Despite having lived in the UK my entire life (minus a tiny stint as a toddler where I lived in Amsterdam), I still get ever so excited to spend a bit of time in London. Coming from a dead-end town, London just feels so current and alive so I relish any chance to visit the country's capital. The place in question this past weekend turned out to be Covent Garden, where a few friends and I spent almost all of Saturday afternoon. After a little walk around the market we headed for food, feeling more than a little famished (London'll do that to you). As is often the case, we were on the lookout for anywhere that we, as a mixture of graduates and students, considered to be reasonable (aka a little restaurant where a meal was under £10!)

 

It was almost accidental that we stumbled across All Bar One, a little bar and restaurant tucked away a few hundred metres from the market. We were initially making a beeline for TGI Fridays - a place I still have yet to try out! - but the pull of food with the bonus of some celebratory cocktails won us over. Now I'm not the biggest foodie ever but determined to continue broadening my palette, after a quick perusal of the menu I opted for a delicious chicken and basil wrap (with added fries, because every indulgent weekend needs a few fries on the side, right?) The whole meal was exactly what the doctor ordered after a busy morning of trains, tubes and tons and tons of talking.

 

 

After stuffing our little stomachs, we swiftly moved onto the drinks menu where you're almost spoilt for choice when it comes to choosing a cocktail. A stickler for summery fruits, I opted for a raspberry daiquiri which was lovely, if a tad too strong for lunch time consumption! All Bar One also offer the chance to have a cocktail in a teapot for two or more people to share; very Mad Hatter-esque!

We only had to wait ten or so minutes to be seated and the staff were superbly attentive. We lucked in by arriving at the time we did; by the time we were half way through eating, it was getting busier and busier by the minute! It's definitely somewhere I'd go and eat at again, if I can remember how we found it that is. Geographical genius, I am not.

 

Or nay, if you're me.
 

I've read time and time again of the health benefits of including greek yogurt in your diet and I'm always seeing pictures on Tumblr of lovely looking meals making use of greek yogurt. In line with me starting up with running again (that's a whole other story) I'm trying to make some long term changes to my diet to help my body in the future. I'm terrible for crash dieting but I've come to the conclusion that it would make more sense to make a few solid changes and try to stick with them.

 

So greek yogurt, I though to myself foolishly, would be a great place to start. How. Wrong. I. Was.

 

 

There's something about the taste of it that my tongue just really protests about. Although I have to admit, I was secretly pleased when I saw this tweet from Olympic 400m runner Sanya Richards-Ross!

 

 

So if super-healthy athletes are struggling with the taste, I figured this mere mortal should stick with the quest to like greek yogurt. I've been using it with a handful of raspberries as part of my lunch - it definitely helps combine it with fruit to help counteract the taste. I've been reading around for other recipes making use of greek yogurt so I'm going to give a few of them a try before I write it off for good. I'm currently trying to mix it with strawberry granola but it turns out I'm not a fan of granola either. It's a bit awkward really.


It's not the most appetising food to ever grace my plates and I really am struggling to get used to the taste. But lest it be known that I give up at the first hurdle - I am determined to have a healthier diet by the end of 2013. In the oft-repeated words of Barney Stinson (yep, still on that HIMYM hype): challenge accepted.

How about you - are you a fan of greek yogurt or not really that fussed?

Jade :)