Minions

Went out with Holly today. We went to see Minions and Monsters in Cineworld. I didn't think it was that good and prefer Despicable Me which I think I said the exact same thing as the last film. We could have went to see the new live action Moana but went Minions as Moana will be on Disney+ sooner.

After we went to Zumuku on Lark Lane. I usually get sushi but I've just not been able to have sushi since I came back from Japan so went for ramen today.

Kaiso - Japanese seaweed salad, rice wine vinegar, toasted sesame seeds - £4.95

I love this seaweed salad but didn't see this in Japan so mustn't be authentic Japanese

Duck Gyoza - four pieces, minces duck dumpling, gyoza dip - £7.50

These are usually deep fried and crispy but asked for them to be steamed. They didn't have much filling in them and it came with hoisin sauce.

Holly's

Miso Ramen - Homemade miso broth, Tokyo noodles, black garlic, fungus mushrooms, nitama egg, kale, prawn dumplings and extra naruto - £14.95

Mine

Shoyu Ramen - Prawn dumplings, udon noodles, marinated mushrooms, naruto, nitama egg, sesame seeds

We got our dumpling steamed and I changed my noodles to ramen. It was nice. Wasn't super filling and light.

After we got a gelato from Gelato UK.

Pistachio - £4

Holly

Pistachio & Ferrero Rocher

Holly got so much!

We went for a walk round Sefton Park. It was a long over due catch up that was very much needed!

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Pippin's Corner

 

Went to Pippin's Corner on Lark Lane for brunch this afternoon with Holly. We got there around 1pm and thought Lark Lane and Sefton Park was going to be super busy but it wasn't as busy as we thought it was going to be.

We sat outside down the side in the shade where it was nice and cool as it was 28°C today. With a thunderstorm happening as I write this post as we've had really hot weather for the past 3/4 weeks and not had any rain for a while.

Boston Pancakes - Pancake stack - £9.50

Anything on Toast - Scrambled egg, bacon & avocado - £8.95

I got the pancakes and asked for fruit, no cream with maple syrup on the side. When it got brought out I asked where the fruit was and she said oh it's just at the bar I'll go and get it. Started eating and she just didn't come out with it so had to go in and ask. She brought it over in the same little tub as the maple syrup and all it had was 2 strawberries, 2 black grapes, 2 raspberries and a few blueberries. The pancakes were nice but was a bit crap the way they got my order wrong. Holly's was a choose 4 items on toast but she only chose 3. The scrambled eggs looked nice and I wished I went for that instead!

There were 2 menus one on a blackboard then a small one pinned to the board. On the big blackboard it had smoked salmon so I asked the girl and she said she would go in and ask then get back to us when she took our order. She didn't tell me if they did salmon so ended up ordering the pancakes.

After we got gelato from the gelato shop which was probably one of the busiest places on the street due to the good weather.

I got Biscoff & Honeycomb but as there was only a bit left in the tray and was really runny she said she could put it in a tub and give me a cone hence me holding a cone. Holly got the same but vegan version. It was nice could properly taste the Biscoff but it was melting so quick all over my hand!

8652 steps, 4 miles, 1 hr 30 mins later we did a few laps around Sefton Park to burn the gelato off. It was so hot in the sun but really nice in the shade. Refreshing now with the thunderstorm but will be a humid night!

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The Old School House

Kelly and Josh are home for the weekend as Kelly was going to see The Book of Mormon this afternoon with her mum. She's in for a treat as I went last week with Holly. The last show tonight in Liverpool before it carries on its UK tour.

We went to The Old School House for brunch on Lark Lane. It used to be called Esteban a tapas restaurant which we went to for my 22nd birthday. I got there just after 11:15am but they were already there from 11am. When we left after 12pm there was a really long queue waiting to come in as they were doing walk ins only.

Matcha Latte - £3.20

Smoked Salmon & cream cheese bagel with red onion and capers - £8.50

I got a matcha latte and smoked salmon bagel. It was nice wasn't too keen on the picked red onion and capers though. Could have done without.

Danielle got:

Branston's Beans on Sourdough Toast with added Mushrooms £6.40 + £2

Josh got:

Full English - Fried egg, hash brown, baked beans, bacon, black pudding, tomatoes and sourdough toast - £10.50

Kelly got:

Poached eggs on grilled sourdough with added mushrooms - £6.40 + £2

We sat outside and there was a nice breeze so wasn't too hot. We were sat opposite the gelato shop and was waiting for it to open. It opened as we finished at 12pm so we popped over to get some gelato which was very much needed for this crazy heat wave we're currently having but not as bad as the one we had last month.

Pistachio - £3

(This was classed as a premium flavour so was an extra 50p)

It was really good and the and the cone was nice and crispy. Thanks for the gelato Kelly!

After me and Danielle did a lap around the lake in Sefton Park. The park was quieter than I thought it was going to be but it might have been too hot for people to be out. Poor Danielle got pooed on by a bird as we walked through a flock of birds but luckily it was only a drop nothing major but was funny. It wasn't too hot but when I got back home I walked to my grandma's and I was drenched when I got to hers. It's just over a 20 minute walk downhill but was so hot.  Writing this post now coming to 9pm I'm sat with a table fan blowing directly at me it's that hot. We are not used to this heat in the UK our houses are not made for this! can't win with the weather - moan when it's too cold, moan when it's raining, moan when it's too hot but this is extreme.

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