What Sophie Said

Before moving to London, I'd never set foot in a Wahaca. After being introduced by friends, it's now reached my favourites list. The concept is Mexican street food - lots of small tapas-like dishes, which arrive to your table and and when they're ready. Always fresh, the food is of delicious quality. I've been to the Oxford Circus and Covent Garden branches, but recently headed into the Westfield Stratford branch for the first time. The Westfield branch was much quieter than the other two usually are, although it was a Friday evening, and we were seated immediately. It has the usual colourful, distinctive decor and huge menus on the table. Drinks-wise, they offer a huge range from the bar, but  personally always go for the apple juice. They juice about 5 apples there and then in front of you at the bar, and it tastes amazing. Time for what we ordered. On this trip, our list was made up of:- Grilled British steak tacos Pork pibil tacos Tender ma...

Andy and I are trying to eat a bit more healthily at the moment, and I’m trying to build up some tasty new dishes ready for when we can move back in together very soon. I made this one on a Friday night, and it’s full of flavour. I have no idea where the original recipe was from, I’ve had it written down for ages… although the final result doesn’t bear much resemblance to the original! Here’s the ingredients, to serve two: Juice of a lime 1tsp smoked paprika Salt and pepper ½ red pepper, chopped 4tbsp sweetcorn 200g chicken breast, sliced 1tsp chilli powder 1tsp tomato puree 1tsp sunflower oil Small bunch parsley, chopped 1 carrot, diced For the dressing: 1 tbsp lemon juice 1 tbsp olive oil Salt and pepper Put the chicken in a bowl with the lime juice, spices, tomato puree and salt and pepper. Leave to marinate for at least 10 minutes, the longer the better to enhance the flavour. Heat the oil in a non-stick pan and thoroug...