The Good Life Eatery, Chelsea

On the Sunday I spent in London we took ourselves to Kensington where we had a wander round the shops, spotted a Made in Chelsea star and I tried my first ever Ben's Cookie (delicious by the way).

We then walked to The Good Life Eatery in Chelsea as it is so hyped up online and pictures of the food are constantly popping up on my instagram feed so we thought we would give it a go. Tara and I both went for poached eggs; Skinny Benedict for me and Skinny Royale for Tara.

The eggs were deliciously runny and anything with avocado is usually a winner for me, however, I have to say both of us were rather disappointed. The meals were cold which I found odd and the "hollandaise" sauce was a skinny version made from yoghurt with saffron. I thought it was ok but Tara wasn't a fan. Overall I did enjoy the meal and it was very filling, it just didn't quite live up to expectations. I think some of the salads looked really nice, as well as the juices and desserts so it could just be a case of ordering badly.

Let me know if you've ever been to The Good Life Eatery and what you thought of it if you have.

A Saturday in Kingston

I spent this past weekend in London staying with my sister. She moved to London in September and since I hadn't been to see her yet, I thought a few days with her would be a nice way to finish my uni term and I was right. We had such a lovely weekend exploring new areas of London, doing some Christmas shopping and of course eating lots of food! My original intention was to take lots of photos of our weekend; pretty views of London at Christmas, outfits of the day and show you what we got up to but I'm sorry to say that that didn't happen. We were so busy having fun and catching up that the only thing I managed to photograph was the food but it was rather delicious so I'm going to show you anyway.

We actually avoided central London on Saturday afternoon as two weeks before Christmas we thought it would be unpleasantly busy so we set off for Kingston. For lunch we went to a cute cafe called The Terrace Eatery. We started with some hot drinks to warm up after coming in from the cold and, soon after ordering, our sandwiches arrived.

I went for the Milanese and Tara chose the smoked salmon and cream cheese. (I think I won!)

The Milanese was a dreamy combination of salami, mozzarella, olives, sunblushed tomatoes, pesto and salad leaves.

It was delicious and if you're ever in the area I would highly recommend stopping off for a spot of lunch. I think you'd struggle to find a better sandwich or, if it's something sweet you're after, their cakes and traybakes looked pretty great too.

Feeling nicely full and fuelled for shopping we went on our way and spent the afternoon wandering around the shops and browsing for Christmas presents. I had never been to Kingston before and I have to say I thought it was so lovely! If you're lucky enough to live nearby then I am rather envious as we had such a nice afternoon.

As the shops began to close and our hunger returned we made our way to Ealing for dinner. Tara suggested Turtle Bay, a Caribbean restaurant with a really cool vibe. There were no tables available so we sat at the bar stools which was fine by us. We quickly ordered some cocktails and a starter to share of Pulled Jerk Pork.

This was a nice salad with pulled pork, mango, orange and coconut shavings.

The main was the real treat though. I chose the Trinidad curry chicken and Tara went for the Jerk chicken with the BEST sweet potato fries.

 Tara's Jerk chicken - this was smoky, soft, barbecued heaven.

My curry of chicken in a fruity, coconutty and slightly spicy sauce.















We had such a lovely meal - great food and the loveliest of company!

Again I would highly recommend Turtle Bay. It had such a nice, lively vibe, great music, friendly staff and, of course, delicious food.

We had such a nice day and I cannot thank my sister enough as she thoroughly spoilt me!

On Sunday we ventured to Chelsea and tried out a celeb fave healthy eating spot - can you guess what it is? Post to come soon..

A Day At Sea

One of my absolute favourite days of the entire holiday was this day in Kotor. We took a boat trip out through the bay and visited the island known as Our Lady of the Rocks before stopping off at a cute town called Perast to have a quick swim. The scenery was ridiculously beautiful out in the bay but as I seem to have said that about everywhere, I'll just let the photos do the talking this time.

Bikini is available here and here from Oysho.