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 [...]
Archive for the ‘London cafes’ Category
Ottolenghi caramel and macadamia cheesecake recipe
Posted in Afternoon tea, £ x 2, £ x 2, Cakes, cook books, Desserts, London cafes, London restaurants, Sweet recipes, tagged best cafe london, best cheesecake recipe, cake recipe, islington café, islington restaurant, macadamia nut cheesecake, ottolenghi, yotam ottolenghi on November 17, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Bill’s Covent Garden
Posted in £ x 2, £ x 2, British, cheap eats London, Cuisine, London cafes, London restaurants, Reviews, tagged Bill's Covent Garden, breakfast restaurant london, cafe london, covent garden cafe on October 19, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I have wanted to go for breakfast at Bill’s in Covent Garden for a while. Last week I finally made it down and had a delicious breakfast with Helen. Bill, for those who don’t know, is a man with a true passion for fruit and veg. He started off in a shed donated to him [...]
Caravan Exmouth Market – brunch
Posted in Australian, £ x 2, £ x 2, British, Cuisine, London cafes, London restaurants, Reviews, tagged best brunch london, best coffee london, caravan brunch, caravan cafe, exmouth market restaurant on October 18, 2011 | 4 Comments »
If you haven’t been for brunch at Caravan yet, I suggest you do. I have reviewed the coffee at Caravan before but this is the time for brunch, finally! Based on the corner of Exmouth Market, Caravan produces the finest coffee and excellent brunch dishes. I visited a few weeks ago, when it was still [...]
Tortilla burrito master class
Posted in £ x 1, £ x 1, Cuisine, London cafes, London restaurants, Mexican, Reviews, tagged cheap eats london, mexican cafe london, mexican restaurant london, Tortilla mexican restaurant on July 11, 2011 | 4 Comments »
A couple of weeks ago I was invited to a burrito master class at Tortilla, a chain of Mexican burrito restaurants in London. I wasn’t feeling too well a couple of days leading up to the event and I had been to the doctors that morning and was told I had a kidney infection. Lovely. [...]
Shoreditch Grind
Posted in Australian, £ x 1, British, Cuisine, European, London cafes, Reviews, tagged best london coffee, cafe old street, east london breakfast, flat white, shoreditch cafe, shoreditch grind, toasted croissant on June 21, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Another post, another new London coffee establishment. I welcome Shoreditch Grind. Situated on Old Street roundabout, Shoreditch Grind has a beautiful interior, indoor window seating, rather good coffee and not a bad range of grub. Think indulgent morning pastries, chunky lunch time sandwiches, muffins and cakes to satisfy the sweet tooth. We enjoyed a silky [...]
Mooli’s summer menu
Posted in £ x 1, £ x 2, Cuisine, Indian, London cafes, London restaurants, Reviews, tagged best indian food london, central london indian cafe, cheap eats london, Dishoom, indian street food, Mooli's on May 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Mooli’s opened nearly two years ago on Frith Street in Soho, one of London’s busiest restaurant areas. Born out of a passion and a pining for good Indian street food, founders Sam and Mathew traveled around India for months for recipe inspiration. I live in an area with a large Indian community and while fantastic [...]
Petersham Nurseries Teahouse
Posted in £ x 2, British, Cuisine, London cafes, Reviews, tagged best cafe london, fresh bakes cakes, homemade cakes, london cafe, london cakes, london lunch, Petersham Nurseries Teahouse, Richmond garden centre, richmond nurseries, skye gyngell on April 10, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The winter that we have just endured felt particularly long so I was overjoyed with the weather today. I spent most of my time this weekend basking in the sunshine outdoors, and on Sunday I hopped on my bike to cycle to Richmond for a salad, a pot of tea and a slice of cake [...]
Albion at The Boundary Project
Posted in £ x 2, £ x 2, British, London cafes, London restaurants, Reviews, tagged albion at the boundary project, albion breakfast, bakertweet, breakfast, cafe east london, field mushrooms on toast, shoreditch brunch on April 9, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I’ve had my eye on Albion ever since they started using the fantastic social media contraption that is Baker Tweet. So why is it that I’ve not visited until this weekend? Who knows. After a short stint at the London Coffee Festival, we walked over and were lucky enough to snag a table outside. We [...]
Kêu! Old Street
Posted in £ x 1, £ x 2, Cuisine, London cafes, London restaurants, Vietnamese, tagged banh mi sandwich, best lunch london, best sandwich london, cye tre, hieu trung bui, hugh trung bui, keu!, london cheap eats, sarah kemp, viet grill, vietnamese deli london on March 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
How much do you pay for a regular sandwich or baguette at a central London cafe? I say regular but even the fancy pants ones aren’t really that special and you can be paying nearly £5 for one. That’s what annoyed me about lunch options when I used to work in central London. It was [...]



