Showing posts with label Notting Hill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Notting Hill. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

What is Quinn Jr. eating?It gracefully slid off the sword and landed in Quinn Jr, the Bunny, Quinn Sr and my plates. We all gave it a try and it was very interesting indeed, a bit rubbery but a tasty little bauble of goodness. It was a tiny chicken heart that was barbecued to Brazilian standards, served up at Rodizio Rico on Westbourne Grove in Notting Hill.

I think my food inhibitions have been removed after my tripe and lamb brain trials earlier this year - so why not a chicken heart? We eat pate all the time, non? And that is a mix of duck or chicken liver and other interesting condiments. I was arguing with the Quinn princess that there is no difference between liver and heart and that the liver is something that purifies one's toxins while the heart is the organ of love - this didn't work and she still didn't try it.

If you want a big night of lots of barbecued beef, pork, chicken and lamb then go to the Rico. For 20quid you get all you can eat and it is really tasty. The salad bar was a bit salty but is only filler and apparently the real Brazilians don't eat that stuff they just go for the meat that swirls around the tables carved up by servers brandishing large knives.

Don't be afraid - unless you are a vegetarian!
Pork or beef rump, rind, steak or something - who could keep track?!

The chicken hearts

chicken heart photos from the net- teeny tiny.

Monday, April 16, 2007



Summer Sun
It was a fantastically sunny weekend in London and spent most of it outside. The amount of people walking outside has tripled and my street is filled with prams, people, bikes, dogs and everyone that was hibernating. What started off as a bad weekend turned into a fantastic one...

Drink of choice for the weekend was the Caipirinha. Had one at Beach Blanket Babylon in Notting Hill which is a must see, its interior is spectacular with caves, rope bridge and beautiful mosaics and mirrors. Very trendy and cool with high drink prices to match. Rahul met the owner who is an eclectic Londoner who's sense of style epitomizes the bar/restaurant. Go there for a drink and find some nice men to buy you more...

The C is a Brazilian drink made from Cachaça alcohol (fermented sugarcane), sugar and lime and is the national drink of Brazil.
The average Brazilian drinks about three gallons of Cachaça annually. It is so sweet so if you don't like sugary cocktails than steer clear.
p.s. am still getting to know how to use my new Mac so will post more pics once I figure out how to find them on my computer!

x

Beks and Rahul at BBB