• Rest of Hampshire
  • 19 Fourteas Tearoom – no rations here

    A little bell rings above the door as you enter the 19 Fourteas Tearoom in Havant. It has a cosy feeling as if being at home or in someone’s front room, but of course in another era. The staff are dressed in 1940‘s style with one wearing a headscarf with a roller peeking out from underneath. They […]

  • Weekly Treats
  • This week’s sweet treats: 16.08.2013

    What better way to start your Friday than with our weekly round-up of the sweetest treats we’ve eaten this week. Here’s 5 of our favourites…. This week’s sweet treats (clockwise from top left): An incredibly tasting layered cake made with raspberries and Total Greek yoghurt & cream filling made by Helen with a little help from […]

  • London
  • Gail’s Bakery

    A couple of weeks ago whilst visiting Helen we headed into central London for a late breakfast and then some shopping. We had passed Gail’s bakery in Wardour Street, Soho once before but it was busy and there were no free seats, this time we were lucky, we had beaten the rush. This Soho bakery was […]

  • London
  • Afternoon Tea at the Ampersand Hotel

    I was lucky enough to win a Champagne Afternoon Tea at the Ampersand Hotel, Kensington in a competition I entered through Afternoon Tea Online who kindly organised our visit.  The hotel has offered Afternoon Tea since opening only last August and I invited my mother to join me for the experience. And what an experience it was!  The hotel […]