Kerb Saturday

I managed to make it down for the last - and best - Kerb Saturday of the Summer, showcasing the best of london street food. The sun was shining and it turned out to be a glorious day with a wonderful atmosphere for everyone to enjoy. There was a blues band, tons of traders, kids were playing in the fountains, Skate at Kings Cross - the popup skating rink - had finished a day previously however they were offering free skating that day!

It was loaded with so many people from families, people who knew about Kerb, people who didn't, students and elderly couples.

We went, knowing previously what food we were going to make a beeline for, and started with the Grilling Greek's halloumi pita wrap with onions, tomatoes and homemade tzatziki and their triple cooked chips with feta and oregano.

Obligatory bite-through pic...

The wrap was delicious, the halloumi wasn't rubbery at all and had melted slightly oozing out with the delicious tzatziki and all dusted in paprika. A win all round.

The chips. Ohmygod, those chips. They were the surprise of the day for me. Probably the best chips I've ever had if I'm honest! The oregano was fresh and delicious and a welcome change from all the (equally delicious) rosemary salting around at the moment. Thin-cut like fries, they were perfectly crispy and fluffy at the same time. They had just the right amount of salt and mixed with the feta beautifully. Bring me more of those please!!

Then we went on to have the biggest burrito in the world from Luardos, King of Mexican street food. A 12 inch tortilla is packed full with rice, black beans, cheese, tomato salsa, sour cream, lettuce and fresh coriander and your choice of varying degrees of hot sauce. The veggie version also come with lashings of free guacamole.

It was ginormous and only £5!!

Then we moved on to Donostia Social Club, one I've been wanting to try for a while. It was difficult to choose which dish I wanted since they all sounded incredible - scallops, prawns with a salsa, pork cheek and celeriac puree, which to choose which to choose!!

In the end I had the confit duck slider with basque cider. Again only £5 with an incredible amount of duck on the plate. The duck was tender and tasty, however I couldn't taste much of the cider and there were parts of the duck that were a little greasy - I'm not sure if this was oil drizzled over, or perhaps the cider, or just the duck juices in itself, but not knowing and not being the biggest fan of greasiness it put me off ever so slightly. I loved the addition of apple for an extra texture and the bread was lovely, but I was expecting more of a bun for a slider! It was good, but not as good as I was hoping.

The truffled mushrooms with quail's egg and balsamic vinegar however was the absolute star of the day. The mushroom smelled incredible, truffle hitting me immediately and it packed a real punch, definitely not scrimping on the amount of truffle they put in! The bread it sat on was delicious and the egg was a brilliant addition, along with the acidity that balsamic gives the whole dish was truly fantastic!!

I cannot wait to try the rest of their menu and I will be waxing lyrical about those truffled mushroom for months to come.

Dessert time. We had doughnuts in cinnamon sugar with salted caramel sauce and mini oreo pieces from You Doughnut - delicious. Light fluffy little doughnuts, that are freshly prepared and melt in the mouth bites.

And I can't go to one of these things without getting something from Kooky Bakes if he's around. I absolutely adore his bakes and have now nearly had most of what he has to offer! Unfortunately already all his cronuts were gone by the time we got there so we picked the cookies and creme supreme cupcake, an oreo flavoured cupcake, with a chocolate and vanilla sponge, oreo buttercream, a hidden chocolate sauce centre and an oreo on top. Unlike most other oreo flavoured goods, this is not bland in the slightest. Instead of only tasting of the vanilla centre of the oreo it also includes plenty of the flavour of the chocolate biscuit and again unlike most other oreo flavoured things, it is also not sickly in the slightest.

 Absolutely beautiful!! We sat by the canal, enjoyed the music, the food and had some great times and clearly, so did a lot of other people.

We then decided to make fools of ourselves and go rollerskating, which may have been the most stupid thing we have ever done but it was free so why not?!

First of all, I have never laughed so hard in my life. She had not yet travelled two feet and she fell slap bang on her arse! I couldn't breathe I was laughing so much. I'd forgotten how much fun rollerskating is, hardly something I do often now! We should really get back on it and start going again.

After skating we were, incredibly, feeling peckish again, so we went to the Ice Kitchen and got ourselves a mango lolly and a blackberry, yoghurt and honey ice lolly. Look at the colours! Thick frozen lollies packed with real fruit pulp and flavour, they were delicious.

By the evening Granary Square looked beautiful. The place had the most incredible feeling that day. This one isn't technically even over yet but I can't wait for next Summer and the next lot of Kerb Saturdays.