Looking to buy a flat has been a long and very laborious task. London is a big city and over the last year we have found it exceptionally hard to pin down one area where we really want to set our roots. But I’m pleased to say that after what seems like a lifetime, we [...]
Archive for the ‘London cafes’ Category
Penks Queens Park
Posted in Reviews, London restaurants, London cafes, £ x 2, £ x 2, tagged penks, queens park brunch, time out best brunch, queens park bistro on January 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Coffee at Dock Kitchen
Posted in £ x 1, £ x 3, London cafes, London restaurants, Reviews, tagged best coffee london, dock kitchen, kensal rise restaurant, stevie parle, tom dixon on January 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
If you were lucky enough to be in London over the weekend, you may have noticed how utterly stonkingly good the weather was. It was cold but there wasn’t a cloud in the sky as the sun beamed down and brightened up my days. We decided to make the most of it on Sunday by [...]
Konditor & Cook hot chocolate
Posted in £ x 1, London cafes, Reviews, tagged best bakery london, best hot chocolate london, gerhard jenne, konditor and cook on January 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
There are some things in life I just can’t explain – the fact that I’ve never done a post about the hot chocolate from Konditor & Cook is just one of those things. I first came across this hot chocolate when I worked at the Grays Inn Road store four years ago. I worked as [...]
The Espresso Room
Posted in £ x 1, London cafes, Reviews, tagged antipodean coffee london, best coffee london, central london coffee, flat white, great ormond street coffee, square mile coffee on January 12, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Did I really just walk a three mile round trip on my lunch break to get a coffee? Yes, it seems I did. Am I bonkers? Probably. Was it worth it? Definitely. But not only for the fact that the coffee was one of the best I have had in a while, but because it [...]
Granger & Co
Posted in Reviews, London restaurants, Cuisine, London cafes, Australian, £ x 2, £ x 2, tagged best brunch london, best coffee london, bil granger restaurant, london flat white, granger & co, westbourne grove restaurant, notting hill restaurant on December 27, 2011 | 2 Comments »
It’s the day before Christmas Eve in West London. A black car sits waiting by the curb across the road from a grand London townhouse. Young professionals wander down the streets and into boutiques for a spot of last minute Christmas shopping. Mark Ronson casually walks across the road and clambers into the black car, [...]
Harvey Nichols Fifth Floor Café revamp
Posted in Reviews, London restaurants, Cuisine, London cafes, British, £ x 2, £ x 2, tagged havey nichols fifth floor cafe, best breakfast london, breakfast meeting cafe, edge architecture and design on November 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
When I think of Harvey Nichols, the line ‘Harvey Nicks darrrling’ immediately pops into my head and stays there on repeat until something else grabs my attention. Thanks Jennifer Saunders. Ab Fab was always on in my house when I was growing up. I loved it. I would have been so proud had I known [...]
Brixton Market
Posted in American, Australian, £ x 1, £ x 1, British, cheap eats London, Cuisine, Ethiopian, French, Italian, Japanese, London cafes, London market food, London restaurants, Reviews, tagged best pizza london, Brixton Market, Franco Manca, Lab G, Laboratorio Artigianale Del Buon Gelato, london market food on November 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I still feel privileged to live in London, even after six years. But some weekends I find myself tearing my hair out thinking ‘what to do?!’ I often get the feeling that I’ve done it all and there’s literally nothing new to do. Of course I’m wrong – I should probably pay more attention to [...]
Lemon olive oil cake recipe
Posted in Reviews, London cafes, Sweet recipes, Cakes, Afternoon tea, Products, Brunch, £ x 2, tagged lemon olive oil cake, nudo extra virgin lemon olive oil, olive oil cake recipe on November 22, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Olive oil cake. What’s all that about then? Well, let me tell you. I first came across cake baked with olive oil at Towpath in Dalston last year. Towpath, if you are wondering, is a delightful little café on the canal in Dalston, run by writer Lori De Mori and photographer Jason Lowe. I wasn’t [...]
Kaffeine
Posted in Reviews, Cuisine, London cafes, Australian, £ x 1, cheap eats London, tagged best coffee in London, fresh baked cakes, square mile coffee, kaffeine, fitzrovia cafe, australian cafe london on November 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Stepping off Oxford Street into Fitzrovia is like stepping off a packed tube train in rush hour – you immediately feel relieved. Far less busy, with virtually no lingering tourists, Fitzrovia is fast turning into a foodies paradise. It is also home to one of my favourite London cafes, Kaffeine. Yet another Australian / New [...]
Ottolenghi caramel and macadamia cheesecake recipe
Posted in London restaurants, London cafes, Sweet recipes, Cakes, Desserts, £ x 2, Afternoon tea, £ x 2, cook books, tagged ottolenghi, yotam ottolenghi, best cafe london, islington restaurant, islington café, macadamia nut cheesecake, cake recipe, best cheesecake recipe on November 17, 2011 | 6 Comments »
A few years ago I found myself exploring an area of London that I had never been before. It was a far cry from the areas that I had been spending so much of my time during university. As I was casually meandering down Upper Street in Islington, I stopped dead in my tracks when [...]



