Cold weather clothes for Toastmasters

You can now buy cold weather clothes for Toastmasters International meetings.

The TI website offers beanie hats, scarves and gloves. you can order online. buy for yourself. Buy as a gift. Put on your wishlist. Order for a gift for a prize at a contest. Use as an incentive.

Useful Websites
https://www.toastmasters.org/find-a-club
https://www.toastmasters.org/shop/gifts/accessories/6947--Knitted-Winter-Set

About the Author
Angela Lansbury is a member of three Singapore clubs and one London club. One of the Singaore clubs is Singapore online toastmasters which has members and guest speakers from other areas including the USA. 

Zufa Lebanese Restaurant, Northwood Hills - make it a date!

Picture of date drink from Wikipedia.

Problem
What does a Lebanese restaurant serve? I need time to learn my way around the menu.

Answer
Go on to Zufa's website and you can read all about it. If you are not nearby, or can't wait, you can download their app and order online.

Starters include
Hot and Cold mezze
(A huge choice; a mixture of dishes)
Soups

Main course
FISH
Sea bass
King Prawns

MEAT OR CHEESEInclude chicken, kebabs, lamb, salad, cheese, rice, wraps.

Drinks
Dates drink - Jallab
Yogurt Drink - Aryan
Juices
Colas

Desserts
We'll start with the familiar:
Baklava. It says nuts, without specifying which nuts. Before ordering, I shall ask.

Blinis
Well, I know these. Russian and East European restaurants from the Middle East and more.

Miracle Cake
Belgian chocolate cake.

Useful Websites
orderdirectly.biz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jallab

Date drink
I already know what I want, the date drink. But I once went to a restaurant specially for a speciality and it was not in stock. So I shall check first and ask them to save one for me.
If they have a date drink, I'll definitely make it a date.

I think I'll make one at home first, then see how theirs compares, and what extra ingredients they have to enhance the flavour.

Zufa Lebanese Restaurant
1-3 Joel Street, Northwood Hills
HA6 INU
tel: 01923 840192
www.zufarestaurant.co.uk

Open Monday to Sunday from around noon until around 11 but check because I was confused between the restaurant opening times and the food ordering times and when I checked a second time they appear to have different opening times on different days of the week.

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. See previous post on Zufa restaurants in Northwood Hills and Hatch End. Please share links to your favourite posts.

Bagels to buy and try: rainbow, plain, sesame or poppy seed?

Where To Buy and Try Rainbow Bagels
USA - New York, USA
UK - Brick Lane bakery, East End of London, England
Two bagel bakeries are only steps away from each other in Brick Lane. One is open 24 hours.If you are likely to become a regular buyer, do a blind taste test. Buy one from each shop and mark the wrappers with the price and shop name. Taste blind.

See TripAdvisor for the latest reviews.

UK Supermarkets Taste Test
You can also buy plain bagels and bagels with poppy seeds and sesame seeds in London supermarkets such as Tesco and Morrisons. You could also do a blind taste test of your nearby supermarkets.

A retired restaurant owner, Peter, told me he thinks you can buy better and cheaper in bulk from Costco in North Watford. They are a wholesaler and you have to apply for a card. Take your business card, or club committee member card if you are buying in bulk for a club on a regular basis.

Another option is B and K salt beef bar. They have branches in Edgware and Hatch End.

You'll find more bakeries in Golders Green.

USA
https://shop.thebagelstoreonline.com/

UK
Bagel Bake
159 Brick Lane
London E
24 hrs.

B and K Salt Beef Bar
Hatch End
Middlesex
(Near Hatch End station.)

Angela Lansbury
Travel writer and photographer