A couple weeks ago, during my
blogging hiatus, I attended the Rekorderlig Midsummer House in Victoria Park
East London.
Rekorderlig is a Swedish cider brand; to celebrate longer summer days, a Midsummer House (or rather a pop up pub) was set up in the park; it was open from 21 June 2013 to 05 July 2013 with afternoon (12pm - 5pm) and evening (6pm - 11pm) sessions. Tickets were £10, which covered BBQ food and drink (more on that later).
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| Inside the Midsummer House |
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| Outside - so glad that it was a decent day and it did not rain! |
In the last 10 months I have
become a bit of a fruit cider drinker; I think it’s because they’re sweet and
don’t really taste alcoholic! Seduced by the thought of free drink and food, I and
a friend purchased tickets to attend this alcoholic oasis in Victoria Park
(never mind the fact that there are like 4 pubs right next to the park!)
The thought of free flowing
drink and food were swiftly put to bed when I and my friend realised that our
entry tickets entitled us to 1 free cider of our choice and a BBQ taster. It was
a large glass of cider (a bottle of 500ml) and the BBQ taster did taste nice,
so I was interested in having more. I wasn’t anywhere drunk, but I definitely sobered
up when subsequent purchases of cider were £4 and a gourmet Swedish hotdog
(without any chips, salad or side to go with it) was going to cost £5. I will
not lie, the price of the hotdog hurt me more than the cost of the drink,
especially as I and my friend bought because we were hungry! While it tasted good,
I did not get my money’s worth.
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| Our free drinks left - passionfruit right - strawberry & lime |
To be honest while it was
lovely enjoying a Rekordelig Cider in the sun at the Midsummer House, I could
have easily enjoyed a Rekorderlig Cider in the sun at a much cheaper price! The
major supermarkets are currently doing deals on the cider and in any event it’s
actually cheaper to buy a single cider from the supermarket and possibly any
bar or pub than at the Midsummer House (or any other glorified pop up pub).
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| Mid-afternoon at the Midsummer House it was a sell out for every day that it was open! |
Despite the mediocre
experience at the Rekorderlig Midsummer House, I would say that the brand does
good cider and I recommend that you try it out – especially the strawberry and
lime cider!
Great photos!
ReplyDeleteThose drinks look amazing!
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What a rip off! 4 quid a drink, but then I guess that's how they make their money. I've tried the pear from Rekorderlig (did I spell it right?) and it was too sweet for me but strawberry and lime sounds tasty. Thanks for sharing.
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