Bincho Old Compton Street

Five years ago now, oh god where does time go, I signed up to be an activity leader for Embassey Ces summer school. It involved a lot of taking students on tours around London- informing them about facts and historical figures (I’m pretty sure I made a few up!), showing them dance moves at discos and other exciting events like performing a Jack the Ripper Tour! I lived in central London in the university accommodation for the whole summer and although I worked ridiculously long hours for less than the minimum wage, I absolutely loved it and formed some of the best friendships. One bond of friendship which blossomed from this exciting summer was meeting Jen and Marta, who became my two embassy buddies in crime. Marta didn’t even live in the accommodation during the summer but I usually forget because she was around so often. We bonded over lots of things, from moaning about the crazy hours and airport pick ups we had to do, to some of the behaviour of the students, however, we all found common ground and passion in our love of food. We used to receive meal tokens and we would sometimes save them up and go all out at lunch buying coffee republic milkshakes and humongous baguettes from upper crust. These meal tokens were definitely the perks of the job. Continue reading →