Places to eat: Joyland American Diner, Great Yarmouth

Quirky little American Diner on the sea front, right next to the pier. Loved the decor, music and atmosphere of this place.

Looks like the have an opening for those chilling on the beach during the summer.

For starters cheesy potato shells for me, and chicken wings for Olly.

For mains, we obviously had to opt for a burger. Piled high with twister fries, mmm my favourite!

We left full to the brim!

http://www.joyland.org.uk/

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Places to visit: Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

We always have to visit the amusements, so that Olly can get his 2p machine fix.

Love visiting the coast in the winter. To be fair, at this time of the year it was like a ghost town, but there's something quite nice about being the only ones walking along the beach front.

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Places to eat in London: Kaslik, Soho

We arrived at Kaslik around 6:30, there didn't seem to be a single table free. Luckily, we had booked, and was escorted downstairs to a small basement room. It was draped head to toe in rich red fabrics, complete with middle eastern style lights and candles. The tables were made from large, intricate, gold platters and the seating was low.  I immediately warmed to the place.  Food choice was vast, it took us ages to decide what we wanted.

 I eventually went for a selection of mezzes:

MOUHAMARA - Mixed oriental nuts, crushed in a spicy sauce, served with olive oi

FALAFEL - Fried balls of chick peas served with tahini sauce

HALLOUMI CHEESE - Fried halloumi cheese served with tomatoes and cucumber

BATATA HARRA - Spicy potato cubes fried with garlic, coriander and green pepper

My friends opted for the MIXED GRILL - Shish Tawuk, Lamb Kebab and Lamb or Chicken Kafta.

The waiters were very friendly, they even began teaching us how to pronounce the different dishes.

 

I was so excited to see the food arrive. Everything was lovely and hot and filled our table. Food was superb; great quality and authentic. Washed down nicely with a bottle of white. We received 50% off our food bill too, as we had a Tastecard.. Bonus! I am definitely going to be visiting Kaslik again! Yum!

http://www.kasliksoho.com

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Things to do in London: London Zoo

Visited the Zoo last weekend with the family.  Tickets cost just over £20 each, however we used a 2 for 1 voucher because we travelled by train.  There plenty to see and do here, we didn't manage to get all the way round! There are lots of shows on during the day, I especially liked the Penguin feeding. Would recommend taking a picnic!

The highlights...

Butterfly paradise.

The Aquarium

 

Into the outback...

 

Into Africa.  Makes me want to go on Safari.

The Giraffes were by far my favourite bit.  They amaze me, how on earth do they stay up with those necks?! We joined them for "High Tea" in the afternoon.

London Zoo is suprisingly tiring.

Just for jokes, got to throw some novelty photos in there.

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Roasted Chickpeas (gluten free challenge)

Very simple to make

2 tbsp - olive oil
1 tbsp - curry powder/spices
1 can of chickpeas

Coat the chickpeas with the olive oil and spices
Put in oven for 30 minutes on 190 degrees.

Very satisfying snack, with a nice crunch.

I almost convinced myself they were Doritos so may try this recipe with different spice to try and recreate Doritos flavours.

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Places to eat: Prezzo, Eastbourne

Popped to Prezzo for lunch. I normally plump for the vegetarian 'Goats Cheese Al Forno', it's beautiful - loaded with cheese; massive portion. True comfort food!

Today, I went for the margarita pizza on a gluten free base. Overall, to my surprise, this was quite a satisfying meal. It didn't have the usual soft, doughy-ness of a normal pizza but was pleasant. Theres not really that much more to say about a cheese and tomato pizza really. I'm definitely going to try making some tastier gluten free bread though.

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Day 1 - Breakfast

Today was probably not the best day to start this crazy challenge.

I stayed over night in Eastbourne last night for work. My hotel stay came with a continental breakfast. So, after happily trotting down the stairs and entering the breakfast room, I immediately realised how difficult this was going to be. Bread... Bread everywhere! A selection of toasts and hot pastries laid out before me. Noooo! I love bread so much! I can't do this! After having a little motivational word with myself I carried on along the buffet. Lets start with something easy... A hot drink. I helped myself to a cappuccino, immediately reaching for the sweetener. Again, stop it, you can't have that either. Urgh!

For breakfast I ended up having a raspberry yoghurt. This was followed by an apple and a piece of cheese. I convinced myself I was eating a ploughmans, which made life bareable.

This is going to be hard!

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