The Super Hero and The Product Hero - Tesco finest* Fusilli Lunghi Col Buco Pasta

So last week as regular readers will know, I went to a Tesco finest* bloggy event and came away with a rather gorgeous Picnic Hamper FULL of Tesco finest* goodies.  It also includes cutlery, plates and a bottle opener :-) For two! Romantic huh!

It's hard to forget about it when I ate so much I did not need dinner that night.  I keep looking at my hamper, and I am working my way through the goodies in there.  The chocolate was inhaled rather quickly and the chutney is a daily (read EVERY DAY) treat, that I get out the cheese and crackers for, just as an excuse! (Note to self: I have finished the crackers = buy more!)  My body is liking a savoury indulgence instead of sugar loaded biscuits etc... It's suiting me - I am looking less bloated and slimmer!

Anyway, the Tesco finest* range has what they call in the (marketing) industry, product heros.  With that word hero in mind, when I met Manu at the event (him below), I kept referring to him as "pasta man", which I think rather tickled his colleagues, as he did after all bring THAT particular product hero to my attention.

So I ended up making a video of him talking about it, which you can view HERE.  Please do so, I will love you forever, and in the description on my video (below it) I give you a link to the corporate video which shows you where in Italy the pasta comes from, and really engages you in the product story and history).

You'll see a lot of the product heros in the advertising campaign that is sitting in and around my favourite programme: Downton Abbey.  They're adverts that really work!

Luckily before I left the event, I got to actually taste it.

This, below, with my big appetite, LOOKED like a small portion, but due to the extra CHEW, which is due to the extra protein, you have to eat slowly, and you fill-up quick.  It must have taken me an AGE to eat the below, and as a result, I was the only blogger left there when everyone else had rushed off to the school run.  I know it'd be perfect for kids, who burn so much energy and as a result need their carbs AND protein; it's a win win!

Anyway, I can't wait to get to Tesco to buy it, as I know Aaron will love it (and it wasn't one of the products in the hamper, tsssskk).  It is however, already in store!  If you or your kids love pasta I can't recommend it enough.  You'll notice the difference.  Manu calls it the best pasta in the UK for a reason!

Oh and this is the Chutney that I have already nearly finished #ooops and the crackers that I have (they are not Tesco though).

Bye for now, I hope you are now watching my video xxx

Fine Dining with the Finest* of Them - TESCO

There is, after all, such a thing as a free lunch, and I consumed it today!

Every now and again, every once in a while, being a blogger (not a blagger) is great!

This isn't the main post as it is far too late to commence that NOW, but this is a teaser, to tell you I went here, today, and passed this:

The Imax

 this:

Kings College London

 these:

 these:

Boris Bikes - Waterloo

 and ended up here:

at which point I went in here:

I walked passed these, and later discovered one of them had my name on it :-)

One of these maybe:

I smiled at these:

 Smelled these:

 Talked to and kissed them:

And dined with all of them:

I spoke to Super Pasta Man for a long time and made a VIDEO:

And got to eat the pasta too:

I drank a cup of this, which tastes SO good NO sugar is required #bonus!

And I ate this cake which manages to be rich and light. HOW do they DO that?

I WILL write a proper post, once I have downloaded said video, but these are some teaser photos whilst you and I wait for that to happen and more importantly, while I turn my flat over looking for the data cable #doh.

Anyway, wouldn't you be happy too if you got one of THESE:

Disclaimer: said lunch and said hamper were both free - oh yeah baby!!!

While you wait for me to write the proper all singing and dancing post, you can watch videos that explain what goes into Tesco finest* here