• Chichester
  • Brookfield Hotel, Emsworth

    The Brookfield Hotel, Brookfield, Brookfield Emsworth, presentation lunch, cycling, cycling club, Tour of Britain, inuagural Prudential Ride London, Ride London, afternoon tea, canapes, smoked salmon, coronation chicken, sandwiches, Branston pickle, miniature cakes, gluten-free, Siete Soles, cabernet sauvignon, chile

    UPDATE: January 2017.  For the last few years our cycling club has had their annual award presentation and lunch at the Brookfield Hotel. This year there were around 60 of us and the three course menu with coffee and a chocolate brownie with it was priced at £19 each, pretty reasonable. For that kind of […]

  • Petersfield
  • The Natural Apothecary Petersfield

    The Apothercary menu, The Natural Apothecary menu, The Natural Apothercary, the Apothercary, the Apothercary Petersfield, Petersfield, cake, salads, healthy eating Petersfield, Flora Tea, gluten free cake, carrot cake, cranberry & amaretti, cookie, halloumi, grilled halloumi, food blogger, Melbourne blogger,

    I finally made it to The Natural Apothecary in Heath Road, Petersfield with my husband Geoff late on Friday afternoon. Thankfully there were plenty of tables when we arrived not long after 2pm. What a wonderfully old-fashioned word we don’t hear these days, along with ‘haberdashery’ and ‘millinery’. The front windows had lovely old-fashioned signage […]

  • Weekly Treats
  • This week’s sweet treats: 13/03/2015

    Scarvelli, Scarvelli Cafe, Lafayette, Port Melbourne, Balwyn, Balwyn cafe, Charbonnel et Walker, Marc de champagne truffles, champagne truffles, Mother's Day, australia, UK, food blogger, Helen Newman blogger, blogger, coffee, cake, home-made, fruit scone, jam, clotted cream, ginger & parsnip soup, fresh bread, Springs, Springs cafe, West Meon, West Meon cafe, West Meon village Stores, village stores, brownie, chocolate brownie, carrot cake, friand, berry friand, chocolate & pear, upside cake, upside down pudding, dessert, The Vine, Hambledon, country pub, ham & leek, John Lewis, Waitrose, chocolates, Little Bertha, pistachio & raspberry, sweet treats, this week sweet treats, sweet,

      What better way to start your Friday than with our weekly round-up of some of the many sweet treats we’ve eaten this week, in the UK and Australia. Here’s five of our favourites! Clockwise from L-R 1. Here’s a snippet from Helen’s blog post in the week on Scarvelli Cafe in Balwyn, Melbourne – Rule […]

  • Australia
  • Scarvelli Cafe: Melbourne

    Ballerine Peninsula, Swan Bay, Prana soy chai, home-made cakes, cauliflower purée, pine-nuts, spiced spinach, pomegranate, Instagram, dukkah eggs, Industry Beans, cold brew, Scarvelli Cafe, Scarvelli, Balwyn, Balwyn coffee, Melbourne, blogger, Whitehorse Road,

    Located on Whitehorse Road, Scarvelli Cafe is a cosy place that felt warm and welcoming when I first entered. Busy on a Friday lunch, there are a range of different people enjoying a catch up over food, including groups of parents and couples alike. I was here by invitation to try out their new menu and […]