abalone shells, carousels and veggie fish and chips - a perfect bank holiday weekend beside the seaside (....beside the sea.........). after a long and lazy lie in we nipped off to brighton for a bit of coastal strolling. the brighton fringe festival was on so the streets were teaming with jugglers, percusionists and football fan belly dancers (though i think the latter may have been a stag party straggler rather than official entertainment, but his wobbly belly and boobies were incredibly hypnotic).
after wandering along the beach front and taking a few obligatory carousel and coastline shots we took an early dinner at terre a terre, a really scrummy veggie restaurant just off the main beach front. despite being vegetarian we tend not to eat in veggie restaurant as they seem to be overpriced and full of very...how can i say...'vegetarian' food! so, lots of beans, lentils, pulses....raw peculiar vegetables i've never heard of and a massive clash/fusion of intense flavours that seem to be used to 'replace' the meat. by the way, my description says more about my uncultured palette than the quality of vegetarian cuisine! but whilst the prices were still high at terre a terre at around £8 a starter and £15 a main dish it was actually delicious. i had veggie fish and chips, which was a plate laden with very chunky homemade chips which were more like roast potatoes, very minty mushy peas and the amazing buttermilk soaked halloumi coated in chip shop batter. it really was bizarrelly like a bit of cod, or maybe it's been a veeeery long time since i've eaten fish. definately worth a visit.
here are some more snaps from the day:
did anyone else manage to enjoy a bit of the beautifully rare bank holiday sunshine?
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I love abalone shells - it must be the iridescent colours that attract me.
Glad you had a lovely bank holiday out. It's a long time since I visited Brighton ... a long, long time. I'm sure it's changed so much.
Sounds like you had an absolutely fabulous day!
Sounds like a blindingly good weekend but can't help but be slightly concerned over the cod-tasting halloumi. Ew!
I love the irridescent colours too! Abalone does have a slight labradorite look about it...
And the halloumi really was delicious! Thinking about it, it's not that it tasted like cod, but it was accompanied by tartar sauce and seaweed for that fishy taste (which I actually didn't like). Because the halloumi had been soaked in buttermilk it didn't have the salty taste it usually has and the texture was really lovely and soft rather than 'squeaky' (?!) or crispy. Promise it was tasty!
aaaaaaaaaaaah! looks/sounds like so much fun! except for the food. hahahahahahah! no offense!
hope all is well. ;)
What a grest day! you've made me come over all reminiscent-like ... we lived in fair brighton for a couple of years before heading home - bloody great place for a bank holiday - and the haloumi fish and chips have made me all hungry - off to make some lunch, methinks!
Sounds simply glorious! I couldn't think of a more perfect weekend then that. To smell the salty air...and the food sounds yummy too. I haven't heard of any thing like that over here. Hope you have wonderful week.
Sounds just perfect. We visited Whitstable and Broadstairs on the weekend just past - perfect weather to be beside the seaside! xx
it was lovely - and brighton is so nice, really would like to live there at some point.
have never been to whitstable before - will have to check it out. any recommendations for places to visit?
seems that the deep fried halloumi is really splitting opinions :D
i promise, it was VERY tasty!
I love being by the water, too. I live on the shore of Lake Michigan in the US. Thanks for sharing the lovely pictures. xo Joan
What beautiful shots! I can see why you love it so!
Wow the shore of lake Michigan!? That must be beautiful. Glad you like the shots julia xx
Veggie and chips? Hmmmmmm. Sounds pretty good. Love that carousel pic!
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