Three Little Birds

We decided to spend our lunch break in Paddington this afternoon and started by catching the free Water Taxi to Paddington Basin.

It was the perfect weather for a little ride on the canal and there was a lovely seabirds enjoying the sun too.

We went for lunch at KuPP, a canal-side Swedish cafe which felt very similar to Akva in Edinburgh.

I tucked into the quinoa, kale and butternut cakes which were pretty spicy and served with chilli & lemon goats curd, toasted pistachios and lingonberry dressing.

Tom had beetroot cured salmon on toast with a side of potato salad.

We then got a little tour of the lab where Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin at St Mary's Hospital for a feature in our Paddington video.

We spent the rest of the afternoon working in the courtyard at Java U with delicious ice coffee.

I was really keen to try some Jamaican food, so we went for dinner at Three Little Birds.

It was Happy Hour when we arrived so we ordered some half price cocktails with a Rum Sour for me and a Ginger Daiquiri for Tom.

We started with the pumpkin croquettes which were delicious, especially with the crumbly hazelnut drizzle.

Next came the plantain with ginger, honey and lime. Tom absolutely hates the taste of banana, so I was worried he wouldn't like them but he loved them, saying they tasted more like potato than fruit.

We then shared the salmon and some rice and peas. The salmon was served in a beetroot pesto jerk which was delicious and not too spicy at all.

We stocked up on vegan treats and ingredients at Ms Cupcake next door afterwards.