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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Birthday Lunch

Birthday part 5... went for lunch today with Sarah to Minna on Lark Lane. We were sat on a table outside for Milo Lounge which is right next door but they don't do matcha lattes so we moved over to Minna instead. They had 3 empty tables but had us and a couple in front of us waiting ages before they sat us down.

 I came last February with Holly for lunch and the menu has changed. Looking back at my previous post I said they needed to have matcha lattes..

Sarah got an Oat Milk Chai Latte

My Matcha Latte

Seasonal French Toast - Brioche loaf, dressed strawberries, pistachio brittle - £11

I finally tried French toast - the only reason I haven't is because I didn't realise it was fried with egg. I thought it was just a dressed brioche loaf. It was nice and I enjoyed it. Would never think it was fried in egg as you can't taste it. The loaf was so thick like a doorstop. It came with clotted cream which I got on the side as I wasn't sure if I liked it and asked for no mint as I'm not a fan.

Turkish Eggs - Smoked garlic labneh, vadouvan butter, poached eggs, samphire, sourdough - £9.50

Sarah's Turkish eggs didn't look how I expected it to as it doesn't usually look like this.

Sarah liked it and said it was nice.

The menu is better than when I went last year with Holly but it had only just opened and they change the menu every so often. The French is seasonal so they change the toppings. I did want to have poached eggs on toast but that was only served before 12 and we didn't get there till after 1pm.

After we got a gelato as it was so hot. Crazy September heatwave - weather we should have had in August!

Sarah got Mint Choc Chip and I had to get Vegan Pistachio as they didn't have any normal and didn't have Bounty. It wasn't quite the same but still good.

We couldn't get a selfie with our gelatos on actual Lark Lane as it was too sunny and by the time we walked down to the park which literally took about a minute I'd eaten most of mine... It was melting too quick!

It was so nice and hot today what we needed for July and August but just didn't get. Looking like a nice hot September.

It was nice to catch up with Sarah as we hardly ever see each other anymore only briefly passing in the gym when I'm going and she's coming in. She's too busy training for all her 100s of events that I can't keep up with!

Thanks for lunch Sarah!

Birthday related posts to be continued...

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