The Greedy Diva recommended Lantana when we met up shortly after I had visited her hometown of Melbourne. I told her how impressed I was with the breakfasts, brunches and cafe culture in Australia and how frustrating it is to come back to London and not have great food like that widely available. Put it [...]
Archive for October, 2010
Lantana – the best brunch in London?
Posted in Australian, £ x 1, London cafes, Reviews, tagged australia, australian food, brunch, cafe, french toast, lantana, melbourne, st kilda, sunday, swetcorn fritters on October 24, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Duck Egg Lemon Curd Cake
Posted in Cakes, Sweet recipes, tagged clarence court, duck eggs, fluffy cake, lemon curd cake, rich sponge on October 22, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Why have I never used duck eggs in my baking before?! I tried Clarence Court duck eggs in a lemon curd cake over the weekend and I have to say, I’m converted! A sponge baked with duck eggs is lighter, fluffier and richer than a cake baked with chicken eggs. The duck egg yolk has [...]
Sunday Upmarket Ethiopian lunch
Posted in London market food, Reviews, tagged brick lane, east london, ethiopian food, food market, lunch, street food, sunday upmarket on October 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I wish that the UK had a better street food offering. I have heard rumours of great street food in countries such as Brazil and Canada and even though I haven’t been lucky enough to visit those places, I truly believe that their offering is better than ours. How many times have you succumb to [...]
Koya
Posted in £ x 2, London restaurants, Reviews on October 11, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Saturday wasn’t the best day. I had been out to the Rizla boat party on Friday evening and not made it to bed until gone 3am. I awoke at 9am, trudged to the supermarket to buy a few missing ingredients for my chocolate, pecan and caramel brownies for the Great Brownie Bake Off, organised by [...]
Beef and spinach curry with spring onion cakes
Posted in Dinner, Indian, Meat, Recipes (cooking), Savoury recipes on October 10, 2010 | 3 Comments »
My new thing is cookbooks. I’m a 23 year old girl and I’d rather sit at home reading a good cookbook and cook a delicious meal than go out clubbing. Am I old before me years?! I don’t care – I’ve had my fair share of ‘fun’ over the years and now I just love [...]
Peter’s Yard, Edinburgh
Posted in £ x 2, Edinburgh cafe, Reviews, tagged Cinnamon bun, coffee, Edinburgh, flat white, Peter's Yard, tea, Travel on October 7, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I have a real craving for cinnamon at the moment, much to the amusement of my workmates and it has reminded me of a breakfast that I had when I was in Edinburgh a couple of weekends ago. One of my workmates lived in Edinburgh during her uni years and sent a few recommendations before [...]
An evening of Canadian inspired food
Posted in Cookery schools, Events, Reviews, tagged bison, buckwheat pancakes, Canada, canadian tourism commission, chocolate souffle, cod, cookery school, duck, Ice Cider, Ice Wine, L'Atelier des Chefs, perogies, salmon, scallops on October 3, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Three months ago I cooked Pancakes with Blueberries and Maple Syrup for breakfast. I wrote a post and the day after I was contacted by Nim from the Canadian Tourism Commission inviting me to an event that she was planning at L’Atelier des Chefs where food bloggers and writers could cook a few dishes using [...]
The Kitchin, Edinburgh
Posted in £ x 5, British, Edinburgh restaurant, Reviews, tagged eating out, Edinburgh, michelin star, Recipes (cooking), restaurant, The Kitchin, Tom Kitchin on October 1, 2010 | 2 Comments »
‘Would you ever move out of London?’ I asked my friend as we left Edinburgh airport in our taxi. Her reply? Of course not. We’re spoiled in London. There is a comfort of knowing that there is always something to do, even if you don’t actually want to be doing anything. Then of course there [...]



