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[just_hex]

Hex worked an early shift so he started his weekend at two in the afternoon. That afforded him plenty of time to get to the Real Food Festival. He delighted in all the scents, all the ingredients, all the dishes to taste. He began with a Korrito, a delicious Mexican tortilla stuffed with Korean barbecue meat. Then he sampled some paprikash, some matcha, some sausage. Some spices. He tried a bubble tea with slick black pearls in it that exploded in his mouth with a berry flavoured burst.

The crowd was close, not too terribly so when he arrived but it grew thicker as he stayed longer. There was music and he watched a game of Mah Jong for a while between for Chinese women. Hex loved this side of London...all the cultures coming together. All the faces. It reaffirmed his faith in humanity while it filled his belly. He'd rarely been so content.

[Find Hex at the food festival or if you would rather you can meet him on the tube after or even on the street. Whatever works best!]

Carnival of Food - Gathering

[anamusebouche]

The London Gastronomic Society organized a large indoor festival every year. Three restaurants on the top two floors in the Shard in London hosted this year’s food festival. Connected by a large atrium in the middle, they offered guests a grand setting to feast their taste buds with fine flavours and rich textures.

This year’s theme was Venice and all courses, dishes and amuses were inspired by Italy and Venice, its City of Bridges in particular. Tickets were freely sold, but a VIP lounge was set up on the restaurant of the top floor, separating the rich and famous from the ordinary people. The restaurant's large balconies offered the esteemed guests views of the atrium floor and the rest of the party on one side and London’s skyline on the other.

The theme had inspired the decorators to create a Venetian Carnival atmosphere throughout the three floors and the invitations read a Carnivalesque attire was greatly encouraged. Many people had complied and were dressed up, varying between tasteful to plainly outrageous. Everyone who hadn’t come dressed up, was given a mask at the entrance.

Waiters – dressed thematically – walked back and forth carrying large plates with the most delicious small dishes and amuses. Wine flowed freely and music inspired many to venture a dance in the atrium's dance floor.


((Gathering style, timed to Friday evening/night. Tag now, tag later, do what you like. Great way to meet new people!))