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Category Archives: Coffee
Tilia: Online Home Delivery Service of Artisan Food and Drink. Try it and Love it!
Tilia is a new online home delivery service connecting Londoners with local suppliers of artisan food and drink. At the moment, it’s a London only thing, but there are plans for rapid nationwide expansion. I recently gave Tilia a twirl. Completely impressed, I loved everything aspect of my experience. Indeed, I’m keen to try the service again (and again!) and can wholeheartedly recommend it as an incredibly convenient way to get top quality grub to your table. Continue reading
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Posted in Coffee, Drink, Food, London, Shopping
Tagged allen's of mayfair, artisan food, artisan food and drink, artisan food and drink delivery service, artisan food delivery, belle epoque, belle epoque patisserie, breakfast, butcher, coffee, cooking, deli, delivery, Drink, fishmonger, Food, food shopping, gourmet, groceries, London, London blog, mortimer & bennett, online delivery, online home delivery, online shopping, patisserie, review, seafood, Shopping, steve hatt, tilia, tilia.co.uk, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Win a Free Illy IperEspresso Coffee Machine
Quality Italian espresso at the press of a button in your own home? Oh yeah! I’ve got a nifty IperEspresso Coffee Machine from Illy up for grabs. Continue reading
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Posted in Coffee, Competition, Discounts and Special Offers, Drink, Food, Freebies, Shopping, Social Media
Tagged 25% discount, 25% off, cafe, caffe, cappuccinos, coffee, coffee blog, coffee capsule espresso, coffee capsule machine, coffee capsules, coffee machine, coffee machine review, coffee machine voucher code, coffee maker, competition, contest, discounts, discounts and special offers, Drink, espresso crazy, espresso maker, espressocrazy.com, Food, francis francis, Francis Francis X7.1 IperEspresso Machine, free, free coffee, freebies, head of quality, illy, illy coffee, illy head of quality, illy voucher code, iperespresso, IperEspresso Machine, lattes, marco arrigo, review, special offers, tikichris special, voucher code, WIN, win a free illy espresso maker, X7.1, Y1.1, Y1.1 touch, Y1.1 TOUCH IperEspresso Machine
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Breakfast at Tapas Brindisa London Bridge? ¡Muy Bien!
Tapas Brindisa London Bridge has updated its breakfast menu and the hours it’s available. The results are muy bien and the portions are very definition of muchísimo. Continue reading
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Posted in Coffee, Drink, Food, London, Restaurants
Tagged 18-20 Southwark Street, borough, borough market, breakfast, breakfast review, brindisa, brindisa london bridge, chorizo, coffee, Drink, eggs, Food, grilled chorizo, London, London blog, london bridge, morcilla, photography blog, restaurant review, review, SE1, SE1 1TJ, southwark, Southwark Street, spanish breakfast, spanish restaurant, tapas, tapas brindisa, tapas brindisa london bridge, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Good Stuff
Here’s a quick little list of good stuff I’ve recently come across and thought was worth sharing with you. Enjoy! Continue reading
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Posted in Coffee, Drink, Food, Freebies, Good Stuff, Hotels, London, Music, Restaurants, Shopping, Travel, Wine
Tagged #fansoffizz, Benjamin Britten, blanc de blancs, CBSO Chorus, champagne, CHAPEL DOWN, charing cross hotel, Choir of St Paul's Cathedral, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, city of london, city of london festival, coffee, cookbook cafe, Edward Gardner, english sparkling wine, Evelina Dobraceva, fans of fizz, food and drink festival, free coffee, free hot drinks at waitrose, free tea, freebies, good stuff, hotel, hotels, INTERCONTINENTAL, INTERCONTINENTAL LONDON PARK LANE, live performance, London, lonon, Ludlow, Ludlow Food and Drink Festival, Ludlow Food and Drink Festival Preview, mayfair, music, mywaitrose, park lane, Russell Braun, Shopping, sparkling wine, st paul's cathedral, tea, tikichirs, Toby Spence, WAITROSE, war requiem, wine, wine tasting, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Carpo: Great Greek Snacks at Piccadilly Circus
Carpo, an emporium and cafe offering a simple selection of “nuts, chocolate and coffee” (there’s dried fruit and a few other products as well) has recently opened near Piccadilly Circus. So what? So … fantastically flavoursome pistachios, delectable honey with a hint of thyme, exquisitely juicy candied mandarins, figs covered in chocolate that are worth dropping whatever you’re doing at this very moment to rush over for a taste of and a whole lot more – that’s what. Continue reading
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Tagged cafe, chocolate, chocolate covered figs, coffee, dried fruit, emporium, fig, Food, fruits, gifts, greek, greek coffee, honey, Kostas Kontopoulos, London, mayfair, nuts, piccadilly, piccadilly circus, pistachios, review, roasted nuts, Shopping, snacks, soho, thyme honey, W1, W1J 0DE
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Breakfast at The Botanist, Sloane Square
As elegant as any casual dining establishment you’re apt to come across in upscale Chelsea and just a stone’s throw from Sloane Square Station, the Botanist is as smartly situated as London restaurants come. And with a newly introduced breakfast menu available all week, it’s now a smart place to start your day as well. Continue reading
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Posted in Coffee, Drink, Food, London, Restaurants
Tagged bacon, black pudding, botanist, breakfast, breakfast menu, breakfast review, chelsea, coffee, full english breakfast, illy, London, mrs brown's black pudding, new menu, pub, restaurant, restaurant review, sausages, sloane square, SW1, THE BOTANIST, the botanist breakfast
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Win a Free Pair of Tickets to @LdnCoffeeFest
I’ve got a pair of tix to giveaway for this weekend’s upcoming London Coffee Festival. Continue reading
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Posted in Coffee, Competition, Drink, Food, Freebies, London, Shopping
Tagged competition, east london, free, free tickets, freebies, giveaway, London, london coffee festival, old truman brewery, starbucks, WIN
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Guatemala Antigua: Starbucks’ First Origin Espresso (Sponsored Video)
Guatemala Antigua: Starbuck’s First Origin Espresso Continue reading
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Posted in Coffee, Drink, Shopping, Video
Tagged coffee, espresso, guatemala, Guatemala Antigua, SPONSORED POST, starbucks, Starbucks' First Origin Espresso, Video
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Aromo Coffee
Aromo Coffee is an online espresso coffee pod retailer. They sell ESE coffee pods Senseo Coffee Pods and Nespresso compatible coffee capsules to customers in the UK. They also sell their ground coffee and coffee beans. Continue reading
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Posted in Coffee, Drink, London, Shopping
Tagged Arabica, aromo, aromo coffee, coffee, coffee capsules, coffee pods, coffee review, ESE coffee pods, espresso, nespresso, Nespresso compatible coffee capsules, online coffee retailer, online espresso coffee retailer, review, senseo, Senseo Coffee Pods
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In Search of London’s Best Tiramisu (CheapOair)
Lusciously layered Savoiardi biscuits dipped in coffee with a whipped mixture of egg yolks and mascarpone cheese, and flavored with marsala wine and cocoa – a dessert dish of tiramisu often provides a great litmus test for determining the merits of an Italian restaurant. Too bad it’s served at the end of a meal! Here are but a few of London’s most moreish tiramisu offerings. Continue reading
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Posted in CheapOair, Chocolate, Coffee, Food, London, Restaurants, Travel, Wine
Tagged carluccio's, chocolate, cocoa, dessert, in parma, italian food, LA PATAGONIA, London, london's best tiramisu, marsala, Moreno at Baglioni, restaurants, TIRAMISU, Travel, wine
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Kopi Coffee Club
So, when the folks at Kopi – an “exclusive monthly subscription coffee club that is passionate about premium taste and ethical sourcing” – dropped me a line to ask if I’d like to sample their coffee in exchange for review, I was keen … and maybe a little suspicious too. Gourmet, fair trade, luxury … these days there are so many endowments attached to the front of too otherwise straightforward words like coffee that descriptions such as “exclusive” and “premium” don’t necessarily mean anything anymore. Continue reading
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New Flagship Benugo is Welcome Addition to Covent Garden Dining Scene
I’m pleased to report that Benugo has recently opened a new flagship cafe at the corner of Long Acre and Bow Street near Covent Garden. The new venue is great news (for me at least) because I find myself bopping through that part of town all the time, and Covent Garden dining options are rather hit or miss in my opinion. Minus a few frugal exceptions, all the hits that I can think of around there are all pretty expensive too. Continue reading
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Tagged benugo, cafe, coffee, covent garden, deli, Food, London, long acre, new Benugo, new restaurant review, restaurant, review, sandwich bar, sandwiches, turkey sandwich, WC2, WC2£ 9JN
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Follow the Bread Line to Some Amazing East London Bakeries (CheapOair)
A blend of hipster craftsmanship mixed evenly with some long standing East London traditions has led the London borough of Hackney along with the eastern fringes of Islington to yield some especially delicious baked goods. Here’s a slice by slice route to … Continue reading
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Tagged bagels, bakeries, baking, bread, cake, cheapoair, clapton, dreyfus cafe, E5 BAKEHOUSE, finsbury park, hackney, Happening Bagel Bakery, islington, J Grodzinski & Daughters, London, london fields, palm 2, palm II, pizza, sodo, Sodo Sourdough Pizza Cafe, sourdough, stamford hill
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Ice Skating at the Natural History Museum #SpreadTheCheer
The folks from Starbucks kindly invited my “family” to a complimentary 50 minutes of skating at the Ice Rink at the Natural History Museum. Kemey and I had a blast (Winston, our cat and only other member of this family, … Continue reading
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40% Discount off Foodie Titles from Black Dog Publishing
Hey all. I recently got hold of a copy of Black Dog Publishing’s A Guide to London’s Classic Cafes and Fish & Chip Shops and really enjoyed giving it a browse. You can see my review of the book over … Continue reading
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Posted in Books, Christmas, Coffee, Discounts and Special Offers, Food, London, Restaurants, Shopping
Tagged 40% off, A Guide to London's Classic Cafes and Fish & Chip Shops, black dog publishing, book, CAFES, caffs, chippies, chippy, discount, fish and chips, guidebook, London, meat london, review, sale, tea & cake
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Eating (Exceptionally) Well in Pembrokeshire (Blue Tomato)
… walk off any extra calories or recharge at the tearoom before or after your stroll through the nearby circular path skirting the Daugleddau estuary. Read my complete review at Blue Tomato.
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Posted in Beer, Blue Tomato, Coffee, Food, Pubs, Restaurants, Shopping, Travel, Wales
Tagged Angle, Angle Village, BLUE TOMATO, crab, Cwtch, dressed crab, hiking, lawrenny, Lawrenny Quay, lobster, lunch, Old Point House, pembrokeshire, pembrokeshire coast, pembrokeshire coast national park, pub, Quayside Tearoom, restaurants, review, solva, solva crab, Something Fishy, st david's, wales, walking, welsh
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London Goes Scandinavian (OneTravel)
If next time you find yourself doing something especially fashionable in London and for a split second you forget where you are and start wondering if you’re actually in, say, Malmo or Reykjavik, you’d be forgiven. London, it seems, is … Continue reading
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Posted in Coffee, Design, Drink, Food, London, OneTravel, Restaurants, Shopping, Travel
Tagged brick lane, cafe, Chase & Sorensen, chatsworth road, clapton, coffee, cooper & wolf, dalston lane, danish design, FIKA, fitzrovia, furniture, hackney, London, marylebone, MARYLEBONE LANE, OneTravel, reviews, scandinavia, scandinavian food, scandinavian kitchen, TOMMI'S BURGER JOINT
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Dreyfus Cafe, Lower Clapton Road, Hackney E5
Dreyfus Cafe is little independently owned cafe just down the street from my flat. It’s been open about a month and is a welcome addition to the neighbourhood. I’ve popped my head in a few times for coffee over the … Continue reading
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Posted in Coffee, Food, London, Restaurants
Tagged breakfast, brunch, cafe, clapton, coffee, dreyfus, dreyfus cafe, E5, E5 0NS, finnish toast, hackney, HACKNEY CENTRAL, London, lower clapton road, review, sandwiches
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Handy Scandi Christmas Gifts from Scandinavian Kitchen
When Danish/Swedish tag team Bronte (from Denmark) and Jonas (from Sweden) opened Scandinavian Kitchen in 2006, the plan was simply to make available to themselves and their ex-pat communities all the food and drink they missed from back home. Little … Continue reading
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Posted in Beer, Christmas, Coffee, Drink, Food, London, Restaurants, Shopping
Tagged cafe, christmas, christmas 2012, christmas gifts, christmas shopping, fitzrovia, glogg, London, nordic, review, scandinavia, scandinavian food, scandinavian kitchen, taster boxes, W1, W1W 7PP
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Now Published: A Guide to London’s Caffs and Chippies (OneTravel)
A Guide to London’s Classic Cafes and Fish & Chip Shops is a fantastic resource for scouting out the last bastions of London’s old school takeaways and traditional fast food. Whether you’re keen for a little retro kitsch with a … Continue reading
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Posted in Books, Coffee, Food, London, OneTravel, Restaurants, Travel
Tagged A Guide to London's Classic Cafes and Fish & Chip Shops, book, CAFES, caffs, chippies, chippy, fish and chips, guidebook, London, OneTravel, review
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Four Fine Dines in Pembrokeshire (CheapOair)
Pembrokeshire is one of the most scenic places in all of the British Isles. It’s also one of the tastiest. Believe it or not, for such a sparsely populated part of the UK, there’s actually a huge range of quality … Continue reading
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Posted in Beer, CheapOair, Coffee, Drink, Food, Pubs, Recipes, Restaurants, Travel, Wales
Tagged Angle, Angle Village, crab, Cwtch, dressed crab, hiking, lawrenny, Lawrenny Quay, lobster, lunch, Old Point House, pembrokeshire, pembrokeshire coast, pembrokeshire coast national park, pub, Quayside Tearoom, restaurants, review, solva, solva crab, Something Fishy, st david's, wales, walking, welsh
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Healthy and Delicious Food in London? The Natural Kitchen, Naturally (OneTravel)
Restaurant, cafe, deli, fine foods store and all around salubrious retail setting, London‘s one and only Natural Kitchen (well actually they have three locations in town) is a brilliant spot for a healthy meal or some feel good shopping. Read my … Continue reading
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Posted in Coffee, Drink, Food, London, OneTravel, Restaurants, Shopping, Travel
Tagged city of london, deli, grocery, London, marylebone, natural kitchen, OneTravel
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Visit the Godiva Chocolate Cafe at Harrods (CheapOair)
There are only two of these cafes on the planet – one in Beijing and the other in London. And although the London venue is one of more than 30 different restaurants and eateries located within the world famous Harrods department … Continue reading
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Posted in CheapOair, Chocolate, Christmas, Coffee, Food, London, Shopping, Travel
Tagged belgian chocolate, cafe godiva, cheapoair, chocolate, christmas, christmas 2012, christmas gifts, godiva, godiva chocolate, godiva chocolatier, harrods, hot chocolate, knightsbridge, London, milk chocolate, review, Royal Swarovski Box
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Good Stuff
Here’s a quick lists of Good Stuff I’ve come across lately and got a kick out of but for whatever reason didn’t make it into their own blog posts on here, my tikichris-to-go Tumblr blog or one of my client blogs. Akari Japanese … Continue reading
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Posted in Apps, Art, Books, Celebrities, Coffee, Design, Food, London, Music, Photography, Restaurants, Shopping, Television, Travel
Tagged 4od, akari, Akari Japanese Kitchen & Bar, anna friel, app, arts bar & cafe, artsadmin, brick lane, channel 4, channel four on demand, circus, cirque du soleil, curry, essex road, Fäviken, GRAYSON PERRY, In the Best Possible Taste, In the Best Possible Taste - Grayson Perry, ipad, japanese, JAPANESE CUISINE, japanese food, khushbu, khushbu grill house, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson the Immortal World Tour, nordic cuisine, O2 Arena, phaidon, phaidon press, Photography, Reuters, sushi, swedish, swedish food, thomas reuters, toynbee studios, whitechapel, Wider Image, Wider Image Photo App for iPad from Reuters
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Trip to Colombia? Yes Please!
So as fun as a visit to the National Geographic Store in Knightsbridge (across the street from Harrods) might somehow be, I was not prepared for the sort of excitement generated during a recent “VIP cocktail party” celebrating National Geographic’s … Continue reading
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Five Great New Local Joints in East London (OneTravel)
All eyes seem to be on the London 2012 Games at the moment. But beyond the Olympic Stadium and the admittedly very exciting Olympic hoopla, some more locally based achievements of the foodie variety are taking place which hopefully after this historic … Continue reading
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Posted in Beer, Coffee, Drink, Food, London, London 2012, OneTravel, Pubs, Restaurants
Tagged bar, BBQ, bethnal green, cafe, chatswor, clapton, clapton hart, cooper & wolf, DE BEAUVOIR TOWN, duke's brew & cue, E5, east london, hackney, haggerston, islington, London, N1, new pubs, NEW RESTAURANTS, OneTravel, pubs, restaurants, the north pole, this bright field
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Great Little Scandi Cafe – Cooper & Wolf – Opens on Chatsworth Road E5
The vibe is eclectic and homespun, Scandi with a touch of Clapton edge. And the people behind the counter came across as incredibly appreciative of our patronage, very accommodating and especially cool managing a full house after only being open a short time. Continue reading
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Posted in Coffee, Food, London, Restaurants
Tagged cafe, caravan coffee, chatsworth road, clapton, coffee, coffee shop, cooper & wolf, E5, hackney, Hansen & Lydersen, homerton, London, nordic cuisine, pickled herring, review, scandinavian food, smoked salmon, swedish meatballs
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Bermondsey Street Eats! (CheapOair)
It’s not a terribly long street, but it is one of London’s yummiest and these days is ranked among this city’s most celebrated thoroughfares. Read my complete post at the CheapOair blog.
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Tagged antico, bermondsey, BERMONDSEY STREET, caphe house, cheapoair, coffee, DELFINA, jose, JOSE PIZARRO, London, PIZARRO, restaurants, SE1, south london, tapas, tapas bar, the garrison, zucca
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Free Coffee @ The Electric Elephant, SE17
This is a very informal arrangement and the Electric Elephant is a modest kinda place. But if you swing by this lovely little Southwark cafe and mention that you read about it on my blog (maybe you can show this … Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Coffee, Food, Freebies, London, Restaurants
Tagged cafe, clements yard, coffee, elephant and castle, free, free coffee, freebie, iiliffe yard, London, pullens yards, SE17, studios, the electric elephant, tikichris special, walworth
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Behind the Scenes at E5 Bakehouse (Great British Chefs)
Postcode purists might take exception to the E5 Bakehouse moniker (the bakery’s postcode is actually E8 3PH), but any real bread enthusiasts who’ve actually had this young Hackney enterprise’s sourdough creations would probably care less about what’s in the name as long … Continue reading
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Posted in Coffee, Food, Great British Chefs, London, Mexico, Shopping
Tagged arches, bakery, E5 BAKEHOUSE, E8, E8 3PH, east london, GBC, GREAT BRITISH CHEFS, hackney, London, london fields, sourdough
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New Covent Garden Espresso Bar Offering Free Breakfast This Week (Londonist)
New Covent Garden Espresso Bar Offering Free Breakfast This Week Londonist, February 8, 2012 at 16:00 pm New independent coffee shop, Salt, is offering a “free Greek yoghurt with exotic fruit and home made granola or a rum-laced almond croissant with … Continue reading
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Posted in Coffee, Food, London, Restaurants
Tagged ALMOND CROISSANT, covent garden, free, FREE BREAKFAST, freebie, great queen street, GREEK YOGHURT, London, Londonist, SALT, SQUARE MILE COFFEE, tea, WATERLOO TEA, WC2, WC2B 5AA
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Make Time to Dine at St Pancras Station (CheapOair)
Make Time to Dine at St Pancras Station CheapOair, December 15, 2011 Whether just passing through or staying put for awhile, make sure to enjoy some of the area’s impressive range of food and drink outlets. Trendy cafes, upscalerestaurants, street food, celebrated bars … Continue reading
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Posted in Beer, CheapOair, Coffee, Drink, Food, London, Pubs, Restaurants, Street Markets, Travel
Tagged BARS, CAFES, cheapoair, London, pubs, restaurants, st pancras, ST PANCRAS STATION, street food, train travel, TRANSPORTATION
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What’s for Lunch? The Counter Cafe, Hackney Wick (Londonist)
What’s for Lunch? The Counter Cafe, Hackney Wick Londonist, December 13, 2011 at 11.30 am With a front row view of the Olympic Stadium’s backside, this large-windowed, post-industrial canal-side cafe has high hangout potential. Within warehouse cum exhibition, performance and … Continue reading
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Tagged cafe, coffee, E3, E3 2PA, FISH ISLAND, FISH ISLANE, HACKNEY WICK, London, Londonist, lunch, OLYMPIC STADIUM, POACHED EGGS, POTATO CAKES, salmon, smoked salmon, STOUR PLACE, THE COUNTER CAFE, W4L, WHAT'S FOR LUNCH?
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Good Stuff
Before I lose track and the frenetically festive season ramps up, here’s a list of list of some things I’ve come across lately and have really enjoyed but for whatever reason they didn’t get much mention on this blog, my … Continue reading
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Posted in Christmas, Coffee, Food, Good Stuff, London
Tagged anova books, cinema, clapton, domestic sluts, domestic sluttery, E5, E8, east india company, fashion for freedom, good st, hackney, hackney picturehouse, kemey lafond, lea river, lea river walk, London, map, medical aid for palestinians, Movies, westminster cathedral
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What’s for Lunch? Pacific Social Club, Lower Clapton (Londonist)
What’s for Lunch? Pacific Social Club, Lower Clapton Londonist, November 22, 2011 at 11:30 am Pacific Social Club is self-described on its Facebook page as a “coffee shop/social club/analogue recording library/drop-out centre/mixtape factory” that serves “nice coffee, ice coffee, ice tea, … Continue reading
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Tagged cafe, clapton, CLARENCE ROAD, coffee, E5, E5 8HB, hackney, London, Londonist, LOWER CLAPTON, lunch, PACIFIC SOCIAL CLUB, sandwich, W4L, WHAT'S FOR LUNCH?
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