Greetings, folks. We’re back on tour! Due to the recent unpleasantness you might have noticed that the ability to travel has been ever-so-slightly curtailed (travel situation as summed up by a BBC pundit last week: ‘purely for the bold and desperate’). So, what do you do when you want a break because your life is collapsing and you need to get away from the omnishambles that is your existence? Simple: you have a staycation – the single most uninspiring word in the English language – so you can focus on the omnishambles that is your existence in a room with a kettle and a bin under the sink
Tag: Drink
No Scones, Just the City: A Glorious Glutton’s Food Guide to Columbia Road Flower Market, Bethnal Green
Welcome back, folks. I know what you’re thinking. A flower market? I thought this was an outlet for inner turmoil masquerading as a food/travel blog. Why am I suddenly looking at Chrysanthemums? Where’re the scones? Well, firstly, I already have an outlet for my inner turmoil, thank you very much. She’s called mum and she is the only person I know who owns a tumble dryer that can make all my towels fluffy, so I’ll stay on good terms with her for that reason if nothing else.
Afternoon Tea review: The Oxo Tower Restaurant, Bar & Brasserie – Southbank
Greetings, folks. It’s time to start spending money again. As this is the first afternoon tea taken since February 2020 – a carefree time when you didn’t have to evacuate a building whenever someone sneezed – I’ve chosen to visit the OXO Tower Restaurant, hoping to ease back onto the high-octane world of eating small things and pretending they constitute a meal
Scones in Another City: A Glorious Glutton’s Guide to Café Culture in Prague (part 3)
Welcome back, dear reader. Proving that you can never have too much of a good thing (they say less is more but I say imagine how much more MORE would be. If anyone knows where that line comes from I will send you either an imaginary goldfish or a chimerical coconut, unless the latter is…
Scones in Another City: A Glorious Glutton’s Guide to Café Culture in Prague (part 2)
Hello again, folks. We here at SITC (a.k.a. me, your intrepid guide and gastro-nerd) are continuing our exploration of the Czech capital one Makový koláček at a time. For the next couple of posts we will be focusing on Prague’s thriving café culture, exploring some of the most popular and delightful spots in which to…
Scones in Another City: A Glorious Glutton’s Guide to Prague (part 1)
Dobrý den folks. Scones in the City is back on tour. Yes, the news that no one was waiting for (though stats indicate I’m developing a cult following in Albania. As you also took Norman Wisdom to your bosom you clearly have unusual tastes), we are visiting the Czech capital for more food adventures as…
Scones In The City 