Geoff and I visited Banks Bar Bistro in Bishop’s Waltham for lunch recently. It’s another of those ‘must visit’ places on my long list which I’m slowly going through but new places keep popping up. I’d walked past the restaurant only days before (it’s a one way street and I was walking in the opposite […]
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Love Rosie Bakery: Tauranga, New Zealand

It’s about time I (Helen) update you on my cake finds from across the world in New Zealand which is where I am currently living. After two weeks of hard graft in a kiwi pack house I’ve been desperate for a great. Local Love Rosie Bakery in Tauranga hit the spot.
Café Rouge, Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth

Recently I went out for the day with my pal Catia. Our first stop was Design Vintage in West Stoke, West Sussex for a cake and coffee. They didn’t recognise me with ‘normal’ clothes on (I usually visit them whilst out cycling, its one of our favourite ‘pit-stops’) and only did so once I’d ordered […]
Old Tom’s, Southsea, Portsmouth

UPDATE 05/04/2018: Is now called ‘Sants’ (no good if you have a lisp…I think they could have come up with a better name than that to be honest). Although we haven’t been there yet, I’ve heard that it’s much the same menu as Sant Yago who own it. Old Tom’s in Castle Road, Southsea opened […]