talk to the animals // werribee open range zoo Posted by Helena

A few weeks ago some friends came to visit and we decided to go to the Werribee Open Range Zoo to see the animals! So here's just some cute pics of some darned cute animals.

ladies who lunch // ledbury Posted by Helena

I've got a few more posts to make from, erm, last year (whoops!) and here's one of my favourites. Everyone who knows me knows I love my food and as a special treat to myself before I left London (literally the day before I left), I went to The Ledbury for a long lunch. It's only the 14th best restaurant in the world doncha know. Now... Let me relive the best meal of my life (not kidding - every dish was amazing).



Goats curd on squid ink cracker

Cheese and bacon brioche - this was mind blowingly amazing and I had to stop myself from eating all of the bread every time they brought the bread tray around.

Amuse Bouche - quail egg on mousse (was it mushroom?)

Ceviche of hand dived scallops with radishes, seaweed and herb oil and frozen horseradish

Flame grilled mackerel with avocado, celtic mustard and shiso - one of my favourites!!

Hampshire buffalo milk curd with saint-nectaire, Iberico ham and a broth of grilled onions

Fillet of brill with sweetcorn, razor clams and ginger - this was another favourite!

Breast of quail with walnuts, cepes and figs

Short rib of ruby red beef (cooked for 8 hours) with baked celeriac, bone marrow and grated english wasabi

Pre-dessert - somewhat like a mandarin Eton Mess. Mandarin granita and ice cream and meringue yum yum yum.

Mille-feuille of mango with kaffir lime ice cream.

being an extra // british india Posted by Helena

Last month I was an extra on British India's latest video clip for Blinded. While one without much experience would think it's quite glamourous, in actuality it's quite exhausting! We were required to dance vigorously to the entirety of the song and then do a lot of screaming. The storyline was a band playing at a prom and then they start going crazy, spit lots of blood and the real British India come out of their bodies. The band wanted to create a really C-grade horror video and I think it turned out really awesome!

So while we started the day like this...



We ended up more like this about 4 hours in...