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NVW set off with the Spice Oven and Blooming Delicious

NVW at the Spcie Oven and Blooming Delicious - Stephen, Sarah H, John M & Linda

Date: 2008-05-19

A fabulous three course buffet feast at the Spice Oven plus a gorgeous fruit flower arrangement donated by Blooming Delicious set off National Vegetarian Week in Reading!

Stephen, Sarah, John & Linda are seen here admiring the flowers before the Spice Oven Feast.

Blloming Delicious fruit flower arrangement for NVW 2008Thanks Blooming Delicious!Twenty seven chatty people enjoyed the excuse to gorge themselves on spinach rolls, tandoori broccoli, tofu Xacuti, and coconut milk cardamom and almond kulfi, to name but a few of the dishes served.

Simin of Blooming Delicious donated an original edible table display for the event, which everyone tucked into at the end of the evening, leaving only the orange pot!

Story by: Sophie Fenwick-Paul

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