London holiday – the best cafes in Soho
You can eat well in Soho if you want to spend serious money at fancy tapas places. Eating well on a budget comparable to comfortable living in Melbourne, and finding good coffee, is possible but requires some research and luck. On my first morning there I had a fantastic coffee and toasted ham, cheese and tomato croissant at Fernandez & Wells coffee bar (below).
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Equally fabulous is the Nordic Bakery, which has very good coffee and simple cafe food like smoked salmon open sandwiches and Finnish cinnamon buns (below). Be warned, it may look light and fluffy like a croissant, but it is not! The pastry is thick and heavy, and it is incredibly filling. Strongly spiced with cinnamon and cardamon, and seeping a thick syrup, it is also very delicious.
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Another cafe I really liked was Milk bar (below), which is probably because I felt very comfortable in its Melbourne style.
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Finally, the very new (open about two weeks when I was there) Foxcroft and Ginger makes splendid coffee (below). The fitout was still being completed but the London food bloggers are already on to it!
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Another reason I liked these places was that none (as I recall) added a service charge to the bill. More on this tomorrow…
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- dinner at Sapore on Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 31 July 2009
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- summer holidays – the best new(ish) cafe in Leederville, 2 January 2010
February 4th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
Oh, I adore those cinnamon-cardamom buns. I feel inspired to whip up a batch of them right now!
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February 6th, 2010 at 10:39 am
Welcome to Soho – Always hard to find coffee to match Fitzroy’s in Teabag Land, but you’ve managed to try most of the best local coffee haunts already. I haven’t reviewed it in detail, but I love those cinnamon scrolls too!
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February 6th, 2010 at 10:42 am
Thanks! I have lots more London posts to come. A lot of the places I have chosen to eat at are based on reviews from London food blogs like yours, so thanks for the good advice.
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June 12th, 2010 at 8:39 am
This blog made me homesick for Melbourne! Glad you had some good coffee and food experiences in London – it is amazing how the coffee culture has come on in the last couple of years.
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June 12th, 2010 at 11:15 am
Thanks – like you I loved Lambs Conduit St and Bloomsbury in general!
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