the corner office

Jam doughnuts are made with raspberry jam here, not apricot jam like in ZA. This is a change that'll take some getting used to. Waitrose make mean Chocolate Berliners though, a treat I'd never had before. Chocolate-filled doughnuts - whodathunkit? I'm hooked.

On the subject of jam, there's no superfine apricot jam either. In fact, it seems that jam here isn't jam unless it's chock-full of fruit. I can understand that many people would regard this is a good thing, but I'm a fussy eater and personally, I like my jams to bear as little resemblance to the original fruit as possible. I've discovered that 'conserves' are closest to the ZA concept of jam.

I soon learned that you can get chips with almost anything. Chinese food, Indian food, you name it. That's pretty cool in a decadent sort of way. Burger King isn't bad, is definitely better than Macdonalds (which is, as expected, reassuringly the same), but I will miss Steers. I see franchise opportunities. Ronwen and I have tried a good few restaurants, but I've enjoyed traditional English pub food the most, by far. And of course, English ale is a wonderful thing. It is only through the utmost exertion of self-discipline that I haven't drunk a whole lot more of the stuff.