There is quite an interesting
food scene here in London, and as someone who is always looking for new and
innovative recipes on Pinterest, I can certainly appreciate it. You can pretty
much get anything you want here in London, whether it’s a typical English pie,
an Indian curry or something completely new and different that you’re looking
for, you are never more than a 5 minute walk away from exactly what you want.
With so many options available
to me all the time, I feel constantly pressured to try as many new places and
things as possible, because unlike everyone’s common misconceptions, British
food is NOT bland. I mean, some of it is, but honestly there is a 0.0001%
chance that you’d go out to a restaurant here and get served a bland meal
unless you intentionally order it. Again, I’d like to emphasize the fact that
you can really get anything here, and food innovation is a really big thing.
Meals that you would have never been served in a restaurant 2 years ago are
super popular here now. There is also a rise in “health” foods, and restaurants
that serve new, healthy meals. Many of these meals feature the new superfoods
that have recently taken over the globe.
I mean things like avocado. Why
was avocado considered so exotic until recently? Who knows, and also who made
it super popular all of a sudden? Or Chia seeds? Who decided instead of rubbing
them on their bust of Scooby-doo they were going to sprinkle them on their
oatmeal to explore the health benefits. This rise in health foods has driven me
to explore the idea of food, and to innovate my own meals. To mix things you’d
never think of, and great delicious (and sometimes disgusting) meals. Its all
about trial and error with food innovation, I’m sure of that. One of the best
ways I have personally found this out is to type two random ingredients into Pinterest
and to see which recipes come up. Really, if you’ve got time, give it a try.
SORRY I got distracted, I was
talking about the food scene here in London, and these same strange new food
innovations are on menus across the city, like avocado toast (I KNOW THAT IS
NOT NEW ANYMORE), where now you’re paying upwards of 8 pounds for two slices of
toasted bread with mashed up avocado on it. Funny how you could make that for
half the price at home, but would never think to. There are also a lot of
places here that cater to vegetarians or vegans, this city is really incredible
for anyone with any sort of dietary restriction, self-imposed or not, as almost
every restaurant has options for everyone.
Basically, I encourage you to
try something new, try these new health foods as they are currently in high
demand, you’ll probably be able to find them on menus near you soon, and they aren’t
the same Brussels sprouts or lima beans that you used to think of when you
thought of health foods, they are delicious combinations of fruit and
vegetables that are revolutionizing the food scene. I am positive these new
delicious health foods can certainly help change the way my generation and the
next generations look at food, and I think that London with its up and coming
restaurants, along with the ones that have been kicking around for a while will
be a large part of that shift in thinking.
Cheers!!
xoxo
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