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Foxcroft and Ginger
This month's scone blog is a bumper edition with six reviews and breaking with tradition it's including some of the places I visited while holidaying in Torquay. However before we do a Devon detour we start with Foxcroft and Ginger in London’s Soho.
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Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap is the world’s longest running stage play. A classic Christie, murder mystery story where any of her characters potentially could have committed the murder. However if you are going to see it don’t commit the crime of rushing to your seats without taking a look at the foyer.
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This month started with a long awaited visit to BB Bakery as I'd hear wonderful reports about their scones. The café has a contemporary Parisian patisserie feel with an eye catching selection of beautifully decorated cakes on their counter however I managed, for the sake of the blog, to stay focused on their scones.
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Spectra is a powerful lightbeam illuminating London's iconic skyline for this week only.
The public are able to view this temporary art installation at the Victoria Tower Gardens, 24 hours a day until Monday 11th August 2014.
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On 4th August 2014, Piccadilly Circus advertising screens were replaced with a roll of honour to remember Westminster people who died in World War I. This was part of Lights Out, a UK wide campaign organised by 14-18 Now, which saw lights being switched off all over Britain between 10 and 11pm to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War in the UK.
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On the Roof with Q @ Selfridges
This month scone fest started with a greatly anticipated visit to the new rooftop restaurant in Selfridges, On the Roof with Q, or in my case to be more exact on the roof with Yannick and Mr TD.
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The other week I was shown round Shepherds Markets in Victoria. London is a city known for its traditional markets, the most famous being Covent Garden flower market and Smithfield meat market. In the last few years Shepherds Markets has joined the list, a small family run business, established in 2005, it offers good quality food stalls in several pop up locations throughout central London.
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Charming and quintessentially British I started this month's scone fest with a visit to The Original Maids of Honour in Kew. These traditional tea rooms take their unusual name from a cake, which is still on their menu today and I confess I ordered one last time I visited, with a delicious puff pastry and a cheese curd filling its a recipe reputedly dating back to the time of Henry VIII (the one with the six wives).
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Paddington Street Gardens
In Part II we are looking at Paddington Street Gardens (which includes some public toilets which have some rather unique features) and the gardens of the Wallace Collection, which are a couple of my favourite public open spaces in Marylebone.
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Marylebone is one of my favourite parts of London as it has magically retained a village type atmosphere. Although just a short walk from Oxford Street it's less busy and the roads in and round Marylebone High Street and up and coming Chiltern Street are full of fabulous, small and independent shops and delightful cafes, pubs and restaurants. Marylebone also has some beautiful gardens which form the centrepieces to its grand squares. They are known as Key Gardens as they are private, gated gardens which are usually only open to residents or businesses located in the square who have access via their own key or key fob. However these charming gardens are occassionally open to the public, such as during Open Garden Squares weekend, and are worth exploring.