• Hampshire
  • Southsea Beach Cafe, Portsmouth

    Southsea Beach Cafe, Southsea, beach, Portsmouth, chantilly cream, raspberries, jam-jar desserts, dessert, jam-jar, jam-jar puds, seaside, seaside cafe, flat white, capers, fishcakes

      UPDATE 16/05/2018 scroll to bottom of post Southsea Beach Cafe is situated right on the seafront, not far from South Parade Pier in Portsmouth. Once home to a public toilet block it has now been transformed into a cafe with excellent views across the Solent and the IOW, offering breakfast, lunch and dinner. Helen […]

  • Weekly Treats
  • This week’s sweet treats: 15/08/2014

    Look Mum No Hands, pop-up bar, southbank, Galeta, Pastéis de Nata, Portugese tart, London, Carlo's Kitchen, Southwark, Carlos Kitchen Southwark, Ride London, Prudential Ride London, pancakes, The tenth Hole, Southsea, Eastney, The Laughing Gravy, Union Street, cinnamon buns, Gili Islands, buns, Gili Air, Gili Meno

    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. Clockwise from top left: 1. Breakfast pastries from Mowie’s on the Beach which Helen enjoys (on the beach too of course) in Gili Air, Indonesia. 2. Dessert at The Laughing Gravy, Southwark, London. Not great […]

  • Portsmouth
  • Bistro Montparnasse, Southsea

    blueberry cheesecake, Bistro Montparnasse, Southsea, Portsmouth, restaurant, Michelin Guide, petit fours, pork belly, poached pear, dauphinoise potatoes, spume, Buckwell's of southsea, European restaurant

    Bistro Montparnasse has been in Southsea, Portsmouth since 1999 and it’s always been somewhere I’ve meant to go to, but never quite made it. On Friday evening I finally paid them a visit along with my good friend, Catia. Read on to see what we thought of it… The restaurant has been in the Michelin Guide […]