Chichin Labs

I went to Camden Market today for the first time. It's huge, beautiful and exciting! I'll definitely need to go back on a weekend or weekends to explore the area further. What took me there was the Thanksgiving Biscuits & Cranberry Sauce ice cream at Chinchin Labs where the ice creams are made using nitrogen, cool, hu? Don't just order your ice cream and sit down. Make sure you watch the process of ice cream making as well. 

So let's talk Thanksgiving Biscuits & Cranberry Sauce, the website description is:

Completely Smooth ice cream that tastes of American Biscuits, we then ripple in fresh & Zesty Cranberry sauce to give you that Happy holiday taste

That's pretty much accurate to the dot. I don't need to say more. You'll have a choice of several toppings, pretzel, grilled white chocolate, raspberry sauce, etc. I went with raspberry sauce. It was a good choice, clearly it was made fresh.

I highly recommend Chinchin Labs. The staff was welcoming and informative. The gentleman who made my ice cream kindly explained the process to me. Make sure you check out Thanksgiving Biscuits & Cranberry Sauce before it's too late.

49-50 Camden Lock Place

London

NW1 8AF

http://www.chichinlabs.com/

Check out the process:

The decor reminds me of my Chemistry lab days, in a good way!

And finally here is a photo of a canal at Camden market. 

As always, to health and happiness, folks! 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today was the Canadian Thanksgiving. Being here in London at this time of the year I miss certain things about home, pumpkin, spices, pies and red orange tree leaves. You feel autumn in Vancouver. It seems as if autumn has't really arrived in London. It's just rain and rain and rain. Speaking of the rain, I thought as a Vancouverite rain wouldn't be an issue in London, but the rain is different here. It's so wet. I don't know how else to describe it. It penetrates and soaks you wet from head to toe *sigh* I'm still adjusting. Anyways, back to Thanksgiving. There are probably 8 of us Canadians here at my residence. Most are from Toronto and Montreal and McGill grads. I am the only one from Vancouver and Western Canada (though my Saskatchewanian friend considers herself Western Canadian but that's up for debate in my opinion :P ). It was wonderful! We gathered at 7 pm at our residence common room for a Canadian Thanksgiving potluck. I had class till 6 pm so didn't get a chance to cook. I searched around on my way back home from school to find an apple pie and finally discovered it at M&S Foods. Here in London when someone says pie people automatically think savoury pie. It's not difficult finding a chicken or beef pie here but finding an apple pie is certainly a challenge. Don't even think about pumpkin pie. Oh, pumpkin pie! How much I love it. See, if I were in Vancouver I could easily find it at my local Save-on, but here in London there is no pumpkin pie. In fact, one of my Canadian housemates searched around London for pumpkin and finally managed to find it at Whole Foods on Piccadilly Square. She made delicious pumpkin cupcakes. Despite all challenges the food was great. We had store-bought chicken instead of turkey, no stuffing and no cranberry but a lot love for Thanksgiving. We enjoyed laughters and made fun of each others Canadian-ness. It was fun, a little piece of home, some delicious food and genuine laughter and something to be thankful for. So what am I thankful for? As always, thankful for my health (I said this to friends a couple of years ago at Thanksgiving and they laughed at me, well, haha, what? I am thankful for my health!). Everyday, I consider myself one of the luckiest people alive. Life sure hasn't been easy but I've had amazing people beside me to support me through it all. My parents have been there no matter what. I've had inspiring mentors. My friends are incredible and the loves of my life. Ultimately, I am thankful for today, for where I am, who am I and who I want to be. I am thankful, because I can think about these things while so many out there can not even imagine the thought of being someone other than what others want them to be. Let's cherish this very moment and think about all the beautiful things in our lives. We are all lucky in our own ways. We all have something to be thankful for, sometimes we have to search for it, but it is there, just look carefully. Happy Thanksgiving, Canada!

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