Flat White on Berwick Street, Soho, is an Antipodean coffee shop that serves flat white (flat white – noun /Austral. flaat whyette/ /NZ flet wyte/ 1 An antipodean style coffee which is served as a strong shot of espresso served in a small cup with textured milk; a damn good strong coffee. 2 51.51 [...]
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Posted in Bologna, Italian, Italy, bakery, breakfast, cafe, dining out, food, restaurant review, restaurants, travel, traveleating, wine on Jan 13th, 2008
Zanarini, an elegant cafe and pasticceria, was very close to where we were staying in Bologna, Italy, so we would walk past it several times a day.
It always looked so inviting, whether in the morning for a quick breakfast, a coffee break, lunch or aperitifs in the evening with limitless buffet snacks. As it was [...]
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Nordic Bakery is a cool alternative to any of the London coffee and sandwich chains, with its dark Alvar Aalto furniture and Iittala crockery. Situated in the media mecca of Golden Square, it’s a Finnish coffee shop and bakery serving delicious open top sandwiches (£3.75), hot drinks and best of all, heavenly sticky cinnamon buns, [...]
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Posted in Portugal, Portuguese, afternoon tea, bakery, cafe, food, restaurant review, restaurants, travel, traveleating on Aug 15th, 2006
Since 1837, this famous bustling pastry shop and cafe in Belém, Lisbon, has been churning out its sensational speciality made from a secret recipe – Pasteis de Belém, a custard cream tart with a slightly burnt crust on top and a flaky edge, with a cinnamon sprinkling on top. It’s unlike any pasteis de nata [...]
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