UPDATE 2018: Bit of a late update, Arties has been a place for tapas for a good two years. Although I believe they still serve a normal breakfast menu (forgive me if I’m wrong), lunch is now tapas. I’ve been there a couple of times but as I’m not a great lover of tapas (my […]
Breakfast
Best Melbourne Brunch: A round-up

For Melbournians, brunch is the best meal of the day. Well, it certainly was for me and I enjoyed countless classic morning dishes during my six months in the city. Don’t worry, I’ll be back and they’ll be plenty more to come but I’m taking a brief “vacation” to work on a cattle ranch in […]
Lou Lou’s Brasserie, Southsea, Portsmouth – PERMANENTLY CLOSED

PERMANENTLY CLOSED: February 2019 – Sadly Lou Lou’s has now closed. Darcy’s Kitchen has opened in it’s place. I recently visited Darcy’s Kitchen and had this non-vegan halloumi and roasted vegetable sandwich. It was offered as vegan halloumi but I wanted non-vegan halloumi. The chef went across the road to Waitrose and came back with […]
Brickwood Coffee and Bread

The days I spend with my mother, the other half of livelifelovecake, are precious now that I live in London. Although, our distance is probably for the best as whenever we are together all we do is indulge in our favourite food and drink, after all, we need to taste good food in order to […]