Sunday, 8 March 2009

Mum... Im on telly!

I set our Sky+ box to record Market Kitchen, but I havent yet watched it! Im scared that I will look like a goon, not that it normally bothers me... ;o)

I thought that following our tv appearance we would have been approached by at least one person (I would have even been happy with one of the weird people who walk around town talking or rather shouting to themselves) wanting an autograph.

I even bought a sharpie pen so I would be ready for the deluge! I may have to result in walking upto people and asking if they want my autograph - yes thats it, people are scared to approach me - it cant be that no one watched the show can it?

Last week I had a nice short week, as we went to Edinburgh for a wee break.

I started off being good eatingwise, but as usual it went downhill rapidly...

I made sure I tried some Scottish delicacies too, I had some haggis it was softer than I thought it would be, but I dont know if I would eat it again. The other thing I had was the deep fried mars bar (come on, I had to try it ;o)) you will be pleased to know it didnt disappoint me (not that that was ever likely to happen), it was as gorgeous as it sounds, and I could feel my arteries furring up with every mouthful ;o), and yes I would most definitely have it again and again and yet again...

While we were away we got a bus to Leith to go to the Royal Yacht Britannia, can you believe they wouldnt let me have a "Royal wee" in the Queens private toilet (apparently I was being unpatriotic!). I think the word treason may have been used as I was being "escorted" off the ship.

I love buying shower gels and the Ocean Terminal shopping mall had just the shop for me, Korres. I bought a 250 mml bottle of Nutmeg shower gel completely forgetting about the 100 mml rule for carrying liquids in hand luggage at the airport! I hear you asking, "so how did you get around it?" well I called down to reception and got them to bring me 6 bottles of their 40 mml complementary shower gels, I emptied the bottles and refilled them with my posh stuff. I did feel bad about the waste, honest ;o)

I really dont get why you cant carry bottles larger than 100 mml but you can bring any amount of liquid though passport control in smaller bottles, if you want to bring through dodgy liquids you are going to no matter what the size restrictions are!

I picked up a copy of Metro on our first day, and thought it was really spooky that the restaurant review was on a place in Edinburgh, I think there was a review on some other place in Edinburgh too. I thought how did they know that I would be reading the paper here and your reviews are coinciding with this (was there strange forces at work?). I got to the letters page, and the letters were all from Edinburgh or Glasgow. I then looked at the e-mail address and yes you guessed it said to e-mail scotmetro. Of course I then remembered that I picked up my copy of Metro at Edinburgh airport and it wasnt likely to feature restaurant reviews of poncey London eateries. How we laughed, or rather I laughed and James looked at me like I was a lunatic...

So what did all this gastronomy do to my weight? Well, I put on three pounds so Im not too upset.

8 comments:

Al said...

Well I saw you both, but it's a long way to travel just to get your autograph. Perhaps you could autograph a few things and then try selling them on eBay?

Why you voluntarily chose to eat haggis I don't know, it's disgusting stuff. I've never had a deep fried Mars bar though, it gives me high cholesterol just thinking about it!

chocolat lover said...

The haggis was part of our breakfast buffet, I managed to sneak a piece off James' plate while he was being distracted by the cereals on offer ;o)

The deep fried mars bar was lovely and so worth the trip to A&E!

Hmmm, what could I autograph and sell? I know, I could do the Starbucks napkins we picked up the day before, yes thats it, and its food related too.

I could even write a link to this blog on there for some authenticity, and I would do a smiley face too just to be nice ;o)

So the next question is what would I set the reserve to? It should be priceless, but I will stick to 1p so I dont put off any potential bidders.

James (UK) said...

We could copy the script notes and flog those... who knows what Tom Parker 'Bowels' signature looks like, or the other older guy.

Haggis is pretty good! I think it's one of those things like eating insects (Anyone see "Heston's Victorian Feast?"); once you get over your initial "issue" with it and taste it, you find you actually like it.

I was cracking up seeing myself on the TV! And so frequently, it seemed!

Al, did you spot the fake "Seems like a good idea" dialogue I did to Amber when the bloke finished his pancetta-wrapped chicken thing?

;-)

Al said...

Indeed I did. I was wondering what you were saying, initially thinking it was some sort of sarcastic comment or something!

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Anonymous said...

I am glad you tried the fried mars bar! I am heading to
the rodeo and I think I might through caution to the wind and get a fried candy bar :)

Anonymous said...

EDIT:

the rodeo

I am still very newish when it comes to this!

chocolat lover said...

Kelly, tell me what candy bar you go for...

...I love the reeces peanut butter ones.

You deserve a day off from dieting once in a while ;o)