Greenfields Cafe, Exhibition Road, South Kensington

March 27, 2010 at 2:16 pm | Posted in Cafes, Reviews, Uncategorized | Leave a comment
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Score: 7/10

This is a small independent cafe, near the tube and the museums. The clientele include young, straight, ruby playing Kensington types and tourists. Downsides are that there are no toilets. It is a little on the expensive side – cakes from £1.50 to £2.20 ish and sarnies starting at £3.55. And I should also say it doesn’t take cards either. But it does accept the Wedge Card, currently offering a free shot of syrup in coffees.

Food is good – freshly made up sarnies, soup, quiche, a pasta dish and a stew. Cakes and biscuits all looked great. Drinks include coffee and free fruit juices. We had a decaf latte and a strawberry and banana smoothie. Tea not recommended – PG Tips tea bags in a mug.

We always seem to have trouble finding a cafe in this area – or at least one that isn’t a chain, and in the middle of a Saturday afternoon this place had less queues than the Hummingbird Bakery which was another option nearby, so I would recommend this as a juice and cake spot.

Sagar, Percy Street, London W1

March 13, 2010 at 11:14 am | Posted in Restaurants, Reviews | Leave a comment
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Score: 7.5/10

This venue on Percy Street is one of a handful of London branches of Sagar, a chain of South Indian veggie restaurants. It’s a really good reasonably priced veggie restaurant with loads of choices on the menu, including regular curries and also a range of other dishes as well.

We had homemade lemonade, bhel puri, a masala dosa, an uthappam, followed by almond kulfi and payasam. The dosa was stuffed with potato and vegetables and the uthappam came studded with onion, tomato and coconut. Both came with smabar and a cocnut chutney. Both were great, the uthappam probably just has the edge. Almond kulfi was ok, although in my book not as tasty as pistachio flavour. The payasam was excellent though, a milk vermicelli pudding flavoured with nuts and cardomoms.

This came to £25 not including service. Will definitely be back.

First Out, St Giles High Street, WC2H

March 6, 2010 at 10:45 am | Posted in Cafes, Reviews | Leave a comment
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Score: 7.5/10

First Out is just behind the Centre Point Tower, handy for the British Museum, Covent Garden and Oxford Street. It’s laid out over two floors, with a cafe on the ground floor and a bar in the basement. Veggie food includes soup, sarnies and a range of bigger dishes including falafel, burger, pasta. Drinks include coffee, juices and Fentiman’s. Also does a good range of cakes and flapjacks. There are tables indoors and outdoors and a range of magazines and flyers, so plenty of reading material. This is a good place for a relaxed breakfast or lunch. We went for soup, falafel and two juices – all fine and came to around £15.

Most interesting feature – at least two couples on blind dates, or maybe first dates having met on the internet. In one case a couple made a speedy exit when one half had a text from her ex-girlfriend asking if she was in First Out saying that the ex was in the area and might drop in…..

Imporient tea

March 6, 2010 at 10:34 am | Posted in Tea | Leave a comment
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Picked up two Imporient fairtrade English Breakfast tea bags at a Fairtade Fortnight stall. Verdict is a strong cup of deeply golden brown tea, but could have done with a bit more flavour. Would definitely try their leaf tea though…

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