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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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Battersea Power Station Cocktails

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Hey guys,

While I was in London over the weekend I visited the new and improved Battersea Power Station!

Like everyone else, I’ve been seeing people visiting Battersea Power Station all over social media so I was very curious to visit ~

This was so delicious

Battersea Power Station is now a modern shopping mall that cost over 9 billion pounds to create, funded by the Malaysian Royal Family. One of the main attractions there is the cocktail bar called ‘The Control Room’ which is in the exact location the old control room used to be with some of the old controls still in the background!

There is even a guide who will talk you through the history of the Power Station while you have a drink! Shout out to the barista Claudia who took this sweet photo of us ❤

The atmosphere in the Control Room was really calm and sophisticated. It felt late at night even thought it was 2pm in the afternoon ~

Obligatory group cocktail photo ❤

I highly recommend visiting Battersea is you find yourself in London and want something different to do that is not typically ‘touristy’. And make sure you visit the Control Room and say hi to Claudia 😉 x

Love

~ 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

The German Gymnasium, London

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Back in May of 2019 I visited a beautiful restaurant in Kings Cross, London while visiting a friend who was living in the city at the time. The restaurant was named the ‘German Gymnasium’ and sold German inspired dishes. Even though it was more than a year ago, it was such a great experience that I want to post about it on here so that I can remember it in the future…

The food was incredible and we were both extremely full on our way out of the restaurant to make our theatre reservation for ‘The Comedy About a Bank Robbery’.

As me and my friend are both vegetarian, we had the same starter and main (as we usually end up doing!). We both had the soup to start followed by the ‘Schupfnudeln and Seasonal Young Vegetables’.

The restaurant was very elegant and pretty with a grand piano and seating over two levels. The perfect spot for a working/ business lunch!

-Charlotte x