Betty’s tea rooms is second on the foodie bucket list (or Betty’s house, as I used to call it as a youngster. Surely she lives there?)
The appliance people at Kenwood have recently released a bucket list of all things food related. It comprises of 50 foods to eat/cook, interspersed with some of the world’s finest restaurants to be visited, before your life can be complete.
I’m not going to use this post to explore the rights and wrongs of the list, but let’s just say the list goes from the sublime to the ridiculous: from fish and chips (errr, obviously) to dining at one of California’s finest restaurants (not so much.) However, it’s an interesting read and it has inspired me to start to think about drafting my own. So, here is the list: how many have these foodie experiences have you tucked into?
1. Take-away with posh plonk
2. Afternoon tea at Betty’s
3. Fresh British asparagus
4. Marinated barbecue lamb
5. Beluga caviar
6. Bread and butter pudding
7. Breakfast at the Wolseley
8. Catching and cooking a mackerel on the beach
9. Dining at Chez Panisse, California
10. Chocolate fondant pudding
11. Eating a hotdog at a baseball game
12. Coffee and croissants at a Parisian cafe
13. Collecting and cooking fresh eggs
14. Cooking a curry from scratch
15. Cornish clotted cream
16. Crispy crackling
17. Curing raw fish at home
18. Dining at L’enclume
19. Dining at Racine
20. Fresh seafood by the sea
21. Chocolate eclairs
22. Woodland glade picnic
23. Set lunch menu at La Gavroche
24. Blackberry picking
25. Greengages
26. Growing your own vegetables
27. Homemade mayonaisse
28. Baking your own bread
29. Making your own soup
30. Fresh honeycomb
31. Visiting Jemaa el Fna Square in Marrakech
32. Learning to joint a chicken
33. Dining at the Walnut Tree, Abergavenny
34. Making homemade ice cream
35. Making your own marmalade
36. Early morning breakfast at Carnegie Deil (New York)
37. Cooking a perfectly timed Sunday roast
38. British ale with a scotch egg
39. Guinness at the Stag’s Head, Dublin
40. Pork pies
41. Dawn fry-up at Smithfield Market, London
42. Street food in Kuala Lumpur
43. Sushi at Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo
44. Take away fish and chips
45. Tapas at San Miguel Market, Madrid
46. Dining at the Seahorse, Dartmouth
47. Toasting a haggis with Scotch whisky
48. Wild British strawberries
49. International wine trail
50. Cooking chocolate cake with your children
I’m on a not too shabby 26. My favourites include street food in Kuala Lumpur (authentic satay is my absolute favourite food in the whole word) and Betty’s tea rooms (I was brought up on Betty’s caramel shortbread. Delicious.) Watch this space for my own banqueting bucket list.
