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Fasting

It may be mere coincidence or something more that I have returned after 40 days (approximately) but I am now ready to take you with me on the next step. Simply send me £10 via PayPal for all your foodie happiness... Or at least follow me on Twitter... PLEEEEASE!!!! @hungrytomstum 

For being so patient you will be rewarded. Please find below a delicious picture of a luxurious beef dinner from Greenwich Market. This is what a real roast looks like. Tell that to your phoney mum cooking Aunt Bessie's.

The reason for the fast was to save money. The food of London has been good to me but I am beginning to feel... thin. Sort of stretched, like... butter scraped over too much bread (mmm). I need a holiday. A very long holiday. And I don't expect I shall return. In fact, I mean not to.

Thanks for that Bilbo. Australia awaits me in 2014, so please have these remaining London meals until Hungry Tom Down Under begins.

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Pizza Pazza

Nope, not a typo or a poor attempt at starting an unsuccessful rap battle, but the name of a small restaurant in Vauxhall where we get stuck into pizza, pasta and wine! 

And prawns. The food here really is good and with my favourite discount card friend, great value. Which was great for me as it was a birthday present for my dad! And he looooves wine.

As the place is owned by some mean looking full-blooded Italians who looked like they knew their way around a pizza dough and a machine gun, I had high expectations. The pizza was great, really light base and not too doughy. The best thing about pizza is that you don't even need a fork. It already comes with a handle... and it's edible! Pizza, you're so cool.

And last but not least, but first on the night. Antipasti! Ravenous hands got stuck in before I could pick up my camera, hence the carnage. I had a calzone, which I always see on menus, always wanna eat and always feel disappointed with. That's why I didn't snap it.

If you know a good calzone restaurant, hook a brother up!

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Tender, tender steak will get you to the weekend!

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Catch of the day

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Homemade burgers fresh off the Q!

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The Breakfast Club - Round 2

FIGHT

You've all seen my first Breakfast Club review (my first ever blog) I'm sure. I won't tempt you with the syrupy details but he is a mouthwatering array of photos from my last trip. 

Titled, 'Ham so Excited' with additional sausage as is the law. Ham, egg, pancake; repeat.

Add enough maple syrup to satisfy a Canadian lumberjack and you got yourself a breakfast, fella!

You may think looks familiar but, oh no, you couldn't be more wrong. Yes, there is egg, pancakes and ha... wait a minute, that's BACON!

Of course it is, son, and not just bacon. A ball of bacon. No time for a bacon weave here. Those are some saute potatoes creeping in the bacon background that taste like roasties... with breakfast. Come on, sheeple, wake up to this!

And of course, with additional sausage.

Deal with it.

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Feast in the Fields

I went to my first food fair. I felt like an investigative reporter, getting a big scoop. They must have known who I was as they let me in for free. Big deal... fine leather goods, son.

The food shacks weren't so obliging... they made me pay. Boo-urns.

There was good array of food servers out in force! My first port of call was an Indian (the name escapes me), I picked up a few samosas. Don't believe me? Look at the pictures, dude, chill!

Then I hit up Mama's Jerk Station. I could have had chicken, but you know me, I'm a sucker for a sausage.

It was a spicy meat-a-ball!

Contrary to popular opinion, this photo is actually perfectly in focus and well shot. The glare is a result of a choir of angels attempting to steal my duck burger that I got from Southwest Supper. I had 'em off though, don't worry. Dress wearing, harp players.

Unfortunately, that was all my stomach and wallet could handle so I couldn't check out the other places, the arancini place and Tacochu who make Japanese tacos. 

Due to the battering heat, we had a few of these cooling libations, directly from London Fields Brewery. Unfiltered lager was a hit, however the warm cider just got me incredibly drunk and I had to go home for a lie down. Productive day.

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It's burrito night at ours! Who's coming?

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Homemade salmon quesadilla's - where were you?!

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In Bruges - Part 6

SO.MUCH.FOOD. How we got to the final day and still ate is a mystery but we did. So, you know, we slowed down, had a breather and went for something light.

Tsk... come on...

You read that right! Ribs and Beer! And the best part, ALL YOU CAN EAT RIBS!

It was all you drink beer too, it was on me. I look after my hommies!

There were a few options to chose from... starting with ribs. This beaut was cooked in the house sauce, beer and chocolate... I'll let that sink in a moment...

Red hot ribs! Burning your fingers!

Round Two - FIGHT!

It all got a bit much for some people. Notice the unfocused, blurred camera, a direct result of meat poisoning!

Three and half pigs later...

I think recalling this meal has given me flashbacks. I need rat poison and a damp cloth, now!

But thank you, Bruges! We all had a great time and came back significantly heavier! Once again, cheers!

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In Bruges - Part 5

It was time to get stuck into some more local culture. We'd had mussels, we'd had waffles, we'd even had mayonnaise with fries. What on earth would I sink my teeth into next?

Waterzooi, that's what! 

Waterzooi (pronounced vat-er-zoo-ey) is a traditional Flemish dish made with cream, egg yolk and a vegetable broth (and hopefully no flem) which results in this really creamy stew. It was awesome, especially as a few of those pesky french fries snuck onto the plate. How did that happen?

Croque Madame is a French dish but Belgians have changed it. It's basically cheese on toast with ham in the middle of more cheese on toast. It differs from the croque-monsieur with the addition of an egg, said to look like a ladies hat. Tasty? You bet! Melty cheese? Hell yeah! Calories? .... hmmm?

It's almost become a Hungry Tom tradition to sample a nation's mac and cheese. I think I've idealised the homemade variety as it never meets my expectations, this ones saving grace was that it was enormous!

Salmon fillet. I'm really getting into salmon at the moment and this one did not disappoint. 

4 pictures of carby food, even I'm starting to get full. Shall we take an ice cream break?

All the flavours of the rainbow! Eet eez beautiful! One more? If you insist!

And I'm spent! Give me half an hour...

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in Bruges - Part 4  

...As if chocolate wasn't naughty enough... yes, that is actually a spunking chocolate cock... 

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In Bruges - Part 3

Waffles, banana, nutella. Standard.

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In Bruges - Part 2

Here's a few more foodie snaps from Bruges! This post will be dedicated to the world's most favouritest beverage - Beer.

Even Amy got stuck into beer and really enjoyed it. Thanks beer! You've always been so good to me. It's like seeing your two separate best friends get close!

The Belgian's are very proud of their beer so we selflessly immersed ourselves their culture. We went to a brewery...

We went to the wall of beer...

We even 'chinged' our glasses in celebration. Troopers!

If you like beer, you'll like Bruges!

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In Bruges - Part 1

When I say Belgium - You say... food?

Here is a collection of some of the best food I ate during a recent trip to Bruges; home to chocolate, mayonnaise and extremely strong beer.

Mussels and chips are a staple dish in Belgium. Steak in roquefort sauce (a kind of blue cheese) was also... on the menu!

Even in the searing summer heat, I got stuck into a Belgian stew (always sampling the local cuisine) while you can see prawns in a garlicky sauce!

Leffe, as well as Duvel are popular in Britain but the dark beer at the top was kind of a stout and also incredibly strong, at 12%. Saying that Duvel is 8% so we all got a bit loopy on the first night.

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Rule #35 - Gravy is an art form

The Rules of a Hungry Person

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Rule #18 - When in doubt, eat out

The Rules of a Hungry Person