Seaweed Wrap

Hot Seashore Wraps from innovative Pembrokeshire Beach Food Company.

Style & Sandwiches

Food matches the style of cafe Maison 3 Garcons in Shoreditch - see http://greatcafes.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/more-style-in-shoreditch.html

Spelt & Shard

 Oliver's Red Leicester Spelt Cheese Straws

Oliver's Spinach and Feta Spelt Croissant

8 Layer Pop Up

Guest Spot

Pop up Karantania Deli cafe at Westfield Stratford spotted by Tony McVerry - the 8 Layer cake and Pasta baked Muffins look interesting.  Karantania pop up at market stalls all over the place  http://karantaniadeli.co.uk/

Savouries in Spy Town

Swallow Bakery Cafe, Cheltenham has some excellent savoury items - square Tomato, goat cheese and rocket tarts.

Sausage Rolls and Beef & Onion Empanadas

Warm on the Beach

Simple, satisfying and self-serve hot food at the Beach Cafe, Wells-next-the-Sea with snow (and sand) outside.

Teapod

Teapod has two 'teahouses' in central London, tea for retail sale in pouches and some interesting food

Fishcakes

Eton Mess traybakes

Courgette Loaf

Courgette & Cheddar Loaf (great toasted apparently) at Salvation Jane

Original, Inventive & Contemporary

Slow cooked beef shin brioche

Great tasting savoury and sweet pastry items at The Espresso Room opposite Great Ormond Street Hospital from baker Fynch http://fynch.cc/ whose owner David (Pip) Pippin sets out to make original, inventive and contemporary pastries.

Whiskey & Orange Eccles Cake

Pulled Pork Sausage Roll

Frittata & Gustoso

Butternut Squash & Feta Frittata at Pret

Olive & Parmesan and Sauteed Leek & Wild Thyme 'Gustoso' savoury muffins at Harrods

Ham, Leeks & Peas Frittata by Searcys at National Portrait Gallery Cafe

Cheese Straws

Home-baked Cheese & Cumin Straws at Steff's Kitchen at Fairweather's Garden Centre in Beaulieu - worth a visit.

German Ideas

Chicken Sausage Roll at Bakehaus, Hammersmith

Veggie Scrambled Eggs Roll

Seriously German About Bread

Bakehaus' bakery cafe in Hammersmith has some interesting ideas including out front production.

Self-serve hot drinks and quality tea

Some new pastries that may be common in Germany but aren't usually seen over here

Karelian Pies

Rye crusted savoury snack with rice or potato mash filling - a Finnish traditional pastie.

Nordic Bakery in Golden Square is just that little bit different and distinctive with their food - egg and herring sandwich for example.

Variety is the Spice of Life

The humble sausage roll is now getting the 'varieties' treatment - Moroccan Spiced or Classic at L'eau a la Bouche deli & cafe in Broadway Market.

See our Pinterest Great Cafes Photo board for more examples of savouries http://pinterest.com/turpinsmale/great-cafes-savouries/

Savoury Treats

Pesto Bites at Albion Caff

Full English Pie at Sourced 

Vegetable Strudel at The Delaunay

Savoury Muffins

Salt is an independent cafe in Great Queen Street, Covent Garden and the owner also runs an artisan bakery.  It shows.  Spring onion, pancetta and cheddar muffins.  Check out our new Pinterest Board on Savoury Pastries at http://pinterest.com/turpinsmale/great-cafes-savouries/ or click on the 'Savouries' label at the foot of this blog to see previous posts.

Birthdays - Our 24th & 1st

   

   

Turpin Smale is 24 years young this month and this blog is celebrating its 1st birthday.  How life has changed since 1988!

Our blog has reached over 50,000 page views and the cafe sector is just so dynamic - there is always someone, somewhere doing an even better, more quirky, tastier, more temptingly displayed cafe.  As a birthday treat for you all, check out our Boards on Pinterest:

• Design  http://pinterest.com/turpinsmale/great-cafes-design/
• Sandwiches  http://pinterest.com/turpinsmale/great-cafes-sandwiches/
• Hot Drinks  http://pinterest.com/turpinsmale/great-cafes-hot-drinks/
• Savouries  http://pinterest.com/turpinsmale/great-cafes-savouries/
• Fruit Display  http://pinterest.com/turpinsmale/great-cafes-fruit-display/
• Cake Display  http://pinterest.com/turpinsmale/great-cafes-cake-display/
• Cold Drinks  http://pinterest.com/turpinsmale/great-cafes-cold-drinks/
• Kids Food  http://pinterest.com/turpinsmale/great-cafes-kids/
• Humour  http://pinterest.com/turpinsmale/great-cafes-humour/

Pies Boxed

Pieminister have their own unit in Boxpark, Shoreditch 

The 'Hope & Glory' rugby special pie

Savoury Swirls

Bridor's roulé - mustard and three cheese plus two other flavours - will be marketed here as a swirl.  Possible confusion with the ubiquitous pain au raisin but they taste good and certainly make a change.
Savoury pastries:
http://greatcafes.blogspot.com/2012/02/fougasse.html
http://greatcafes.blogspot.com/2012/02/spring-has-come-early.html
http://greatcafes.blogspot.com/2012/01/tortino.html