I sat next to Nisha on the very first day of one of my history modules ("The Early Modern World: History of Musilms, Christians and Jews") and after a whole year of  school, random-craziness, busy-ness and basically not meeting up at all, Wild and Wood was the perfect place for me to catch up with her about two Tuesdays ago. We ended up hanging out ( Read more... )

Like a proud proclamation of independence, Look Mum, No Hands! certainly caught Jean's eye when she and I were flipping through her London Coffee Guide book one night after her exam season officially ended last month. While on my way to the cafe the next day with Jean and two other friends, I kept wondering why the cafe was named as such. It is ( Read more... )

Much has been said about cafes here being quiant, cosy or minimalist and Kaffeine (located at 66 Great Titchfield Street) on first glance, is no different to any other cafes in central London. It was easy to miss Kaffeine when I was on my way to meet three friends- Wen Xiu, Syeyuet and Chang Hong- for lunch there one Monday afternoon a couple of ( Read more... )

 I've really been on a cafe-hunting roll since my exams ended and visiting all these cafes has made me realise why I fell in love with cafe hunting in the first place- the thrill of being in a new cafe, seeing how the food is presented, how the coffee is brewed, who eats at these cafes (the kind of crowd- indie? Hispter? Working people? Or good old ( Read more... )

Barely eight months old, Store Street Expresso near Goodge Street tube station (on a street that is in the name) is truly making a name for itself in the coffee world here- I Googled searched it after Jean went there on a Saturday afternoon and told me that I had to check it out as soon as possible and now that the exam season is finally over, I ( Read more... )

I'm finally back in Singapore and I have collated a list of cafes/ new hipster brunch joints that I have to try before the summer ends, starting with The Plain. I don't know if it's just me, but there seems to have been an explosion of cafes and brunch places in Singapore in the past year or so. Ann Siang Hill, Duxton, Haji Lane, Orchard Road, ( Read more... )

Sundays are meant to be lazy days and ideally, I'd love to spend them in cafes- sipping on a cappuccino, reading, chatting or just people watching- but given that it's the crazy exam season is currently on,  a quick lunch at Patisserie Deux Amis had to do for now. This little cafe is just two minutes away from where I stay and I've bought and taken ( Read more... )

It's been ages since anyone did any posting- schoolwork and all that jazz kind of took over my life for the month of March but the highlight of the year so far has been my brother coming all the way from  home to visit me in Londontown! After spending a week in London doing tons of touristy things, we also did quite a bit of travelling and we went ( Read more... )

My friend Kirsty first told me about Columbia Road flower market about a month back and she said it'd be a lovely place to get flowers and have coffee and watch the world go by. Then another friend Sanaz asked if I was free to go with her to the market this past Sunday and I thought, why not get some brunch and flowers on a Sunday morning (it ( Read more... )

I have come to believe that cafe hunting usually never goes according to plan for me- I was suppose to check out The Expresso Room, which is reputed to serve the best coffee in the Holborn area (near Great Osmond Children's Hospital!) on a grey and dull Sunday with Eng-Tat. But alas when I arrived, it was closed- turns out it only opens on Mondays- ( Read more... )