21 Covent Garden Review

It was a beautiful summers evening when my friend Lorraine and I strolled down to Convent garden after a busy day at #Britmumslive the air was warm but a slight and gentle breeze settling upon my ears. Well actually we hopped in a taxi as we were cream crackered but you get the picture and the scene is other wise set.

I love Convent Garden I adore it, I am always talking about it, I love the colour, the vibrancy, the architecture , shops & restaurants. it is such a social place that I can't help but flock to it when I am in London . Convent Garden draws you in and I am very much happy to being in it's persuasive charms , I feel at a loss when I have to leave its natural charms. The restaurant I had been invited to and review was 21 Convent garden and I was more than happy to accept along with my companion Lorraine.


It was a little to dark to eat outside but earlier in the evening I think it something we would have done. Upon arriving we found the entrance of which there are two but we went down a little spiral staircase in a subterranean world which was a cellar and were shown to a little booth , which intimate enough but just enough to people watch if you so wished.

Starters


After pursuing the extensive menu, I settle upon Lamb Cutlets with a salsa verde, rocket & pecorino priced at £10.50.

LAMB CUTLETS 
salsa verde, rocket & pecorino 

I love the presentation and the fact that your don't have have every meat dish served with some potato dish in whatever guise, though I did have a side order of new potatoes.

Lorraine choose Black Pepper Calamari Saffron Aioli priced at £7.25 and the presentation on this again demonstrated that the way food is shown , doesn't have to be just plonked on a plate.

BLACK PEPPER CALAMARI
saffron aioli 

The calamari came with the mayonnaise which was saffron infused.

Main course

Prior to coming I had been exchanging emails from a lovely lady at The Print room and one of her recommendations was the Figaro pizza £14.25 , I had told this to Lorraine who promptly ordered it !

FIGARO 

mozzarella, Milano salami, Parma ham, pepperoni, cherry tomatoes, goat's cheese, red onion, black olives, oregano & roasted garlic olive oil 

In all honesty , you would share if you have haven't had starter and then had dessert after, but Lorraine seemed very happy with it !

When The pizza came the waitress told us that previously it had anchovies on it and that not many people found that appealing, so they now made the Figaro pizza with out  this and it is now an even firmer favourite.

I on the other hand decided to order Salmon cooked in a paper bag with baby leeks, garlic rosemary and broccoli, looking back on the net I see this fish was previously monk fish , salmon I think better in this Italian environment with salmons natural affiliation to pasta etc.

SALMON COOKED IN A PAPER BAG
baby leeks, garlic, rosemary & broccoli

I have to say it was amazing, the smells and aromas can reach you as you read this review so the only thing you can do is to try the restaurant out for yourself.

Cocktails

Who doesn't love a cocktail ?! this was in lieu of having a pudding , having a cocktail is a treat for me and pin points a memory.

BodEguita 21 English twist on a Latin classic, blended Beefeater gin, strips of cucumber,mint leaves lime for a mellow, minty hit ( the cocktail in the tall glass) The other cocktail is Tickled Pink cocktail A gorgeous mix of home-infused strawberry wine Chambord, finished with a splash of lemonade. £8 each but they do have cocktail hours.

Fancy a bite then why not pop down to 21 Covent Garden 

21 The Market

Covent Garden
London WC2E 8RD

Blog Yourself Happy

There's a time to dance.

A time to cry

This was what happened at Britmums a gathering of great minds , a melting pot of ideas , pooling together resources. Crowd sourcing in the greatest capacity known to blogging community , drip feeding of ideas, modelling , evolving , growing as a person.

Emotional wobbles but wise words from social butterflies ; I've grown this Britmums got a little upset but a certain social butterfly pulled me in. keynotes have the ability to trigger emotions buried deep, that is what they are their for. So many heart warming and emotional journeys and oh how we tried but couldn't contain our emotions.

I had one of my best blogging pals there @meedja from squeaky baby.

As ever I blog myself happy.

#Britmumslive

Me with the spoontacular @spoonpaws !

Evolving.

Crying.

Learning.

Hurting myself and others.

The blogosphere is a bigger place than I thought and that is why I have taken steps to concentrate on me and get back to knowing my friends..

Silliness.

Friendship.

Confidance.

New friendship sealed after meeting for the first time.

@scrapebookkerry a true and gentle lady.

Speech is a doorway

Speech.

Remember fellow bloggers.

You see "speech is a doorway , question the unknown "

Go make it happen.

See you all at #Britmumslive

Turkey Red Onions & Stokes Sauces

You dash it.

You spoon it.

You trickle it.

You dollop it.

You drizzle or even splash.

Sauces mini miracle in a bottle , life changer meal saviour, necessity table mate .

A sauce can be more it can  transform a dish into a delectable dish.

Ingredients 

Enough turkey breasts for 4 people

2 red onions chopped 

70g of Stokes Barbeque sauce

70g of Stokes Chipolte sauce.( combine the 2 sauces and mix together)

3 sliced carrots ( quite thinly)

Method 

Preheat the oven to 200c

Slice the turkey breasts.

Place in a roasting tin.

Next add the onion.

Also add the sliced carrot

After this cover the turkey,carrots and  onion in the combined sauce .

Cook for around 20 minutes.


Then serve in wraps or serve with rice.

Disclosure : I was send the Stokes sauces to see what I thought and I was not told what to write.

How To Make Bunting The Easy Steps

Bunting


When I think of bunting I think back to the Silver Jubilee of 1977 and later on the Diamond Jubille , bunting is indicative of street parties.

Who doesn't love to see pretty bunting flapping in the breeze on a summers day with a gentle breeze blowing through.

And oh how I loved bunting at the last Jubilee , bunting is fun , bunting is lazy summers days.

How To Make Paper Bunting

You can use any paper you like from old wrapping paper, to comics ( just make sure they aren't rare comics old seer music etc.


You will need paper scissors and glue and ribbon.

You can choose a theme floral or perhaps vintage

Cut triangles out of paper using a template for uniformity .


As the bunting is made of paper it won't withstand the ultimate rain we are likely to have , so perfect for indoors.




Fabric bunting

Fabric bunting is as easy as paper bunting to make.
Mother Scuffer loves her bunting in fact she you are there search her blog as she has at least six bunting posts, she loves a good bit of burning does that Mother Scuffer !

Take a look at this 'How to make fabric bunting ' from Rachel Tripp

Children's Art Work

Are you over run by your child's art !? Have you run out of room on your fridge and your kitchen cupboards !? Then why not turn their artwork into bunting , you could even laminate it !

Super suggestion for families who are overrun with their children's artwork! RT @needaphone: @CBArtmag why not turn it into bunting ?!
— CBArtmag (@CBArtmag) May 1, 2014

Themed Bunting




You 've heard of yarn bombing ? why can't we bunting bomb everywhere ?!

Will you join the bunting revolution !?