I was lucky enough to win 2 tickets courtesy of Popcorn Kitchen to attend the Taste of London Festival (18-22 June 2014) http://london.tastefestivals.com
So we opted for Friday between 17:30 and 21:30, when we got there and proceeded to get our tickets which was left for us at the box office as instructed we walked through and was advised that we would need to purchase what was known as "crowns", taste currency, in order to buy anything within the festival.
One crown = £1 and there were plenty of people in pink shirts selling books of 10 crowns or you could purchase them at any of the taste banks located around the festival.
However, when we got in we noticed that the majority of the stalls were also accepting cash!
The first stall that we stopped at was Lickalix (Twitter: @lickalix) who promptly informed us that we could get a free picture taken with every purchase, which encouraged us to purchase two ice lollies. I had the Mango and Raspberry and my brother had the Carribeean Twist (Pineapple, Mango and Passionfruit).
We then proceeded to walk around just to see what was on offer before purchasing any crowns, if needed, I had already looked at the website to see what stalls there would be and what foods I might like to try at the restaurant stalls but there was no harm in looking around.
There were a few familiar stalls from the Foodies Festival, Popcorn Kitchen (obviously), Angelic Gluten Free, Soulful One Pot, The Coconut Collaborative as well as many others.
We sampled some treats at a few stalls, many of which I was unable to try but my mum and brother sampled them for me.
Apparently after purchasing a bottle of VOSS water (£1 or 1 crown) if you take a picture and upload it to Instagram you would be entered in to a competitor to win a case of VOSS. After a short discussion the guy was not sure why it was limited to Instagram only, why they didn't include twitter or Facebook was a mystery!
There was lots of music coming from different stalls, the Mexico section had some guys dressed up in traditional wear playing instruments and singing (sorry no pics of them)
Just before getting round to the Thai section my brother noticed and opportunity for a picture
Doesn't he look great as a cow? Mooooooooooooo
This section had more variety of gluten free eats as they had rice or rice noodles with most of their dishes and two of the desserts I saw were sticky rice with coconut milk and some sort of fruit, however looking at the portion sizes compared with the prices I was promptly put of purchasing anything especially compared with what was on offer at the Foodies Festival.
They did however do some amazing artwork with fruit
All in all it was a good event but I would suggest that you come with your credit cards. The cheapest ticket is £28 then the restaurant plates range from 3 to 11 crowns http://london.tastefestivals.com/media/2005/taste-london-menu-2014.pdf but there are taster plates (kinda like a Tapas style)! Plus there was loads of alcohol for sale, I think the only non alcoholic drinks were water, tea or coffee.
It was nice to walk around and take in the atmosphere and the sunshine, you are not obliged to buy anything but you are encouraged to sample everything in the hope that you will then make a purchase.
Thank-you Popcorn Kitchen for the tickets it was a lovely experience that I otherwise may not have attended.
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