Step into the Scooter Caffè and revel in the seductive ambience of the jazzy continental bar within. Travelling Through is a bookshop with a heart and soul that aims to connect people through its ‘culture hub’ and art space. The downstairs offers a calming place to enjoy a coffee, slice of cake and look at the art or read a book.
Lower Marsh
Four Corners is riding high with their award for the best coffee shop in the UK in 2015. Plan your next trip around the world with their travel guides and maps.
Lower Marsh
3. My Place
The cool and jazzy My Place (their paninis are delicious).
Berwick Street
Hej Coffee is a welcome bolt-hole from the over-concreted Bermondsey Square. The coffee and the food are excellent at Hej (order the ‘viking balls’, a WDC favourite), which brilliantly crams its space with scandi decor. This includes the very Swedish sculpture-in-residence Eric the Moose.
Bermondsey Square
The Nordic Backery, a peaceful Soho Scandi-coffee shop on New Cavendish Street. The choice of food and drink is only slightly more varied than their slogan: ‘dark rye bread, cinnamon buns, coffee’, but then all you really want is one of their amazing cinnamon buns anyway.
New Cavendish Street
I Love Nata is a case in point. It sells two products: coffee and nata (the celebrated Portuguese tarts). Check out Dad’s pastel de nata recipe here, but anyone on a mission to find one of the best in town needn’t go further than this shop — they’ve got the best nata outside of Portugal.
Endell St
The Watch House is a favourite and sells luxury artisan coffee and food in its converted guardhouse.
Bermondsey Street
Monmouth Coffee has become a legend on the London coffee scene, with a great range of blends for the winter months. Try the Gititu from Kenya for its rich seasonal taste – it has a hint of cherries, citrus, sweet caramel and cloves.
Spa Terminus
Love & Scandal was recently voted London’s most-loved café in Time Out Love London Awards – it attracts a motley crowd in its unfinished-ply interior.
Lower Marsh
Bask in the deliciousness of the Swedish bakery Fabrique for a traditional fika (coffee break) with a cardamom bun – how cardamom ended up in something so Swedish is a mystery, but the taste is a revelation. The bread is good too.
Earlham St
Lower Marsh
Seven Dials
Berwick Street
Bermondsey Street and Square
Marylebone Hight Street
Clerkenwell Road
Spa Terminus
A dear friend made a trip to the Minamoto Kitchoan in Piccadilly London and bought a bag-full of wygashi delights for my birthday.
Get down to Garsons or your local Pick-Your-Own farm and treat yourself to some amazing seasonal produce.
What Dad Cooked was invited to the launch of the new Liberty Mini British Food Hall.
Growing up in Southern California in the 60s, our family was fussy about its corn…
I’m testing garlic. Well, somebody has to do it.
Book now for Wednesday 4th October
Does anybody know how the perfect pesto should taste? The Genovese should, it’s where the dish originates…
Continuing our asparagus posts with another delicious recipe from dad! White Asparagus, Butter Sauce, and Prawns R… https://t.co/p6z3laOS7z
