully participating in a Saturday morning Lily Vanilla bread making course. My other goal is to do a baking/pastry/cooking class in another country... namely France!! But we will see.
This year I haven't baked much (so far) however I did get to visit one of my favourite restaurants in London last weekend for brunch - Ottolenghi.
It always such a treat to go here for brunch as they do a lot of the breakfast meals that I could expect from any normal restaurant back in Brisbane. Don't get me wrong I do love a good greasy spoon, however brioche french toast with cinnamon, berry compete and some Greek yoghurt really does appeal to my taste buds on a completely different level. Though I did also have food envy of everyone around me.. especially Helena's bright yellow scrambled eggs... mmm!
As always the food was amazing and I didn't hear one bad remark. What I also love about this place is they have great service and were very accommodating for our large group too which can be rare in London.
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| Pete protecting his food... clever boy |
Of course on the way out, despite being full of brioche, I picked up quick treat for the afternoon... how could you not when the display is this amazing!
Happy Baking x
PS. Thanks again to Helena for the photos, I had a small 'incident' with my iPhone on Friday night in which I was unable to unlock it but would still 'speak' whenever I did anything... yes the lovely people in the Apple store at Covent Garden on Saturday afternoon found it funny too
PS. Thanks again to Helena for the photos, I had a small 'incident' with my iPhone on Friday night in which I was unable to unlock it but would still 'speak' whenever I did anything... yes the lovely people in the Apple store at Covent Garden on Saturday afternoon found it funny too
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