Off Beet

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birthday, eating out, lunch, Vegan, Vegan food, Wickham

Any one who knows me know that Southsea Coffee Co and their innovative approach to raw & vegan food has me hooked. For a while now I have seen ‘rival’ food posts on a similar theme on instagram from ‘Offbeet’. Cue a little snooping and I was intrigued by what I saw. Turns out they’re not rivals at all but two unique establishments both doing their bit for creating raw/gluten free/vegan food that everyone can enjoy, smashing down stereotypes surrounding this kind of food!

As a birthday treat from my bestie Anna, we headed over to Wickham one Sunny weekday and sat outside enjoying the sunshine and a bloomin good meal!

Off Beet is located on the side of the Chesapeake Mill, a huge vintage and shabby chic emporium. Check out the Offbeet website for more info/menu/staff details etc

The menu was great, lots to choose from and lots we wanted. In the end we both opted for the Burger (so we didn’t get food envy obviously) See the menu listing above for details but let me tell you this… It was scrumptious!

Looks good huh?? After the burger we had a mooch round the shop and then returned a little later for a slice of cake (because it’s a birthday treat and it’d be rude not to)

Over all I was super impressed and I’m keen to go back again and try something different! Hat’s off to Offbeet and keep doing what you’re doing!

 

Borough Market

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Borough Market, cake, food, food market, London, London market, lunch

So my best friend Si was over from Australia a week ago, which was wonderful as I’ve not seen him for 2 years! He came to visit our new home first and my beautiful man cooked us a delicious curry feast, we also did a few local musts (ie garage lounge & Sakura) but then we headed to London Town…

We ate out lots, watched a show (Wicked – so good!!), visited museums & galleries and checked out some markets…..

My absolute favourite was Borough Market, Southwark. A foody market which was incredible!

More than just a place to buy and sell food. It’s a unique little corner of London selling wonderful produce from around the globe…
In their own words…”It’s a vibrant and friendly place where people to come to discover the tastes, aromas, textures and colours that only fresh, seasonal food can offer. Borough Market is somewhere to explore, to ask questions, to discover new flavours and to savour a unique atmosphere.”

And boy-oh-boy did we do that!! We got there early, and I recommend you do the same, it got too busy later in the day! You can find out all about the traders, opening times etc etc on their website you can even get an app for your phone!!

The thing I probably appreciated most, apart from the food, was the displays! Decadent, rustic, colourful…. Everything looked appetising!

I brought some incredible chorizo sausages and some divine cake to take home and feasted on Malaysian fish curry and an organic fruit smoothie for lunch but could have spent a fortune had finances allowed it….

I took a million photos too… Have a look and tell me you don’t wanna go?!?