Wednesday 25 January 2012

Daddy Donkey Burritos

Once you have been on a break for a while it adds pressure to make the first food post worth while. Similarly, once you have been out of work for ages, and then suddenly go back and have an array of fantastic food around your office, you want to make that first lunch worth it! I think Daddy Donkey on Leather Lane fulfils both of those very well.



It was always my Friday treat while I was pregnant and I think it was my last day's treat too! Burritos are probably one of my favourite street foods in the world. A good burrito can even, on occasion, surpass a souvlaki! There, I said it! And I am a proud Greek too! Just the combination of the rice, with soft beans, delicious meat, creamy guacamole and spicy salsa - then topped with sour cream and cheese! Heaven. Makes a day at work worth it!





I have tried a fair amount of burritos in London and to me Daddy Donkey are the best in town. They are extremely generous with their fillings (though on the expensive side too) and their meat is always full of flavour and succulent. The service is friendly too and I find the race to get back to the office while it is still warm helps keep some of the calories you are about to consume off!




I usually go for the chicken burrito, but this time opted for the Tomatillo Beef. I honestly don't know how the wrap doesn't burst with the amount of filling that goes in it! I mean rice, beans, meat, salsa, sour cream, cheese and ALWAYS guacamole! Of course you have to develop an appropriate technique in eating it, so that it doesn't burst and spill everywhere. This time I didn't quite manage it - I was out of practise. But last year, by the end I had perfected my technique and I don't think I even wasted a grain of rice! 

Really worth a try if you are in the area!

Yum yum yum yum.

Daddy Donkey Burritos

Pitches 100-101
Leather Lane Market
EC1N 7TE

Monday 23 January 2012

Happy 2012! I am still alive!

Apologies, apologies, apologies! I have been awfull with blogging this month, I know! I was in Greece for the first week of January, then moved house two days later - nightmare. It all went smooth, until BT got involved and it took them more than a week to connect our phone line. That meant that along with the internet provider it took a total of 2 weeks to get connected. What BT needed to do was just leave the existing number of the property and transfer it over to our names. What they did was transfer our old house number to the new one, followed by disconnecting both numbers, followed by taking 3 more days to reconnect the original number. Rant over and I now accept 50% of the blame for being so bad in 2012.

On a slightly cheerier note, I am determined to be better and put up new recipes, reviews and ideas for happy food times! Another happy note is that I now have a ONE year old daughter! Time does fly and even though 2011 has been a difficult year, it has also been a great one to get to know my little one!

I will no longer be adding the BLW (Baby Lead Weaning) initials at the end of recipes. I am now basically doing all home cooking with no or minimal salt, so that my daughter can eat everything we eat too. Most of the recipes are still 'big family' friendly though, so not to worry!

I hope 2012 has started well for everyone. I look forward to giving you some food for thought and food for your belly too!

Hungry Mama x