Last month, I held a book launch for Noodle! at the Drapers Arms in Islington.
It was an amazing night, and I was surrounded by so many lovely people, that I wanted to share some photos and say thank you to everyone who made it such a success.
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| The Drapers Arms - the beautiful venue |
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| © Ozzy Beck / Karohemd Photography |
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| © pp gettins / Gettins Images |
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| Let Thohk Sohn - Burmese Rainbow Salad © Ozzy Beck / Karohemd Photography |
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| © Martin Stirrup |
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| Food Urchin as barman © Uyen Luu |
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| Gary Fenn (Big Spud), Kavita Favelle (Kavey Eats), Catherine Phipps, and James Ramsden © Ozzy Beck / Karohemd Photography |
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| Bombay Mix Shots © pp gettins / Gettins Images |
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| Jason from Feast to the World and me © Uyen Luu |
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| © Ozzy Beck / Karohemd Photography |
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| Chef Tim Anderson and me with our lovely Laimon Fresh |
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| Matcha from Japan Centre |
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| Mini Ramen Burgers and Bombay Mix Shots |
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| Edd Kimber and Danny Kingston © Shaan Mahrotri |
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| Goodies from Sous Chef |
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| © Martin Stirrup |
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| Salted Caramel Brownies by Bittersweet Bakers © pp gettins / Gettins Images |
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| © Ozzy Beck / Karohemd Photography |
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| © Uyen Luu |
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| Bun Cha - Vietnamese Pork Patties with Herbs and Noodles © pp gettins / Gettins Images |
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| © Ozzy Beck / Karohemd Photography |
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| Goodies from Clearspring |
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| With my agent Juliet Pickering © Ozzy Beck / Karohemd Photography |
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| Liang Fen - Spiced Mung Bean Jelly Noodle Salad © pp gettins / Gettins Images |
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| Happy customer © Ozzy Beck / Karohemd Photography |
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| More goodies from Sous Chef |
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| © pp gettins / Gettins Images |
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| © Martin Stirrup |
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| Let ThohkSohn - Burmese Rainbow Salad © pp gettins / Gettins Images |
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| © Martin Stirrup |
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| Bags of joy from SeeWoo Foods © pp gettins / Gettins Images |
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| © Feast to the World |
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| Matt Inwood from my publisher Absolute Press © pp gettins / Gettins Images |
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| With the Pork Pie Queen - Sarah from Bray's Cottage |
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| In-laws! © Martin Stirrup |
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| Family! © Ozzy Beck / Karohemd Photography |
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| Earl Grey and Yuzu Friands from Bittersweet Bakers © pp gettins / Gettins Images |
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| With Vietnamese food writer and supperclub owner Uyen Luu © Uyen Luu |
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| © Ozzy Beck / Karohemd Photography |
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| With Jennie Brotherston from Free Cakes for Kids Hackney and Pete Fraser from Down I Go |
Special thanks to Nick Gibson for letting me run riot in his beautiful pub and his staff for putting up with us.
Thanks also to:
- Danny Kingston (Food Urchin), Edd Kimber (The Boy Who Bakes), Paul Hart (How Not to Do a Food Blog), Chef Tim Anderson, and Ollie Thring for helping set up and bar-tend;
- Oliver Stirrup and Truly Johnston (MIlkwood) for serving all the food, and Andrea Naylor, Daniel Stirrup (Cognitive Media), Victoria Stirrup for selling copies of my book;
- Matt Inwood (Absolute Press) and Juliet Pickering (Blake Friedmann) for making the kindest speeches about me;
- Ozzy Beck (karohemd) and Pete Gettins (pp gettins) for taking beautiful official photographs, as well as everyone else from whom I pinched pictures;
- Canvas Design for the brilliant huge canvas of my book cover; and
- Laimon Fresh and Naked Wines for keeping our thirst quenched!
Last but not least, I want to say a BIG thank you to:
- SeeWoo and Way On (and Salt PR);
- Japan Centre, especially Hannah Tokumine;
- Sous Chef, especially Nicola Lando; and
- Clearspring
for sponsoring the night and providing the incredible, gobsmacking goodie bags - I didn't really know what they were going to send me until it all turned up and, boy, did they deliver!
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| Look at all the loveliness! © Jordi Morrison |
I ordered fabulous cakes from Bittersweet Bakers - Earl Grey and Yuzu Friands and Salted Caramel Brownies.
My dress, a cheeky cherry print number, was from Collectif in Old Spitalfields Market; my fantastic noodle hat was by Sara Sews Vintage on Etsy; and my ridiculous ice cream heel shoes were by Melissa + Karl Lagerfeld.
Snacks served on the night came from Noodle! (of course) and were as follows:
- Chevda - Cheat's Bombay Mix (p151);
- Ramen Burger (p152);
- Let Thohk Sohn - Burmese Rainbow Salad (p134);
- Bun Cha (Grilled Pork Patties and Herbs (p120);
- Dipping Soba (p148); and
- Liang Fen - Spiced Mung Bean Jelly Noodle Salad (p128)
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| With Tim Anderson, Paul Hart and Danny Kingston |
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| Massive |
You can buy signed copies of Noodle! here. I'll even draw you a crummy picture.
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