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Breakfast at The Ivy

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Hello, I hope if you are reading this post you are having a lovely evening ~

I recently visited The Ivy in Soho for the first time with some friends and really enjoyed it. My friends have been telling me about how they either love The Ivy or really want to go to The Ivy etc., for a long time now…so now we’ve finally all been!

(…For breakfast at least…)

In London The Ivy is located in Soho which is one of my favourite places to visit in London. I love the atmosphere, shops, restaurants, funky bars and how there is always so much going on at all times of the day <3.

The day we visited The Ivy I was actually carrying a small carry-on suitcase with me because I was leaving London on the train that afternoon. One of the good things about eating here was that on arrival they put my luggage in a cloakroom. So if you have a lot of bags with you but still want to go somewhere to eat, this would probably be a good option for you.

And…look how cute the napkins are!

Avocado and Eggs

Between the four of us that met up for brunch we had either eggs or pancakes ~

I went for the avocado and eggs with rocket and hollandaise sauce and it was really good. I’m quite fussy with eggs but these ones were cooked perfectly and it was probably one of the best breakfasts I’ve had in a while. My friend Charlotte had the pancakes and how insanely good do they look?! I also went for a smoothie but didn’t get a pic 🙂

Breakfast Pancakes

The interior of the Ivy was very modern and groovy (with some interesting choices of art lol – see the photo of a foot below).

It’s also waiter service in The Ivy so we were well looked after. I love the backdrop interior to the below photo – it’s such colourful and fun place to eat. I think the word I’m searching for is ‘vibrant’ haha.

All in all, if you are near Soho in London and fancy a decent breakfast – consider visiting The Ivy 🙂

~ Charlotte x

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Borough Market

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Hiya Everyone,

I spent this weekend in London with two of my best friends and one of the first things we did while in the city was to explore Borough Market ~

Borough Market mainly sells various kinds of street food. They have so many things to choose from such as fresh seafood, cakes and pastries, smoothies, coffee and hot chocolate, fresh fruit, Italian, Buddha Bowls, Chinese, and so on!

As you can see I went for a Buddha Bowl but it was a really hard choice ;). It was bulgar wheat, red cabbage and halloumi – it was sooo good too.

How cute are this little cupcakes?! (They even had an entire stall just dedicated to crumble!)

My friends went for a halloumi wrap and a truffle ciabatta and…oh my days how good does the ciabatta look??! The food there was out of this world.

If you look really closely at the below photo you can see the Shard! We sat on some steps at the back of the market to eat as you can people watch haha.

Also, we went early around 10am as the market apparently gets really busy throughout the day…

…AND a cute group selfie to finish off, naturally.

More to come tomorrow,

~ Charlotte x

Creamy Roasted Tomato and Cheese Pasta

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HELLO and happy halloween ❤

*This blog post has absolutely nothing to do with Halloween (sorry!) but I’ve been meaning to post this recipe for a while and today I had some free time so thought “What the heck’!*

A few weeks ago I went around to see a friend and she cooked me the most delicious (and super easy) pasta dish that I tried to replicate when I was in Spain, recently. Her’s was a lot more photogenic looking then mine but I’m still super happy with how my attempt turned out! I made a fresh tomato and garlic and herb cream cheese pasta (baked in the oven) and, oh my, it was tasty…

(See end of blog post for ingredients)

I went to the local supermarket and purchased fresh cherry tomatoes, basil and a tub of garlic and herb cream cheese along with a bag of penne pasta. One of the things I love about Spain is that the fresh food is always SO much nicer than in the UK. So shopping there is always really fun 🙂

After collecting all the ingredients I needed, I pre-heated the oven to 200 degrees and popped my cherry tomatoes in a baking dish with the whole tub of cream cheese in the centre and drizzled the tomatoes with olive oil.

Once that had baked in the oven for around 20-25 mins, a brought the baking dish out of the oven and used a spatula (or fork) to squish down any tomatoes that had not fully popped. I then put some basil leaves on top before placing the dish back in the oven for another 10 minuets.

Once that had all finished cooking in the oven, I started to boil some pasta ready for it to be incorporated into the tomato and cheese sauce.

*Another alternative way of cooking the pasta is using a tin of chopped tomatoes instead of fresh cherry tomatoes and letting the pasta cook in the oven with the tomato juice.*

And this was the end result! I also added salt and pepper when I incorporated the pasta into the sauce to help bring out the flavour. Even my boyfriend who isn’t a massive fan of cream cheese pasta dishes really enjoyed this meal!! I ended up making wayyy too much pasta for the two of us but we still managed to finish it off 😉

It’s super simple to make, minimal effort, tastes great and it doesn’t cost a lot to buy the ingredients. I really recommend making this on a lazy weekend when you feel like a comforting meal but don’t want to spend hours in the kitchen.

~Charlotte x

INGREDIENTS

Pasta of your choice

A tub of cherry tomatoes or a tin of chopped tomatoes

Fresh basil

Salt and cracked pepper

Olive oil

A tub of garlic cream cheese

DALGONA COFFEE

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//Hello everyone ~ and Happy Midsummer if you are living in the UK!

Today is officially the first day of summer in the UK and the longest day of the year <3. The weather has been absolutely beautiful the past few weeks and I’ve spend so many of my lunch breaks and evenings sat in the garden in the sun, happy that’s it’s so warm and bright.

When the weather gets so nice, one of the things I really enjoy drinking is an iced coffee – a ‘Dolgona Coffee’ to be precise! I find them super refreshing and sweet and I think they are the perfect summer drink, so…I thought I’d share with you how I make mine! (p.s it’s insanely simple!) ~

All you need is sugar (or a sweetener alternative), milk of your choosing, coffee and a very small amount of boiling water.

In this photo I’ve used a type of sweetener as an example that you don’t necessarily need to use sugar! I’m also using soya milk but you could experiment with other milks
































Firstly, add three table spoons of instant coffee into a mixing bowl along with 2 table spoons of sugar and a small amount of hot water. Then, whisk together in a fast and continuous motion until the mixture becomes light, airy and fluffy (this can take a while if you are doing it by hand)!

One you have the desired mixture, poor cold milk into a glass with ice but make sure you leave enough room to place the coffee mixture on top. Using a tea spoon, scoop up the coffee mixture and gently place it on top of the milk and it should sit on top without sinking, like in the image below.

Stir thoroughly before drinking and enjoy!

So cuteee!

You can also have this drink hot! For a hot coffee, warm the milk and poor it into a heatproof glass ❤ following all the other steps as before.

This is a really cute and fun drink to create that really makes it feel like summer. It’s really easy to make and due to it’s sweet taste it’s likely even going to be enjoyed by non-coffee lovers! I plan to have them all summer long :)//

~Charlotte x

Perfect Eggs for Breakfast

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Hiya everybody,

I hope you are all keeping well ❤

I wanted to share with you the best poached eggs on toast I think I have ever done! I mean…look at them 😍!!

I made these beauties for a friend the other morning and oh my God they turned out great!? I served them with smashed avocado (with lemon juice, salt and pepper) on fresh olive bread toast with a little vegan butter ~ so GOOD! It’s so basic but something I love to eat and it’s and absolute go-to for me at the moment! 🙂

What’s your go-to fav breakfast been recently?

Lots of love,

~ Charlotte x