Ace of cakes

Tea Rooms

These pretty cake stands along with other beautiful antiques are to be found in The Tea Rooms on Brick Lane. Open Saturdays 11-6 and Sundays 10-5.

If life gives you lemons - make...

Lemon meringue pie. My biggest craving. Back home in Lund, Sweden, I know exactly where to go to get Lemon meringue perfection. Patisseriet.

NOW I have found the equivalent in London, if not slightly better.

E5 bakery.

Not as aesthetically appealing as the Swedish version but it tasted like a piece of heaven. The meringue was fluffy but still a bit sticky and the lemon filling was a bit looser than the one at Patisseriet but it was a 10 out of 10 pastry for sure. Defenitely becoming a E5 regular Saturdays.

Traveller of the Century

Walking to Broadway Market takes me about 30 minutes. The walk to get there is absolutely beautiful ,walking alongside Regent's canal for the entire stroll. House boats reside along most of the canal and some of them sell food, vintage clothes or books.

Just before I took off for the market, right before Goldsmiths row, I found the cutest book shop I have ever come across. Ended up buying a £3 book that I read while eating all that delicisous food.

Broadway Market

Had the most amazing Saturday off as I went to Broadway Market in east London.

The market is mainly a food market but has vintage and craft stalls as well.

Prices are a tad bit on the more expensive side but the selection is amazing and all dishes look simply delicious. Sourdough bread,  roasts to eat on the go, scotch eggs,  home made jam and everything in between is on the tip of your fingers, which makes the decision regarding what to eat extremely difficult.

I settled for a mini cupcake with salted caramel flavour from Violets cakes.Could not really taste the salt so the overall experience was in the end a bit disappointing.

 I also bought myself falafel, which was amazing, and a spinach / feta cheese burek that I enjoyed in the sun in London Fields.

Samphire

Samphire.

This plant is used in stocks and broths because of their salty taste. They taste great as healthy snacks as well, the taste resembles some what of salty sugar snaps.

Billingsgate Fish Market

Morning person? Then,you have got to head out to London's best fish market: Billingsgate, during saturdays. It opens around 4 in the morning and it is the place where all chefs from restaurants in London go to buy seafood for their menu. 

In order to bring something with you home I advice you to be there before 6.30. 

 

I went there this saturday and came home with 2 kilos of crayfish for £9. A true bargain, however be sure to scrutinize what ever you are buying. I could only make use of less than a fourth of what I bought sincethe rest  of them were dead when arriving home. However this could be due to the amount of time it took us to cook them from the time we got home. A bit too much dill were used otherwise they turned out great. Beer, salt and samphire (an edible plant that grows along coastlands) where put in to give flavour. We even managed to get hold of Skåne schnaps at Scandinavian Kitchen.