Author Archives: Sakura Gooneratne


June 1, 2010

Slightly Peckish: My Weekly Sandwich at Paul (London)

by Sakura Gooneratne

Seems as though I’m only interested in sandwiches, but it’s not true. But I am rather fussy when it comes to my sarnies. No soggy sandwich for me. Ideally, I would have either fresh bread, just toasted, with some ham, tomatoes and cucumbers with chilli mayonnaise, or grilled bacon and chilli mayo (has to be […]

May 18, 2010

Slightly Peckish: Grilled Chorizo Sandwich, Anyone? (London)

by Sakura Gooneratne

Yes please! I never realised that you could get chorizo that wasn’t sliced like salami … yes, very uncultured here. That is, until I popped down to the London gourmands’ perennial favourite, Borough Market, just south of the Thames and very close to gothic Southwark Cathedral, London Bridge and one of London’s oldest pubs, and […]

April 30, 2010

Fridgin’ Out: Archway, London

by Sakura Gooneratne

My first post for Umamimart and it’s going to look like a confession of an ultra lazy cook. My mother did not bring me up to subsist on ready-meals and instant ramen. I used to do a lot more adventurous cooking as a student, and I’m of the rare breed that actually likes cooking for […]