Blow Out (and about) // Happy Saint Pancake’s Day!

I intend to eat pancakes for every meal this pancake day. I also intend to have a starter, main and dessert pancake at each meal. So including snacks it could turn into a 12 pancake day.

I have a special recipe that every pancake day I blow everyone’s minds with. I actually copied it offa Blue Peter when I was 8. This was in the days before internet when you had to write stuff down really fast or copy it off ceefax. Luckily I did the latter and copied it in my bestest handwriting so it was legible enough to replicate which I have now been doing for about 20 years. In your face lemon and sugar.

You need to whoop together: 1.5 tbl golden syrup. 2 tbl demerara sugar. 2 tbl single cream and 2 drops vanilla essence. It tastes like butterscotch and hope. The hope that you’ll get discounted entrance to Thorpe Park with a Blue Peter badge.

Or you can throw some money at it and gorge yourself in one of these places:

‘My Old Dutch’ Chelsea, Holborn and Kensington

Flipping pancake crazy Dutch restaurant that does sweet and savory choices. The Chicken curry pancake comes with basmati rice, mango chutney and yoghurt.

‘Giraffe’ nationwide

These guys invite you to pimp your pancake with toppings including maltesers, chocolate chips and marshmallows. Although we’ll probably go for the Baileys, Grand Manier or (and) brandy. Yup, we’ll be getting hammered on pancakes. Before you yam it take a picture for their Facebook competition. The prize involves wine.

‘Crepaffaire’

All over London: Crepes are really just pretentious pancakes with a French accent. This place is therefore the pancake mecca with a huge menu including boozy options. You have to enter their competition to design Crepeman’s ideal partner. You could win free crepes for a year (you may have to pretend to be a child….. or special).

See you in the gym next week. I’ll be hating myself in baggy t-shirt and draw string jogging bottoms. Sexy.

– Jude Brosnan