Unseasoned

June 2, 2016

The food in London is ok- there’s lots of bread (which I love) and starchy food and it’s very unseasoned. That being said it makes for a fun time finding and going out to restaurants and motivates my roommate and I to make our own food which saves us a lot of money.

My roommate and I have found the Promised Land: Tesco. We frequent the superstore or express stores more than we probably should, getting food and supplies for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

As a coffee drinker- I love having a cute great café called the Chelsea Quarter right across the street from our dorm. There’s also an American style diner 5 minutes away that my documentary group and I frequent for burgers and shakes. We’ve also made sure to try Nando’s which is a chicken restaurant with great (seasoned!) food!

Basically I’m having a great time with the food in London, I just had to learn to that it’s a BYOS* city.

*Bring Your Own Salt

Written By

Rae Akinsanya

One of my goals for my time here at Northeastern is to gain a minor in Communication Studies. I feel like that second minor combined with my International Business (Marketing Concentration) major and Spanish minor will put me in the best position to reach my long term career goals of being a Social Media Marketer for a corporation. I couldn’t think of a better way to connect my minor in Communications to my major than completing some of the elective requirements in a global setting. During our time in London and Scotland, we will have a chance to direct and produce a documentary. Personally I hope to make a film that is not only visually professional and interesting, but a film that makes others think. Additionally, I want to fully immerse myself in the subject matter my group chooses. I think that some of the best films are the ones where the director attempts to get into the head or setting of their topic. Through producing a film abroad, I feel we would be in a unique position to not only try and visualize our subject matter, but also actually go to the places that some of these events took place.