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Hey Guys ❤

I was meaning to post this final blog post about my trip to London recently but completely forgot because I’ve been crazy busy moving to a new apartment (more on that though in the next blog post).

BUT I’m here now and would love to share some final London moments…

One of the things I love to do when in London is to visit China Town. I go nearly every time I’m in London but weirdly I’d never actually eaten there until this trip! If you’ve ever been to China Town you’ll know how insanely good the smells are when you are walking though and the food always looks incredible.

Soooo, me and the girls went to a hot pot restaurant there and Oh My Days was it tasty! We had dim sum, fried rice, fried spicy tofu, noodles, egg soup, and more. Super YUM. I was so full after that I wanted to just lie down and go to bed…

The restaurant was super busy though and we did have to queue for a while to get a table. A good tip is booking ahead if you can!

We also came across this cute little cafe. Sadly we ended up not actually having coffee here because the wait time was too long and we needed to catch a train, BUT I did get some cute pics anyways ❤

One of my new fav things to do in London is to get the Uber Boat! It’s really not that expensive and you get to see all the iconic sites on London while sitting down and relaxing 🙂 ~ There is also a snack/coffee bar on board for longer trips. You just tap your card when you get on and then again when you get off just like you would on the Tube, so it’s super easy!

Saw this beautiful building on our way to take pics at Tower Bridge :).

We found the perfect photo spot for Tower Bridge where you don’t get any people in the background! We had to queue for a few minutes to get some snaps but it was totally worth it ~

I took the below photo at Battersea Power Station. I love the new shopping mall there, it’s so contemporary and unlike any other shopping mall I’ve ever been to. As you’ll know from my most recent post, they also have a great cocktail bar there too ;).

All for now,

~Charlotte x

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Breakfast at The Ivy

Food

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

Borough Market

Food

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

Food

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

Venice

Travel

Good morning everyone ~

If you’re in the UK I hope you are enjoying some cooler weather after the record breaking high temperatures last week. Not great when you don’t have air conditioning…!

On a better note, the week before last I spent 5 days in Venice with my friend Tamsin and we did so much and took a lot of photos. So, I thought I’d share some of my favourites with you here~

Enjoy x

Breakfast at Florian Cafe

On the first day we had breakfast at the worlds first known cafe – Florian Cafe. I had orange juice with a roast vegetable croissant 🥐 . They had a live classical band playing well known tunes while we ate 🙂

Dinner on the balcony

When we arrived from the airport (after a day of cancelled flights 🥲) we were too tired to eat out so made some tomato pasta with Parmesan cheese and sat on our private balcony at our apartment, with a bottle of Merlot, in the warm air (soo good).

Doge’s Palace

We explored Doge’s Palace – once the centre of Venetian power

Had to go on a gondola ride (how can you not when staying in Venice?!)

Where we were staying was very close to Venice’s central hub, St. Marks Square. The streets were jam packed with designer shops, I couldn’t believe how many there were! I’ve never been anywhere where there were so many designer stores in one place (Hermes, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Dior etc). No wonder the rich and famous come to Venice…

Sweet shop – how great do those strawberries look??
Nutella Tiramisu

This was the nicest tiramisu I’ve ever tasted <3. It was a Nutella tiramisu and I got it from the birth place of tiramisu! How cool?!

Lido Island

This was taken at the Peggy Guggenheim Exhibition. It had the biggest collection of world famous art I’d ever seen in real life – including Jackson Pollock.

Evening ❤
Pizza, Gnocchi and Wine

One night we couldn’t finish our wine at dinner so decided to take it back to our apartment…one man thought it was very funny we did this and laughed at us very loudly as we left the restaurant…haha!

I loved Venice, and can’t wait to see even more of Italy in the future. I really want to go to Lake Como, Milan and the Amalfi Coast ❤

~ Charlotte x