Tuesday, 16 February 2010

Missing America


A little note to homesick Americans in London who may be craving Lucky Charms or Mrs. Butterworth's smothered pancakes for breakfast, mac 'n' cheese for lunch, corn bread and root beer for dinner (boy, I love America) and Big Red to refresh your breath should look no further than the Z Punjani American Food Store located in Holland Park at 2 Ladbroke Grove , W11 3BG (about a 2 minute walk from the tube station).

Despite the small size, this newsagent is packed floor to ceiling with American imported goods. Find your twizzlers and hot tamales here and if they don't have something you're after, that one thing which would make life in london just a little bit greater, tell them. AND THEY'LL ORDER IT IN IN FOR YOU!

One more thing, here’s a paragraph extracted from spectator.co.uk:
"And if you live in London, here's a tip; not for nothing does Z. Punjani Newsagents, 2 Ladbroke Grove (Tel 020 7727 4394; punjani@talk21.com), announce itself an American Food Store: buy your Reese's peanut butter cups and pumpkin purée, pancake mix and pickles, perhaps even the final issue of Gourmet, from W11 and get in the mood to create your own authentic Thanksgiving feast."Lovely.

Gingerbread Pancakes a la Homesick Texan

So its Shrove Tuesday aka Pancake Day. Whilst the simple pancake is adored by many (eat london included!) sometimes its nice to 'think outside the box' and whip up something a little different. With that in mind, may I introduce to you Homesick Texan's gingerbread pancake recipe. Discovered in Austin, you can now enjoy these in your own home.

Bringin' the taste of the US of freaking A to London, here it is:

http://homesicktexan.blogspot.com/2007/02/gingerbread-pancakes-for-shrove-tuesday.html

ENJOY!

Happy Pancake Day!

Here at Eat London we like to mix things up a bit, and nothing's better mixed up than eggs, flour, sugar and butter baby! That's right - we're sharing our favourite American Style pancake recipe with you in honour of this fine Shrove Tuesday, with video courtesy of our good friends over at Betasaurus.

So here's the video - watch it to see our very own Kim whip up a batch of pancakes and deliver a little history regarding this delicious day!