UK October 2024

A few food things from our recent travel. There was great bhindi/okra at Rajdoot in Marylebone



After lunch at ARABICA, Burough MKT
Great tabouleh and hummus @ ARABICA : near Burough Market..
Paella: Church Street Market.
Pescado: Edgware Road
Moxon Street : Cheese shop.
Her nibs with scone, clotted cream & raspberry jam, Kew Gardens Cafe. She looks happy.
Poddy (Our escape from Camden Market, which a kind of a hellhole)
Food truck near Paddington on the canal.

Dueling supermercados on Lancaster

La Tapatia recently opened with a full meat counter, deli, & bakery.  The chain also has stores  in PDX & Gresham. It’s on the west side of Lancaster in the old Book Bin. Across the way, on the east side of Lancaster, El Torito has taken over the Panaderia Oaxaquena (a bakery)  and has moved its tortilla machines and its taqueria over there and opened as EL TORO. They have great tacos with handmade tortillas de maiz. El Torito has been there since at least 2006 and I like the people there..

EL TORO has tacos de sesos (brains) & tacos de tripas (tripe) for the adventurous. We got al pastor, carnitas, & carne asada for a take home lunch one day this week. Generous servings for the fillings, unlike some places.

EL TORITO SUPERMARKET is now open on Lancaster, just south of Center on the east side in the old PET SMART.