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Food Review

McDonalds – Cheese Dippers

I got these free with the McDonalds app. The normal price is ÂŁ1.69.

You get 4 nugget sized dippers in a bag, along with a dipping pot of spicy tomato sauce.

The dippers have melted cheese inside and have a crunchy coating.

They are described as a side and are not very filling on their own.

6/10

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Food Review

Leon – Vegan Chipotle Avocado Burger

The normal price if this is ÂŁ5.95.

This is a spicy addition to the existing vegan options at Leon.

It was tasty and filling, but it was very messy to eat due to the height and the quantity of chipotle sauce and guacamole used. For the price, I would hope for something easier to finish without getting covered in sauce.

5/10

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Exhibition Review

Victoria & Albert Museum – Laughing Matters: The State of a Nation

This is a small free exhibit showing objects relating to British humor throughout the years.  It includes a Spitting Image puppet of Thatcher, information on the Carry on films and costumes worn in panto.

6/10

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Exhibition Review

Victoria & Albert Museum – Concealed Histories: Uncovering the Story of Nazi Looting

This appears to just be an adaptation on an existing exhibit showcasing part of the V&A’s collection.  This points out certain items which provenance has shown were looted by the Nazi’s in the war before eventually coming in to the Museum’s collection.

4/10

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Food Review

KFC – Original Recipie Vegan Burger

This is a new vegan offering from KFC. The normal price is ÂŁ3.99.

It consists of a Quorn fillet coated in KFC’s secret recipe, chopped iceberg lettuce and vegan mayo in a sesame seed bun.

There wasn’t much of the mayo which made it taste slightly dry, but the filletbiselfvwas quite tasty.

8/10

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Food Review

McDonalds – Veggie Dippers

I got these via a special offer for 99p on the McDonalds app. The normal price for 4 dippers is ÂŁ3.49.

These are red pepper, yellow pea, tomato and pesto goujons. You get 4 in a box with a choice of 4 dips.

It tasted nice but for what you get I would either except more goujons or a lower price.

7/10

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Food Review

McDonalds – Egg and Cheese McMuffin

I got this free with an offer on the McDonalds app. The normal price would be ÂŁ2.09.

It consists of a cooked egg and processed cheese inside a muffin. No sauce is included but you could add some. It tasted a little stodgy. I don’t know if I would be willing to pay full price for it again, unless I was desperate and if so I would probably add some ketchup.

4/10

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Theatre Reviews

Magic Goes Wrong – Vaudeville Theatre London (January 2020)

This is the latest offering from the Mischief Theatre Company. I saw the Saturday matinee on 4 January from a seat in the stalls.

Although the characteristics of the characters in this are similar to the Cornley in The Play that Goes Wrong and Peter Pan Goes Wrong, they are different characters.

The premise is a charity magic show – we’re things go wrong. As with the other “Goes Wrong” stage shows, there is interaction with the audience. This starts about 20 minutes before the start. If you are in the first few rows, the performers are more likely to interact with you, although the pre-show part involves more people mainly if you are on the ends of rows or if there are empty seats in your row. The circles are safer (although at one point a performer was in one of the boxes)

This show was very funny, and the tricks were great. I couldn’t tell exactly how some of the magic was done from my seat, (but for some of it, I think they possibly plant a stooge or stooges were in the audience.

The seat cost ÂŁ52.50. This is more than I would normally want to pay, but based on previous “Goes Wrong” shows I particularly wanted to experience this from a seat in the stalls rather than in a circle seat, for my first visit to this show. I would consider going back to see this again.

10/10

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Food Review

Pure – Sweet Potato Gobi

The price for this is ÂŁ6.85. It wasn’t very spicy, and although it should have cauliflower and kale in the sauce, the one I had was mainly sweet potato. It also has slaw and whole grains and was quite filling.

6/10

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Food Review

Subway – Meatless Meatball Marinara

This is a new addition to the Subway menu. It costs ÂŁ3.99, which is cheaper than most of the other veggie options. It has vegan meatballs in their tomato marinara sauce with vegan cheese. I had it on 6 inches what bread with tomato, sweetcorn, onion, lettuce and spinach. There wasn’t very much of the sauce included inside the sandwich, and I seemed to get two and a half balls. They were a little bit dry due to the lack of sauce (the official photos show a lot more sauce.

6/10