Spianata have classy boxes for their Roman flat bread sandwiches
Wednesday 31 August 2011
Tuesday 30 August 2011
The Best Brownies in London
Monday 29 August 2011
Beetroot, Apple & Ginger
EAT's new summer drink - Beetroot, Apple & Ginger. The competition amongst the chains drives real innovation.
Sunday 28 August 2011
Puzzle Cake
Chocolate and Vanilla Puzzle Cake by Ion Patisserie at their Exmouth Market street stall.
I have never met Georgeta Decuseara, the owner and have no shares in the company but they may be worth watching out for.
Contact 07749 475478.
Cheesecake in filo pastry
Saturday 27 August 2011
Babies Welcome
Friday 26 August 2011
In Your Face Drinks
Thursday 25 August 2011
Tea Pot Spouts & Strainers
Wednesday 24 August 2011
Butter like Home
No measly, hard-to-open, wasteful, plastic butter pats.
No pretentious curls or fancy French portions here. Conran just gets it right time after time. He truly is a caff (and restaurant) hero. At the Albion Caff where we almost always start our London Cafe Tours.
Tuesday 23 August 2011
Sponge Cake
Byfords in Holt, North Norfolk have such a following with their cafe and deli that they have set up their own branded range of cakes - SPONGE.
Love it.
The modern packaging and old-fashioned signage are tops.
The modern packaging and old-fashioned signage are tops.
Monday 22 August 2011
Sunday 21 August 2011
Book and Cake
Saturday 20 August 2011
Mini Cakes
Starbucks yet again leading the big guys cake innovation stakes with a range of three mini cakes as part of their Petites range.
See http://greatcafes.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-mini.html
and
http://greatcafes.blogspot.com/2011/04/lolly-cake.html
Friday 19 August 2011
Tea Deals on the Motorway
Thursday 18 August 2011
Cafe, Deli (& Posh B&B)
Byfords at Holt in north Norfolk - brilliant. You enter the cafe through the deli where pasties and pastries are being made. The 'Take & Bake' unit is right to hand. Their tag line of "A Higgledy-Piggledy World of Pleasure" is spot on.
Wednesday 17 August 2011
Toasters on the Table - Part 2
Bishopsgate Kitchen by Benugo and customers were making their own toast.
See http://greatcafes.blogspot.com/2011/07/toasters-on-table.html
Tuesday 16 August 2011
Life by Chocolate Mousse
"Belgian Chocolate Mousse with a hint of orange blossom water and a shot of espresso. A low GI pick-me-up". Amazing how you can up the ante with such a humble dessert. Good for Leon.
Monday 15 August 2011
Great Cafes Food Heroes
Really great fresh food at The Old Smithy Cafe tucked away in Beeley in the Peak District - just down the road from Chatsworth. The trays of cooling bakery items greet you at the door and the food is worth the wait. Smoked haddock rarebit, cake still warm from the oven and a stupendous take-away steak pie. The owners - Neil & Sue Chatterton - deserve a medal.
Sunday 14 August 2011
Saturday 13 August 2011
Six Sorts of Scones
- Cheddar, Sage & Onion Scone
- Blue Cheese, Walnut & Sultana Scone
- Plain
- Cherry & Dark Chocolate
- Sultana
- Strawberry & White Chocolate
Gail's is good, nay excellent.
Friday 12 August 2011
Organic Ice Cream-on-Sea
Thursday 11 August 2011
Not Lemonade
Wednesday 10 August 2011
Window Shopping for Pastries
Napket in Piccadilly
Sweet in Exmouth Market
Hummingbird Bakery in Wardour Street
and not a chiller or plastic dome in sight. Bravo.
Tuesday 9 August 2011
Retro Table Setting
Let's start with the tables (at Bishopsgate Kitchen) - made of off cuts and deliberately not finished.
Glass mugs, not fancy glasses.
Kitchen cloths; not serviettes
Bone handled knives - the ones we all threw away as they looked old and couldn't cope with the dishwasher
Glass mugs, not fancy glasses.
Kitchen cloths; not serviettes
Bone handled knives - the ones we all threw away as they looked old and couldn't cope with the dishwasher
Monday 8 August 2011
Lampshade of Ingredients
Leon has large tins of gherkins on display and some empty ones hanging upside down - inexpensive and fun.
Sunday 7 August 2011
Saturday 6 August 2011
Make Believe Baking
The conspicuous Anolon muffin tins (endorsed by Raymond Blanc, no less) used by Costa to display their muffins are great theatre and suggest on-site baking.
I cannot decide whether it's inspired display or a suggestive con.
I cannot decide whether it's inspired display or a suggestive con.
Friday 5 August 2011
How the world has changed .......for the better
Remember when we always used matches to publicise our bars and restaurants. Now it's book seeds, not book matches. Plants, not ciggies.
Benugo's Bishopsgate Kitchen " We don't take bookings, but we do like herbs" book of parsley, thyme, basil & sage seeds.
Thursday 4 August 2011
Jelly & Cherries
EAT's pots of summer jelly (berry and elderflower) and British bags of cherries - seasonal, fresh, healthy and different.
Wednesday 3 August 2011
Guilt Free Coffee
Costa are offering a less than 80 calorie coffee - "All the Love; Less of the Handles".
The milky, foamy coffee uses skimmed milk, less than a full shot of coffee and is offered with sugar-free syrup.
Not much taste as far as I was concerned but less calories has its appeal.
Tuesday 2 August 2011
Food Storage as Styling
Benugo's Bishopsgate Kitchen is in the design style of Bill's Produce Store, Carluccios, Albion Caff and Jamies Italian - the food does the talking/styling.
Almost all storage is out front - you just keep the unbranded items out back.
Almost all storage is out front - you just keep the unbranded items out back.
Monday 1 August 2011
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