What a fun day I had yesterday! I went to Borough Market to get some raw cheese (they have so many different raw cheeses from all over the place) and I found a stall selling raw chocolate:
So many flavours to choose from, and lots of little tasters, the mint was delicious and so was the one with superfoods including maca in it, but in the end I got the Citrus Zest. Delicious, one of the best raw chocolates I’ve tasted. I took contact details so we might start selling this on the Funky Raw shop… [Edit: we now stock the following conscious chocolate flavours: Hint of Mint, Love Potion No. 9 and Love Your Heart Superfood, with more flavours coming soon…]
I continued with my shopping and got some organic blood oranges from Bumblebees, I’ve not had blood oranges for ages and I love them, I remember I was eating them a lot in Sicily.
Then I went to Alchemy THC, Londons newest raw cafe, on Caledonian Road, 1 Omega Place, near Kings Cross Thameslink and bumped into some friends there. I had a pint of green juice (bargain at £3.95) and Joel gave me some raw onion rings with tomato sauce to try, they were amazing. Then I couldn’t help but try some chocolate! I had a very sticky chocolate fudge ball, but it had too much salt (!) in it for my liking.
They also sell a selection of packaged raw foods and books (and soon they’ll have the Funky Raw magazine.)
Then in the evening I went 5 Rhythms dancing, which was amazing as usual. I’ll write more about 5 Rhythms soon…
The Alchemy THC cafe is a great find and if I get there I’m going to check it out. I’ll be travellling from Kings Cross to Leeds on Thusday so there is a good chance I’ll get to have my luch there! Thanks so much for the tip.
Whist on my “journey” I came across Hurdlebrook Natural and Untreated Fresh Whole Guernsey Milk – at the street market in Guildford on Tuesday’s. Yes!!! untreated milk!
http://www.hurdlebrook.co.uk/
we’ll make some salt-free ones asap! we only use the best himalayan pink rock salt. it makes magic happen, i promise.. suki x
Hi there, what’s raw cheese exactly? am curious as i’m a cheese lover, but not really eaten much of it for ages. thanks!
Veronica, I’m refereing to cheese made with unpasteurised milk, for me, usually sheep or goat milk rather than cow. Note that just because the milk was unpasteurised doesn’t necessarily make the cheese raw, it could be cooked in the cheese making process.
Rob
I see, that makes sense now! I rarely eat cheese, but when I do, it’s mostly goat or sheep’s milk. Isn’t Borough Market closing soon, or is that hearsay?
V
Hi, I’m fascinated as most raw foodies are vegan. Even if you’re only raw for the health benefits surely eating cheese isn’t a good health choice?
I only eat a small amount of cheese. I’ll quote from the Funky Raw website
“Animal products – insects would have definitely been part of our archaic diet. Figs for instance are a primate’s favourite food, which they will choose over any other fruit and eat all year round if available. Wild figs are laden with insect matter and we feel this is very significant. At the very least we need to substitute for this and animal products also help with maintaining a dense enough diet. This can be in the form of unpasteurised milk, cheese made with unpasteurised milk, goats or sheep’s generally being better than cows milk. Some people choose to consume raw eggs, if you do, buy them direct from a local farmer if possible”
from http://www.funkyraw.com/aboutme/
By the way, while many raw fooders are vegan, many are not, some even eat raw meat.
Rob