Salon

Salon

Intimidation by size can apply to many things in life.  Whether it was that rather menacing looking white van that fought you for that last car park spot or the apparent Goliath standing implacably on the tube.  Thankfully, it doesn’t always have to be such 

Riding House Cafe

Riding House Cafe

I was warned that lunch with a 2 year old can be an enlightening experience.  They do not make for the most engaging of dining companions.  She was much more interested in licking her pencils, throwing them on the floor and then trying to see 

Prufrock

Prufrock

This is more of a serious coffee shop.  The detective within me deduced this from the horde of coffee paraphernalia adorning the walls.  Prufrock also offers barista training in their basement.  I ended up here through my in depth search of coffee in the capital 

Morito

Morito

I felt that with the unfortunate demise of Barrafina, tapas in London was not just going down the toilet but instead mutating into something worse.  Something not without taste but rather, too much of it.  I had been wowed by tapas while in wet but 

Ikoyi

Ikoyi

I used to think there was rice and then there was rice.  It was either edible or burnt.  Growing up in the Southern hemisphere, it was a necessary staple to any home cooked meal.  There wasn’t really that much to say about it and it