Sunday Eats

Back in early April for an early birthday meal for Jo's birthday at AKA Sushi on Bold Street

Sushi Set A (16 pcs) - 3 Salmon sashimi, 3 tuna sashimi, 3 salmon nigiri, 3 tuna nigiri, 4 salmon rolls & seaweed salad - £18.99

Rainbow Roll - Salmon, tuna, seabass, crabstick, avocado & cucumber - £12.99

Chicken gyoza (6 pcs) - £6.99

Seaweed salad - £4.50

Beef ramen - £9.99

Salt & pepper chicken - £7.50

Tonkatsu crispy pork - £7

Sushi was good as always! Not a fan of the gyoza anymore prefer when they used to do it steamed rather than fried. Shouldn't have got the salt& pepper chicken - got it last time for my birthday and it was just dry and fatty bits of chicken. Jacob got the tonkatsu crispy pork his favourite thing to get - it's nice but really dry.

We were supposed to go to Big Bowl Noodle which I still haven't tried but ended up in our favourite place AKA Sushi as always!

The week after I went to visit Kelly in Manchester which also happened to be Manchester Marathon day which was a bad idea as the main road out of her house was the last mile of the race! So was a nightmare to get near her house and park up. But I made it eventually. We went for dinner at this sushi place Ring Sushi Hotfood which was down the road from where she lives in Chorlton

Chicken gyoza (4 pcs) - £4.80

Gave us prawn crackers. The gyozas weren't that nice

Sushi platter (28 pcs) - Nigiri, hosomaki, California maki, salmon sashimi - £30

The sushi was alright not the best I've had - the fish didn't seem that fresh. The place was dead there was only 1 family when we arrived then another table turned up when we were leaving. Was just this one guy who looked like he was the server and the chef making the food! It was pretty quick like we didn't wait long for the food but we were over charged which I didn't realise till I got back to Liverpool. The bill came to £40 but the only other thing we got was Kelly's diet coke so no way that was like £6 odd! It was weird as it was cash only or bank transfer and they didn't take card. Wouldn't recommend or go again

I finally met Trigg Kelly and Josh's dog properly. 1.5 year old German wirehaired pointer. He is massive and really well behaved. 

Went to lunch with Danielle today on Allerton Road. Was meant to be another sushi lunch but it just wasn't meant to be as the 2 sushi restaurants weren't open! 2 new ones opened up but one doesn't open Sunday's and the other doesn't open till 4pm so that was a let down. We ended up going a really random place Pierre Griffes French cafe bistro

Danielle

Smoked salmon, scrambled egg on toasted croissant - £10.99

Smoked salmon omelette (no cheese) - £10.99

Wasn't expecting my omelette to come with toast or salad. The omelette was alright a bit burnt - was massive and definitely not what I had in mind that I was going to have for lunch today but we were put on the spot a bit as the guy came over to take our order and I said we needed a couple more minutes then he came back and said the kitchen was closing so if we wanted food we needed to order now so I kinda panicked. The other option was eggs royal. When we walked in he should have said they were doing last orders and that they were shutting soon and we probably would have went somewhere else.

After we walked down to Dovedale Road to Laura's Deli and Wine and I got a pistachio matcha latte which is a game changer. It was SO nice my new favourite drink - all matcha lattes should have pistachio in it! Danielle got an iced matcha, coconut and vanilla latte. The vanilla was really strong and couldn't taste the matcha. Did taste like eating a cake. 

Will eventually try the 2 new sushi places on Allerton Road and catch them when they're open. Strange how no-where was open even though it was a bank holiday and the weather was so nice today so they were definitely losing out.

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Picnic

Today's lunch date with Holly to Picnic on Smithdown Road. It's been open for a while and just haven't got round to trying it. They call it Healthy Fast Food - salad bowls, buddha bowls, pasta, rice, smoothies and juices. It's only small and on the corner with 5 tables. They had a lot of take outs while we were there.

Holly got

Shredfast Bowl - Grilled chicken, no carb (extra kale and sugar snap peas) avocado, broccoli, grilled spinach, kale, pineapple, beetroot & ginger garlic chilli dressing - £11.95

I also got the Shredfast bowl 

Shredfast Bowl - Grilled chicken, special pasta (pasta in tomato sauce), avocado, broccoli, grilled spinach, kale, pineapple, beetroot & ginger garlic chilli dressing - £11.95

I got the sauce on the side which was a smart move as it was spicy and I didn't like it.

The bowl was way too small for all the food. Was struggling to cut the food without it all coming out and going everywhere! Good portion size but the bowl needed to be bigger. The chicken wasn't hot, dry, a bit rubbery and bland - had no seasoning was just grilled - I guess that's their version of healthy but could have done with some salt or pepper. My spinach wasn't grilled was definitely just raw. The food came out quick but think everything is already cooked and just reheated.

The idea is good but the food could definitely have been better - more seasoning and a bigger bowl if you're gonna give me this much food! They do have a good menu and a lot of choice of food.

After we went to Lark Lane. Went to Press Bros - Holly got a cappuccino and I got a matcha latte. We then walked down to Lunko the bakery which has been on the list for ages. They have pastries from The Butterholic and always has a queue because the place is only small. They never used to stock that much stuff and would be sold out before the afternoon but they have upped their stock now so they don't sell out as fast. They had a bit of a queue when we got there.

I got a pistachio croissant which cost me £4.20! Last time I got one from Duke Street Market which was also from The Butterholic cost me £3.50 which I thought was expensive. This was a proper rip off though and I was had off as there was about a teaspoon of pistachio in the middle of it! I was so disappointed by it. It was really dry as well - was not worth the £4.20 at all. The croissants in Lidl bakery are better for less than half the price (sadly they don't do pistachio croissants though!)

Was a nice catch up, shame the food wasn't that good but I've ticked Picnic and Lunko off the list now.

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