MW and LilMissRosh Have Dinner

Whirlers! 

Hope you`re all whirling in happiness at the moment! Work has been taking over my life currently. From chilling at home, travelling and spending my parents money for 6-7 months...I finally sat up and decided to get a job. Its been fun, though!! Working with amazing girls in the office - and, I love finding new hijab friendly outfits which are office appropriate. Will have to do a separate post and share!

Anyway, on with the post! So, I heard Lil Miss Rosh was working down South. I got in touch and we decided to meet up in Brighton for dinner. Obviously, my Canon was slung over my shoulder and ready to capture the evening:

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Rosh is a fussy eater, doesn`t like Chinese or Thai, only eats Indian, Mexican or Italian and she`s vegetarian...do you see what I mean? Had my work cut out to find a nice restaurant!

She`s Indian, so safest bet was to go to a Gujrati restaurant, in my opinion - so thats what we did!

We were given a spicy vegetable soup, whilst our starter was being prepared. It was in a TINY cup, probably same size as an espresso cup.

I obviously saw mango juice on the drinks menu and had to order it! Rosh had a salty lassi which was served in a tin can! That was pretty cool. For starters, Rosh ordered a Vegetable Dosa (I think) and it was presented on a massive taal! I tried a little bit, tasted really nice - if I ever go to a Gujrati restaurant, I will definitely order this.

I ordered the Bhel Puri, which was surprisingly nice, and was a small risk as I`m lactose intolerant and it was drizzled with yoghurt! But, the mixture of textures from the savoury, to potatoes to sauces was really nice. Unfortunately, neither of us could finish our starters! 

Whilst we were waiting for our main course, we were given Mango Sherbet in these cute little pots - they were really yummy, too. But, lets be fair, anything with mango in, is yummy! 

We then had our main courses, which consisted of Rosh getting the Vegeterian Taal and I ordered the Chingri Malai. 

Us eating our food.

We both really enjoyed our meal. As I`m bit of a fatty, I finished my meal (except the beans - they were too hard for my liking) but Rosh wasn`t able to and took the remainder as a takeaway. 

The restaurant:

We decided to take a stroll along the seafront, even though it was a little cold! But, the view was amazing!! Check it out:

And, of course a photo of us:

Hope you enjoyed this post! Sorry the last few posts have been food related! I`ve been trying to do different things on the blog, and lately, the only 'social' thing I`ve been doing is, going for meals! 

OOTN from the evening will come later this week! :)

Make sure you check out Rosh's blog! 

Should I do foodie posts? Or, not? Have you tried any of the dishes? What`s your favourite Indian restaurant in London?

xo

MW's Foodings: Mango Tree

Whirlers,

So me and a dear friend (ignore her man-ly hands in some of the photos, they were too big to crop out of the photos :p) went to eat at The Mango Tree in Grosvenor Gardens, London (closet tube was Victoria and a short 3 minute walk from the Station). I thought I`d share my experience with you, Whirlers, obviously with photos :p

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I`ve heard of this restaurant and had been wanting to try it out for a while, as I had heard such good reviews from friends, "celebrities" and newspaper reviews, alike. The cuisine is Thai, which I enjoy and the meat is halal, all thumbs up, so far! I randomly came across an offer that had 50% off the a la Carte Menu, which available was through toptable. Do join and check out their other special offers on their site because they are pretty good! It was a simple process of selecting a table for 2, at a set time, with an email confirmation sent to your email address all done within 2 minutes. 

You would have to ensure you are able to make the reservation as there is a £20 charge per head if you miss the reservation, so reserve carefully. Also, there is a 2-hour turnaround for the table, which in effect means, you have two hours to eat your food, wash your hands, pay the bill and leave. I like this policy because if you`re hungry, you know you`ll get your food within good time and won`t have to wait around! 

We were pretty happy when we saw they had a mocktails menu, the two that are circled/squiggled/clouded are the ones we chose. Virgin Mojito was for myself and the Exotic Pago was chosen by Man-ly (lol). 

This is how they were presented to us. Yay. We all love it when mocktails come in pretty shape glasses, with fruit stuck on the edge, right? Only an umbrella was missing!

One thing, I wasn`t very fond of in regards to the mocktails, however, was the price. At £6.85, I personally think this is pretty dear, so what is essentially a mixture of fruit juices, no? The maximum I usually spend on a mocktail would be £5, but even then, I`m quite reluctant...

Oh, also, the Exotic Pago was the nicest out of the two. It was nice and sweet, which we were surprised about as it had such a large combination of flavours! They didn`t put enough brown sugar in the Virgin Mojito, so I was disappointed with that.

Me posing away with my mocktail...any chance to pose, eh?

(Ignore my man-ly hands, too now that I think about it!)

The starters: Chicken Satay and Gai Hor Bai Toey

I adore Chicken Satay! Its my favourite dish so I always order it whenever I go to a Thai restaurant, and I was not disappointed with this one. The peanut sauce was perfect, too! My friend ordered the Gai Hor Bai Toey, this was pretty standard chicken boiled in spicy sauce and wrapped in a leaf. Nothing too exciting. I won the starter round for best choice. Haha.

Main Course: Gai  Pad Med Mamuang and Chicken Chilli Basil

My friend had the Gai Pad Med Mamuang, which also had cashew nuts, but she requested it be taken out. I made her keep the mushrooms though, which I had. Her dish was mild, but really nice. The mushrooms were fresh and nicely cooked. The dish was put in a pastry sheet, so the sauce made it soft, but the top was still crispy, so the combination of textures was really nice. 

I had the bottom dish, the Chicken Chilli Basil, which was really spicy! It was covered in chilli's, which was disappointing, because it was basically a dish filled with chilli's...I didn`t want to eat chilli's for an entire meal? So, I just had the chicken and sauce, which was nice and spicy though - which I love.

2 - 1 to the friend -______________-

How do you feel about having an automatic 12.5% gratuity added to your bill? I personally hate it! I know its not compulsory to pay the gratuity, but it is just so awkward, when they take the bill and money and realise we didn`t pay it. And, 10% is more than enough to give for services, and that is coming from someone who has been a waitress from the age of 13! 

My feedback.

Would I go back? Yes, but only on a special offer basis, maybe next time the chef special offer, as there was more choice of dishes under that offer. But, they also accept the tastecard on weekdays, which is great - as I have one! And, I will most definitely be ordering the Exotic Pago. And, I probably won`t pay the 12.5% next time...10%, most likely.

What do you think of my review? Have you eaten there? How do you feel about 12.5% added automatically to your bill??

xo

MW Visits the Ice Cream Festival

Helllooo Whirlers,

You know those days when you spontaneously decide to do something? I had one of those days and decided to check out the Ice Cream Festival in Kings Cross! So, I sent out a message to the girls to see if any were free and Chocoholic Hijabi got back and said she was! Next thing I know, I`m jumping on a train and waltzing into St Pancras to meet her! As I was waiting for Choccy, I discovered a PINK PIANO! I totally had to pose with it:
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The Festival was held at Granary Square in King's Cross! Took Choccy and myself a while to find it and we did end up going around in a circle - whoops!

This board has the background behind the Ice Cream Festival and how ice cream was brought to London! Pretty interesting, really.

There were a few cows dotted around the Festival, and I just had to pose with one!

The man in the old fashioned car was one of the shows there. We did miss this show, actually. But, we got this jist of it from afar - about creating ice cream with nitrogen oxide.

There was a farm there, too. Where you could actually pet the goats, sheep, etc... Errrr, not to my taste - but I did give a go at milking a cow - not a real one, obviously! I`d be FAR too scared to do that! 

The cow had rubber teets, so I`m pretty sure milking a real cow is not as easy as that!

There was a beach on Granary Square, too! Filled with kids! 

But, this man was making a pretty nifty cow-sofa with the sand - how cool?

There was an ice sculpture, too...of an ice cream. How amazing? The way the men were chipping away at the ice, they made it look so easy! I really wanted to have a go :(

We both decided to try a 'Coconut and Caramel' Ice Cream - was seriously nom!

Because, there was a fountain there and I just HADDDD to get in and pose!!

Oh, and then I ran through it...totally wanting to race the small Asian girl, hehe.

We did check out this show - the Science Boffins. It was all about creating ice cream under 5 minutes. It took us a little longer as we didn`t get a lot of dry ice, but when we did - we were able to make it. You can see the different stages into the ice cream making in the collage. But, the Science Boffins are totally cool - they do children's parties and stuff! How different is that? If I hear any kids having parties, I would recommend these guys to the parents. So entertaining and education in a fun way!

Towards the end of the day, we got hungry (can you believe ice cream doesn`t fill you up?!?) and we got a pizza from Van Dough, a retro Citroen van that had a wood fired oven in the back! The pizza was yummy because it was freshly baked and had fresh basil sprinkled on top. Mmm. The guy who served us was really friendly, which is always a bonus, and the girl who was preparing the pizzas in the van, had flour on her cheek - haha, so cliche! Make sure you look out for them in the future when you go to any outdoor-sy events!

What do you think? Should I share more photos from my outings? Did any of you go?

xo

[Any photos without me, taken by myself and any with me, courtesy of Choccy!]

MW's Week on Instagram

Whirlers!

I used to do 'Snapshot Saturday's but after I went abroad earlier this year, I stopped. But, I think I`ll start doing it again! But, as I`m over on iIstagram and not everyone has it, I thought I would share the photos I upload on that! 

So here is last week in photos:

1. I went to Whitechapel and purchased a few scarves from the market. Totally loving them. I`m wearing the teal one right now.

2. A couple of primary school friends were in the village on Friday evening, so I went and saw them to catch up, I noticed one friends nails, and thought they were TOTALLY cute and so Team GB inspired!

3. My neglected drawer at work due to Ramadhan! But, can you believe only a week left?? This blessed month takes so long to come, but leaves us soooo quickly! :(

4. Haha, I thought I`d add my face. This is a pouty/sad face as I arrived at work and realised I wasn`t wearing any bronzer!! *sadtimes*

How was your week?

xo

P.S. I tweeted yesterday I wouldn`t post until after Eid, whoops. I lied.

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MW's Fuchsia Flow OOTD

Whirlers! 

Another OOTD! 

Had a wonderful catch up with my belles and this is what I wore when we had dinner at Las Iguanas:

Just playing around on Instagram, make sure you add me: @mangowhirl

Shirt: H&M

Waistcoat: Miss Selfridge

Skirt: Dhaka

Loafers: Forever 21

Belt: Primark

Hijab: Gift from FrootiBeauty

Accessories: H&M

Here is a few snapshots of the girly catch-up:

Hope you enjoy the pics as much as we enjoyed the evening! :)

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xo

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