mar, 28th - chopsticks....

day 415:

good food is an integral part of our lives. both A. and i are interested in cooking, sourcing amazing ingredients and enjoying interesting dishes created by others. we live in a fantastic part of London where there is incredible diversity in terms of cuisines (especially asian and lebanese). we are spoilt with little restaurants that still seemed to be owned by families proud of their heritage and interested in the food and the community rather than the profit margin and turning tables. one of our favourite places is a typical eggs and baked beans English caff during the day but by night a Thai family takes over and serves up some of the best Thai that i've had in this city. the interior is very basic caff, it's b.y.o. (very rare in London), prices are economic-crisis friendly and the Laab Gai doesn't make allowances for the milder English palate....i love this place. and how brilliant that it's one building working perfectly for two restaurants.....wish that more people did this around the world.......

anyway, back to good food...... as i said on day 164, we're trying to expose Limi to a wide variety of cuisines (through what we eat and also what we cook separately for her)......she's now pretty good with trying different things and mainly feeds herself using three preferred implements - a spoon, a fork (very determindly when eating noodles), and both hands.....hey, we've certainly not perfected the whole solids thing yet and some weeks you just want to revert back to her firm favourites (grilled salmon, fishcakes or noodles for every meal) but we're trying to push ourselves to keep it interesting......i won't be surprised if at some stage we go through an i'll-only-eat-spaghetti-and-peas phase and this is not about turning her into some organic-pesto-only child......it's just about trying to instill some idea that food is about sustenance and health but also about flavour, texture and enjoyment......

the pics are from sushi on Sun.....where Limi ate her grilled salmon and avocado rolls (well not the seaweed obviously) but definitely enjoyed the chopsticks more.....