This Week's
High and Low
20/8/2014
It's been an interesting week including a trip to my cousin's beautiful wedding and a mini tour of the UK. Here are the best and the worst of my food week:
High: Chicken Pie at Beautiful Day's Festival in Devon.
During my mini tour of the UK with Marc O'Reilly and his band, I was surprised to see the variety of food available at music festivals across the water. It's been a few years since I've been to any music festivals in Ireland but my memory of the food is soggy, greasy chips and Abra burgers. Not the most appetising! Here there were lots of vegan and vegetarian options, contrasted with everything from kangaroo steaks to Mexican fajitas. My favourite was the humble chicken pie. Tender pieces of chicken in a white sauce with veg, encased in a perfectly crispy pastry. Simple and delicious!
Low: Hargold's Florentine Flapjack, a petrol station, somewhere close to Honiton, Devon.
I've never seen one of these before but when presented with a breakfast choice of this or a sausage and baked bean pie, I somehow went for this. Tasteless and the texture of thick cardboard. it was the perfect partner to my cup of burnt coffee. At least we beat the Brits on petrol station breakfasts!
Labels: Chicken Pie, Festival, Festival Food, Flapjack, Highs and Lows, UK
