Woo, the first entry in London with pictures!

My parents have came and went and my family had a fantastic Christmas! I’ve managed to successfully roast my very first turkey on Christmas, well, a turkey crown to be exact, during their stay. I honestly had no idea how to roast a perfect turkey so I’d decided to rely on the random recipe I found on the British turkey farmers association website (haha) and smothered it with garlic butter and parsley and it was delicious! This tiny 3lb turkey crown (turkey breasts really) cost me nearly ten pounds, (which is around 17 bucks Canadian) and it was honestly the smallest darn thing I could find in the store. But boy, it was worth it, I don’t think I’ve ever had such moist white turkey meat!

Because this was the very first Christmas meal I had to make on my own, I decided to stick with classic dishes, like roasted carrots and parsnips, roasted turnips with brown sugar, sage and onion stuffing, sweet peas and mashed potatoes with garlic. I think that next year, if I was given an opportunity to cook a Christmas meal again, I would include more interesting dishes. The family had to serve the turkey with Kimchi, which is something I never eat usually but also something I’ve been seeing and eating every day since I’ve came here. It’s strange.

Portobello Road Market–not exactly what I had imagined but still a fun experience! I’ve got a really nice first day of issue envolope from the 70’s I can’t wait to bring home to.

Luckily we’ve had a few good days while my parents are visiting so we went on a London Eye flight which was still as high and scary but exciting as ever!