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 ‘£ x 2’ Category
Penks Queens Park
Posted in £ x 2, £ x 2, London cafes, London restaurants, Reviews, tagged penks, queens park bistro, queens park brunch, time out best brunch on January 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Granger & Co
Posted in Australian, £ x 2, £ x 2, Cuisine, London cafes, London restaurants, Reviews, tagged best brunch london, best coffee london, bil granger restaurant, granger & co, london flat white, notting hill restaurant, westbourne grove 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 £ x 2, £ x 2, British, Cuisine, London cafes, London restaurants, Reviews, tagged best breakfast london, breakfast meeting cafe, edge architecture and design, havey nichols fifth floor cafe 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 [...]
Lemon olive oil cake recipe
Posted in Afternoon tea, £ x 2, Brunch, Cakes, London cafes, Products, Reviews, Sweet recipes, 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 [...]
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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]



