Favorite day of the year

It was Taste of London today... the best part of summer in London. It's a food festival with all of the best restaurants represented. They make little portions of their most well known dishes and you basically eat your way around Regent's Park. We loved almost everything we had, but some of our favorites were the beef on hot stones from Cocoon and the fish and chips from Tom's Place. We now have a whole new list of restaurants to visit!

All of the pictures are up on Flickr, but here are just a few:

Beetroot Gazpacho from The Dorchester

Canteen for spit roasted pork

Yum...

Ric enjoying a little ham and melon from York & Albany. The cool story here is that it's a new restaurant opening in the fall of this year and is being started by Angela Hartnett. She was Gordon Ramsay's number two and has left to do her own thing (still as part of Gordon's group). This was a sneak preview and we're definitely looking forward to the real thing!

Menu... you pay in "crowns," a special currency for the festival

Best fish and chips ever

Pig trotters to go...If you bring the empty jar to the restaurant next time you're there, they fill it up for you for free!

Braised beef and bone marrow