In the middle of November, the bloke and I headed over to Camden Markets on a Saturday to have a look around the stalls. I had not been to Camden Markets for a few years (read my last post here), and the bloke has never been. It's just an area of London that was a little bit of a pain to get to and I've not particularly needed to visit. I've been wanting to see the Amy Winehouse [ADD LINK] sculpture for awhile, though. I can't believe that it has been there for over a year. I finally did get to see it, and we looked around the markets at had dinner at Gilgamesh.
When we arrived in Camden, we saw street performers dressed like the Mad Hatter and Alice in Wonderland having the tea party and encouraging people to sit with them. I've not seen them before, so it was unique. The Mad Hatter looked like the Johnny Depp version of the Mad Hatter.
We also saw the shop fronts with the sculptures on them. There were new ones from the last time that I had visited.
We we arrived into the market, we hunted down some snacks. I was keen to try the Crispy Candy Company desserts. They are basically chocolate bars deep-fried with doughnut batter. I had the creme egg one, and it was so delicious. It was served with whipped cream. This was so addicting with the melted chocolate inside the batter.
After spending ages in the maze of Camden Stables and Locks markets, it was finally time for the reservation at Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh is a Pan-Asian restaurant that takes up a large area of Camden between the markets. The main area has a 40ft ceiling. We had a discount voucher for three courses and a glass of cocktail.
We were seated in the bar area, but the main restaurant seating with the high ceilings looked amazing when we walked through it.
With our voucher, we received a free cocktail from a selection of four options. We tried the raspberry bellini and the rossini, which was strawberry topped with sparkling wine.
Next up - the starters. The bloke ordered the crispy chicken wings with the kimchi glaze. These were topped with sesame seeds and tasted gorgeous. I loved the glaze. It's a pity the glaze wasn't used for battered chicken breast as I am not a big fan of chicken wings and eating chicken off the bone.
I ordered the vegetable (yam and sesame) spring rolls, and these were good. I preferred the chicken, however.
We also ordered another round of cocktails. I cannot remember what they were now as it's taken a little while to get around to writing this post.
For the mains, I had the five-spiced baby chicken with green namjim and fennel. This came with jasmine rice. I liked the sauce on the chicken, but I was not keen on the texture of the chicken in how it was cooked and was very 'fatty'.
The bloke ordered the baked fillet of salmon, which was marinated in miso.
The voucher also came with a choice of dessert. I had the passionfruit creme brulee, which was very good. The bloke had a selection of ice cream. One of the flavours was green tea, and I believe that he thought the other flavour was mango.
Would I visit Gilgamesh again? I would not rush back. Service was very slow for us, even though the restaurant was not particularly busy when we arrived. I was not impressed with the food that I ordered. I do wish that we would be allowed to choose from the main menu when we purchase a voucher because I might have enjoyed the meal more had I been able to order a different dish instead of from the set menu.
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