Fancy a Snog?

I know what you're thinking. "Michelle, where have you been? I've been starving here, two long months, trying to work out a route to eat my way through London on my budget, and you've just gone off and left me. I'm not sure I can forgive you. You bastard". There's only one way I can say it: I'm sorry. It's nothing personal, I'm still eating new food for you, still going out of my way to track down the best culinary treats on a shoestring, but somewhere along the way I got sidetracked in the process of eating, and forgot all about the writing. Can you ever forgive me? Because if you do, we've really got a treat for you...

See that cup there in the picture? Notice the little white chocolate stars, chunks of delicious brownie and mouthwatering mochi? That's for you, baby. Let's make up for my blogging hiatus the passionate way. Let's talk Snog.

Starting in South Ken and spreading their reach to Soho (yay!) and Shepeherds Bush's notorious shopping mall Westfield, Snog is a frozen yogurt place with a difference. Choose from three base flavours, plan, bittersweet dark chocolate or green tea then top your snog with a handful of fresh fruit or naughty treats (did I mention the brownie chunks... mouth... watering) and you're good to go. Fat free and naturally sweetened, the clever chaps in PR note it's "tart tasting and not too sugary sweet". But what does this mean for you, dear readers?



Well, fittingly for such a place, I'm not going to sugar coat it. Kim and I had the green tea Snog, and I was looking forward to seeing how that worked with some pretty sweet toppings, hence the chocolate brownies, stars and mochi. The answer? Meh, not so much. The mochi, perhaps understandably, worked the best with the eastern scented green tea, but the overall flavour of the fro-yo was a little too sour for my palate. The choice of toppings is pretty good and the fruit looked fresh enough, with a selection ranging from pomegranate to blueberries; as a low fat snack it's certainly a better option than hard crackers or rice cakes. My biggest regret is that I didn't go for the dark chocolate flavour - for the sake of maybe 30 calories more I lost out on taste. Gutted. But, I'm an intrepid type and I know I have a lot of making up to do so don't you worry - I'll be heading back to Snog, and next time, I'm not leaving till I'm full.

Till we eat again,

Michelle