I was reading the Waitrose Weekend supplement the other day and stumbled across the foodie bucket list - a list of 50 things you need to do before you die. You all know I am a fan of a bucket list so I thought for a bit of fun I'd list here and see if I have actually done any of them. (I've made the list a bit more concise, it was quite wordy).
1. Enjoy posh plonk with a takeaway
2. Have afternoon tea at Betty's, Harrogate
3. Dig fresh British asparagus from the soil and straight into the pan
4. Bake a chocolate cake with your kids, enjoy the mess
5. Try caviar
6. Master the art of marinated BBQ lamb
7. Breakfast in style at The Wolseley, London
8. Indulge in bread and butter pudding
9. Dine at Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California
10. Catch and cook fish on a beach
11. Sip coffee and croissants in a Parisian corner cafe
12. Dine at Club Cinquante-Cinq in sun-soaked St Tropez
13. Enjoy crab sandwiches by the sea
14. Collect fresh hen's eggs from a warm nest and cook them over a fire
15. Smother Cornish clotted cream on a fruit scone
16. Cook a curry from scratch and wait for the spice aromas to take over
17. Perfect your crispy pork crackling
18. Cure raw fish at home
19. Dine at two Michelin-starred L'Enclume in Lake District
20. Treat yourself to chocolate eclairs with crispy choux, Chantilly cream and quality chocolate
21. Savour a hot chocolate fondant
22. Pick wild blackberries
23. Enjoy the set lunch menu at Le Gavroche
24. Rediscover greengages
25. Sample a Guinness at The Stag's Head, Dublin
26. Cook a perfectly timed Sunday roast
27. Plan a woodland picnic of elderflower cordial, egg sandwiches, sausage rolls and scones
28. Grow your own vegetables
29. Make creamy and zesty homemade lemonade
30. Dine at the popular Racine, in Knightsbridge
31. Discover the joy of baking homemade bread
32. Be thrifty and make your own soup
33. Visit the food stalls of the Jemaa el Fna market, Marrakech
34. Learn how to joint a whole chicken
35. Lunch at The Walnut Tree, Abergavenny
36. Make homemade ice-cream
37. Make proper Seville orange marmalade
38. Try the classic taste of British ale with a Scotch egg
39. Drop in to Carnegie Deli, New York
40. Cut honeycomb from a hive and enjoy on hot toast
41. Enjoy the simple delight of a homemade pork pie on a sunny picnic
42. Join London's crack-of-dawn butchers for a fry-up at Smithfield Market
43. Explore Malaysian street food in Kuala Lumpur
44. Visit Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo
45. Eat fish'n'chips on a harbour wall in the salty sea air
46. Sample tapas in San Miguel Market, Madrid
47. Dine at The Seahorse, Dartmouth
48. Toast a haggis with a single malt whisky on Burns Night
49. Seek out wild British strawberries to pick
50. Follow an international wine trail to learn more about production and heritage
How many have you done? Are they other things you would add to a foodie bucket list? I'd love to hear about them!
Come back tomorrow to see how many of them I have achieved!
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23/50 doesnt seem to shabby. Most of the ones I havent done involve travel. Oh how I wish to win the lottery and go to all of these places!
ReplyDeleteOooh, I can tick off 32 of those. The ones I'm missing mostly relate to specific restaurants. However there is one restaurant specific one I've done that isn't on your list but would be on mine if I made one - sample the tasting menu at The Fat Duck, which I have done.
ReplyDelete23, but there are a lot I wouldn't want to do! Taking tea at The Grand, Brighton, I've done and was lovely. I'd also love to eat in that restaurant that is pitch dark, staffed by blind waiters
ReplyDeleteOhh I've done nearly half of them....24 out of 50 ain't too bad :) x
ReplyDeleteI've done about three quarters of the ones that aren't ruled out by being a teetotal penniless vegan!
ReplyDeleteHa, some do require you to a) eat meat and b) have a fortune to spend!
ReplyDeleteThat's quite respectable!
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty good going!
ReplyDeleteWow, I think you the first person I've known who is in the 30s. Well done!
ReplyDeleteNot too shabby at all! Yes, travel is required to many which means I'll never do them!
ReplyDeletehttp://london.danslenoir.com/ this is the restaurant I'd add, this and a visit to the ice bar, for frozen cocktails
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