Mission (Im)possible!

After an extensive scouring of Central London, I have arrived at my goal, cannoli.

Sfizio
35 Theobald's Road

It's certainly not the best cannoli I've ever had (the shell tasted slightly burned and the filling was a bit sweet), but it sated the cannoli craving and I'll probably go back at some point.

In any event, I also got to explore the Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garrett, which was a wonderful experience. You have to climb 32 steps up a tiny, twisting wooden stairwell to get to the museum, and then, the entrance is really just a doorway in the stairwell. The museum itself made me feel like I was discovering old treasures in someone's attic. There were various herbs and medical instruments and information about outdated medicines. It was very cool.

The theatre itself was rather simple, but the room was enhanced with a gruesome print of a leg amputation surgery and a 'diary' of patient accounts. We read the first account of a 60 year-old woman whose leg had been run over by a carriage. It seemed like it was going to have a happy ending, but in the last sentence, the patient died, and we chose not to read any more patient records.

To learn more about the Operating Theatre (or what an operating theatre is), click here.

The museum was definitely worth the trip, if only for the experience.

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Yesterday, Taylor and I tried Darbucka, this popular Lebanese restaurant on our street. It offers 50% off your lunch order, so I've been eager to try it. It was a bit disappointing but still VERY cheap!

This morning, Abbey and I returned to the Smithfield Meat Market, as I was running low on meat and Abbey wanted to go. Again, it was a fantastic experience, and we were able to buy and split up some of the larger quantities of meat. Great success!

I recently started a 'food journal' to review the places at which I eat. I will try to include some of the better restaurants on the blog (and hopefully reduce some of the mediocre entries).