The Real Food Festival

When descending the steps of Hungerford Bridge I was instantly met with the glorious smell of grilling meat. Especially welcoming to someone as hungry as I was.  So many stands at which to fill my rumbling tum, but what to try first?

Real Food have been hosting food festivals since 2007, and on the 3rd-6th May the first Southbank Centre food festival took place. Holding true to their word, the Real Food Festival really did showcase some of the finest, freshest produce available. It was great to be able to walk around the stalls talking to the producers themselves, finding out about the foods and most of all, tasting!

Tables creaking under the weight of mountains of ripe cheeses; cones of sweet, warm and comfortingly doughy churros; great towering artisan burgers; and pints of refreshingly tangy cider, delicious!

Cheese heaven- Cote Fromager.

Iberico Ham from Can Vila

There were so many great ingredients and tasty morsels but by far my favourite were the scotch eggs by Kirsty's Kitchen. The Scotch Egg, a controversial snack. My friends would real in horror as I would bite into a scotch egg over lunch at University.  However I, maintain that they are an unbeatable lunch time refreshment. Kirsty's Scotch eggs came in various flavour, I went for the Bacon flavour and a Moroccan Spiced one. Both had beautifully soft yolks and were delicious, almost as good as my mum's, but not quite. The best part, all the pork is sustainably sourced from rare breed piggies in Wales, and the eggs are from local free range hens nearby to Kirsty's Kitchen.

Moroccan spiced scotch egg from Kirsty's Kitchen.

All in all a fabulous foodie afternoon out. With Real Food Markets held weekly at the Southbank Centre and a number of other Food Festivals happening throughout the year then there are plenty of opportunities for you to go and feast! 

Have a look on the Real Food Festival website for the next foodie event: http://www.realfoodfestival.co.uk/festivals/

Finn enjoying the sunshine.