Living my dream
Posted by Joelle
September 26, 2008
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I hold no desire to run away and join the circus. No, my secret escape plan would have to be to buy an old ice cream van. I’d paint it up pretty, fill it with fairy lights, soundtrack it with showtunes chimes, and travel far and wide, charming people with sweet stuff.
And it just so turns out that this summer Petra Barran is living my dream. With Jimmy the Choc Star van, she is touring the UK, trading chocolate desserts for dinner and a bed for the night with all sorts of friendly, foodie people. What a joyful way to spend the summer! She’s a proper chocolate expert too, producing ooooh the most perfect brownies, chocolate milkshakes, cupcakes, cookies and hot chocolates. This is heaven on wheels.
I caught up with her last weekend at London’s Slow Food Festival and enjoyed a strong shot of Venezualan hot chocolate and a devilishly good chocolate fudge brownie sundae. Oh yum!
She’s coming to the end of her tour soon, and looking for invitations in London. Oh, I’m so sad that I lack a spare room and an ice cream van parking / charging space. Maybe you do?
2 comments Categories: adventure
September 26th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Oh my!
September 28th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
Mmmmm…..