Good afternoon Sunday readers,
I have a quick update for you...
Started a new internship 2 weeks ago..
It is going well..
I only have 2 weeks left..
Then I am back to being the 'New Girl' again..
Another day, another internship..
Sending my anxiety through the roof of, will it be a good one?
I hope so..
I am there for 5 months.
Anyway, all things aside, I met up with my favourite London gal pal yesterday to talk fashion, life, food and futures.
We decided to go for lunch to a place that has been on our foodies bucket list for a good long while now called Wild Food Cafe.
The building was picturesque, with brick work that was so orderly you wouldn't believe, old fashioned and somewhat Parisian style blue window frames, surrounded by neat greenery and pretty florals.
This beautiful building is in the perfect London location of the magical Neal's Yard in Covent Garden.
The food is colourful, fresh, raw, vegan/vegetarian and created using playful innovation that will be sure to satisfy your hunger queues with not so guilty meals and puds!
There is no denying the menu had me wanting to go tapas and order everything.
I was initially drawn to the Ayervedic Salad of:
'organic lamb lettuce and wild rocket topped with amaranth, courghetti spaghetti, hijiki seaweed, slices of artichoke hearts & avocado, cucumber & red pepper cubes, finished off with coriander, rocket & parsely pesto, mango salsa, activated savory seeds flavoured with leafy greens and spices, and marinated shiitake mushrooms.'
However, I pretty much live for salads, therefore I thought trying something more unusual would be the best option.. as good as this looks and sounded.
My next temptations were the:
I Love Ewe:
'unpasteurised Neal’s Yard dairy sheep cheese, caramelized onions, Dijon mustard, gherkins & tomato sandwich.'
The Wild Pizza:
'raw, dairy-free young coconut cheeze, wild sea purslane & basil pesto, raw cultured tomato & goji berry marinara, Turkish olives, artichoke hearts, avocado.'
The Wild Burger:
'scrumtious shiitake, raw olive & dulse burger with in-house cultured Wild Sauce, tomatillo salsa verde, caramelised onions, baba ganoush & crispy gem lettuce in a wholemeal sprouted organic wheat bread.'
The Wild Falafel:
'organic pistachio, olive & coriander superfood falafel balls, sprouted chickpea hummus, baba-ganoush, sprouted quinoa tabouleh, red pepper dressing, tahini sauce.'
In the end I opted for the Wild Falafel and Rosie chose the Wild Burger.
Of course I am going to be honest with you here, we don't know if we just made the wrong choices or we would of thought this whatever the choice..
The food was delicious, but not worth the money with both our lunch orders coming to around £13 each. The portions were pretty small for the price, but I guess organic and healthy food like this generally tends to be more expensive. The food tasted great, but it wasn't mind blowing like you would hope for a £13 wrap.
Either way the food was good but I don't think I would order the same thing, I would however definitely go again.. maybe when money isn't so tight.
Feeling slightly disappointed by the lunch mains due to how much this place was hyped up, we decided to go all in and share a dessert as these looked doubtful to disappoint!
We decided to ask which was the dessert that is most recommended to a newbie at Wild Food, we were told to go for the Raw Chocolate Tart:
'our most popular dessert. Creamy & smooth thick layer of chocolate superfood heaven on a firm crust of organic almonds, figs, dates and coconut chips.'
This was delicious. We had wished we had just visited indulging in an array of desserts.
The mousey, chocolatey, gooeyness, just melted in your mouth and the base provided a filling soft but crunchy end to the delectable mouthful.
Ok so if you are reading this and you haven't already cracked open your treat jar.. now is the time to run to the kitchen and satisfy your cravings, writing this post sure had my belly rumbling!
Time for a Sunday of Homeland, lunch prepping, chocolate and church.
See you next week, hope you have all had a lovely weekend.
Oh and if you are in London be sure to go and treat yourself to some Wild Food! Nothing like guilt free cakes.
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