Day out in York

So last weekend me and my family went to York. We have always loved York, especially when they have food markets on. It's probably one of my most favourite places to visit, you genuinely can arrive hungry and leave feeling like you couldn't eat another morsel. And that's just the food, York is known for it's high-street and designer shops and it sure didn't disappoint on this trip.

 

We drove to York and got the bus into the city. Instantly I found the food market and when I say food market, I mean hundreds of stalls selling everything you could possibly want. This one stall caught my eye as they were selling these amazing chocolate muffins with marshmallows and jammy dodgers. I got talking to the man who worked behind the stall and asked him if I could get a snap of the muffins. I couldn't leave without getting anything so after some severe thought, I opted for a white chocolate and almond cookie.

 I turned round after my first purchase of the day to be greeted with a stall called "Tratdelicious" which specialised in traybakes and I honestly couldn't resist a look. They had everything you could imagine. Something like your classic Flapjack to the more adventurous Oreo Blondie or Marsbar Tray Bake. Again, you can probably see where this is going...so I made a purchase of one of the blondies...baked goods 2...will power 0.

 

 After some wandering, I stumbled upon this cupcake shop and it honestly had some of the best flavours I have ever seen. They had a huge window display, but because they were so popular, they only had a few flavours left. I was beyond gutted that they sold out of Sticky Toffee Flavour as that is my favourite pudding of all time. However the Cheesecake and Oreo flavours looked equally as tempting but I thought with my bag slowly filling with treats and the money in my wallet draining quite quickly, I'd have to decline, however hard that decision may have been.

I then had a wander up York high-street as the sight of all the shops was making me want to buy everything. H&M can be either hit or miss when it comes to the men's section. However the one in York was on point. I managed to pick up this navy shirt, a simple black t-shirt and a grey jumper for £27 with 20% off with UniDays. Excuse the shameless mirror selfie.

 

After a mooch round all the shops and a severe case of window shopping blues, I passed a shop called "Yogi". I saw two women come out with two mountains of frozen yoghurt and couldn't resist having a look in. Frozen yoghurt is seriously one of the nicest desserts when you don't fancy ice cream. They had a speciality of Salted Caramel but I thought I'd keep it reasonable healthy with raspberry flavour.

You have a choice of small, medium or large with 1,2,3 or 4 toppings. I chose a small pot with 2 toppings but you could actually go to town on the toppings. I went for crushed Oreo's and tonnes of raspberry culis. They had things like Reeces pieces, fudge chunks or fresh fruit to name just a few. It was amazing and I couldn't recommend the place enough.

In an attempt to try and walk off all the calories I had consumed in the space of about an hour, we chose to have a walk up to the minster. You really get a sense of how amazing York is once you visit the minster. It's just up from Shambles street and is amazing to look at.

 All this walking was thirsty work so of course this called for an obligatory visit to Costa for a refreshing iced drink. The thing I love about Costa is that they do these drinks all year round so when you need something thirst quenching, you're covered. This was a Medium Peach Iced Tea and it was exactly what I needed.

After Costa, we went for another wander only this time were in the search for something savoury...which turned out to be rather unsuccessful as my sweet tooth can never be satisfied. We saw this amazing window display in Patisserie Valerie and if you blocked out your surroundings you could be in Paris itself.

There was a slight waft of Nutella and Crepes in the air and this could only mean one thing...Crepe Stall. I thought I could resist but who was I kidding? The combination of crepes and Nutella is only going to end well. £3 down and I tucked in to probably one of the nicest crepes I've ever had. Enjoying this with a lemonade by my side and a band singing Ed Sheeran over the road...it really couldn't get any better.

 I think it was both a combination of all the sweet things I ate over the day, but I was fancying something savoury. We saw this authentic noodle store selling Asian style noodles and went in for a look. They had some amazing things on the menu, but I kept it simple with a Thai style chicken and noodle dish. Ate with chopsticks on the way back to the car, it finished the day off perfectly.

Face stuffed...check. Sweet tooth satisfied...check. Trip back to York soon? Most probably. I really do love York, it's one of those cities you can go back to time and time again and find something new ever time you go.

I hope you liked this little post of a day out I had, I really enjoy writing them. Be sure to leave a comment on any places you love to visit or if you go to York, what things you enjoy getting up to when you're there.

 

Thanks for reading,

 

Luke.