Posts tagged ‘London’

June 23, 2017

Haberdashery, Crouch End


With my maternity leave I’m making the most of midweek brunching and generally hanging out in cafes drinking tea and eating cake.

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August 25, 2016

My Old Dutch

Rocket and Sundried Tomato Crepe

Pear and Cinnamon Crepe

When craving pancakes the logical solution is to head down to My Old Dutch. Not only do they have a wide range of sweet and savoury pancakes, but they are big and amazing!

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October 30, 2013

Emporium Tea Rooms

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I visited these tea rooms with an offer from Groupon, saw the deal and thought I’d try it out.
It’s a really cute cafe with a main room and a side room that is used for parties and classes of various kinds. When I arrived at around 12pm it was quite quiet, which was perfect for having a good girls catch up. The place did get busier with a mixture of families and couples coming in for a range of refreshments.

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April 18, 2012

Tapped and Packed

Tapped and Packed

Met up for a lunch date with a dear friend of mine near Warren Street and although I’ve eaten around there many times before I have never taken much notice of this gorgeous little cafe.

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February 7, 2012

Chinese New Year 2012

Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year in London is a fantastic atmosphere, the restaurants are buzzing, the streets are full of dragons and performers and so much street food. Lots of restaurants set up stalls on the streets to sell their wares to hungry passers by who don’t want to stand and que for a table.

Chinese New Year

This year I saw one restaurant giving out free prawn toast to those who were queing outside thier restaurant, which I think is a lovely jesture and great at keeping the customers wanting more.
These are just a few pictures I took this year of Chinatown during the festivities.

Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year