On one of London’s more authentic East End streets, a stone’s throw from Shoreditch and nestled between a chicken shop and a newsagents, is the most stylish florist cum café you will ever hope to find. With a background of 10 years working with the likes of Alexander McQueen and Christian Louboutin, the Willow’s owner [...]
Belle Epoque is an authentic french patisserie selling the most exquisite little french cakes. It’s also a great spot for breakfast if you’re after something light that will prepare you for the day, such as lightly toasted french bread with real President butter and my favourite Bonne Maman raspberry jam. They also have delicious pastries [...]
I found the Notting Hill Bookshop whilst escaping the thundering rain and deciding to look for a travel guide for my upcoming trip to Amsterdam. I drive my friends mad by buying one of each guide and insisting on keeping the books in perfect condition, so no bending of the spine, meaning the book can [...]
Fighting your way through Harrods is a depressing experience. It’s full of WAGS, people who think Harrods is the height of class, rich Muslims laden down with bags of makeup and tourists, there are shit loads of tourists, so make sure you find the direct entrance around the corner. Harrods is special I’ll agree to [...]
I’ve never been keen on Museums or Art galleries. I find that when paintings, furniture or artefacts of any kind are out of their intended habitat, they just become boring objects of which countless replicas have been made, so who cares if it’s really really old. The kind of ‘museums’ I love however are Buckingham [...]
I’ve just been on a trip to America and I promised a friend I would pick up some of her favourite sweets and peanut butter however I couldn’t be bothered to carry it all the way home so figured I’d just go to Cyber Candy the Holy Grail of sugar in every colour, shape and [...]
Up to a point I would have to say this was one of my favourite restaurants for the sheer comedy value alone. The place is absurd. It’s Austrian for a start and I think that explains a lot*. It’s down in the basement accessed by a doorway and some steep stairs, you’d totally miss it [...]
The reason I’m here is by pure chance. I’m looking for a church and it’s supposed to be on this street. Some vile socialite is having a party there and she wants it decorated with taxidermy and I’m supposed to be finding the taxidermy, but first I have to see the location. I’m already late [...]
Tucked away at the back of a camera repair shop next to the British Museum is Camera Cafe a quiet and discreet little place with a few tables and Simon and Garfunkel playing in the background (the soundtrack says alot). The few customers here are total anoraks, wearing hiking gear including the boots despite the [...]
Lemon Monkey is a cafe/deli stocking high end food and good wine most of which is Italian, fairtrade or organic, they sell the kind of stuff that comes in really great packaging where you can buy a box of crackers and pass it off as a present as the box will have some kind of [...]
I’m not too well equipped really to go into too much depth about Ombra as I didn’t actually have any food here, I just got a drink and the reviews don’t tend to be too good, although for what it’s worth I did think the dishes looked and smelled good. Inspired by a Venetian bacaro [...]
Ok it’s true there is nothing so special anymore about salvaged china tea cups and cakes on pretty cake stands but you have to trust me when I say that Mouse & de Lotz is special. If you were to wander around East London these days, taking in the wonderful array of cafes, there are [...]
Tucked away behind St. James’ Street in a quaint little hotel called Dukes is an old worldly little bar with old portraits on the walls and where they make your cocktail (the Martini anyway) on a trolley in front of you, it’s a great experience and a wonderful atmosphere. I have a tradition with Rafael [...]
Blacks is definitely my favourite of all the members clubs I’ve been to in London. Shoreditch house is no doubt beautiful and comfortably modern but it’s like the after work club for TV presenters, ‘media types’ is the term that springs to mind. I do appreciate the fact that they have a ‘No Bankers’ policy [...]
My absolute favourite places are the ones that pop up in the middle of nowhere, little places dreamed up by people who have for years fantasised about owning a café and then manage to far outshine the bigger budget more centrally located ones. Violet is one of these places, a simple little cafe with a [...]
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