Eating Out : A Rare Treat - 10 August 2024

I recently invited a friend out for a bite to eat at lunchtime. Below you can see what I ate :

My plate shows a portion of broccoli quiche and 3 types of salad : bean and sweetcorn with grain, broccoli and red pepper, and carrot and kale. This was bigger than my normal portion size although the plate size was relatively small. At home I’d still have less quiche and only one portion of salad rather than three.

My meal was accompanied by a mug of decaffeinated oat milk latte which was very nice indeed. I enjoyed this meal very much.

_{The photo's so large because I liked the heart design.}

My friend had a portion of (real) sausage roll and the three salads : carrot and kale, broccoli and red pepper, and chopped tomato, red onion, cucumber and olives.

I ended up having all the olives as my friend is not so keen on them. He was not that keen on the sausage roll either as it was a bit dry.

His lunch was accompanied by a mug of beetroot and ginger oat milk latte. Have a look below :

Not sure where I’ve been all this time as I did not know that you could have beetroot latte, which shows I should go out more perhaps. I regretted not seeing the option before ordering my ordinary decaf latte, but my friend kindly let me taste this new-to-me variety. It didn't have a strong taste.

This was my plate at the end of the meal : I was very hungry but also the meal was a bit too expensive to leave anything on the plate. All in all the bill came to £30.05 or around 180 Steem; this sort of treat cannot happen everyday. It’s rather expensive to go out for a nice meal. I cannot fault the setting : it was clean, decent and quiet - perhaps the locals cannot afford it either.

The highlight of this meal to me was the pink beetroot latte. I’m very familiar with beetroot juice. I don't have it often but when I do I tend to dilute it with sparkling water for a refreshing drink. I am aware of the properties of beetroot so it came as no surprise that articles I’ve read, for instance here have pointed out the nitrate content in beetroot, pros and cons of drinking it, and so on.

I'm keen on buying some organic beetroot powder to make this pink latte at home. I also set about finding out how hard it is to make. The most upbeat tutorial I found on how to make a beetroot latte on You Tube did not tell me that much :

The 7-year-old video has not broken the 100-views barrier and had no comments !

I eventually found this other video :

The channel is very small with fewer than 1000 subscribers and the video’s not really been that successful either. I included this video here because the presenter was clear; she showed the product, and the recipe in the information box.

The next stage is trying to find that sort of 'organic beetroot powder' online to purchase it. It's got to be cheaper than going out for a meal to get it.

Thank you for reading !