Monday 28 January 2013

Cafe in the Park - Rickmansworth

Cafe in the Park, Rickmansworth is a great park cafe, accommodating both families as well as those requiring a more quiet environment with their 'quiet room'.




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Saturday 26 January 2013

Beer Bath Anyone?

It's a little difficult to see in the photo - but, yes it is beer dispensed above a bath. Needless to say, this quirky cafe bar, Cafecito, set in a colonial mansion in Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro, is a firm favourite of ours.



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Thursday 24 January 2013

Independent Food & Wine Bar

Appleyard & Co in Norwich pay as much attention to their design as their food & drink. We particularly liked the kegs displayed in the window.







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Tuesday 22 January 2013

Mackerel off the menu

The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has downgraded mackerel from its list of fish suitable to eat.
Read more:

Dispute takes mackerel off menu - BBC, 22nd Jan 2013

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Sunday 20 January 2013

Daytime Retail Catering

A great alternative to the more established daytime retail high street catering  - Ravello. We didn't try the hot boxes but their salads were great!




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Thursday 17 January 2013

Tereze - Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro

We love the furniture and design at Tereze Restaurant - Hotel Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro. Often described as one of Rio's hippest haunts - we couldn't possibly not indulge during our stay here!





The eco conscious design includes chairs made from reclaimed peroba wood sourced from colonial ranches. The views from here and the Lounge, Bar dos Descasados are pretty stunning too!

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Wednesday 16 January 2013

Roving Yorkshire Restaurant


The Laden Table, a roving restaurant featuring 12 different Yorkshire locations in 12 months brings sustainability and locally sourced ingredients to a new level. For £34 you can enjoy a three-course meal in unorthodox locations such as farms, orchards and greenhouses. The food is made using ingredients that are “hunted, gathered, or grown” by a passionate team led by Nicola Dixon. The Laden Table opens at Bar Lane Studios in York on Friday, January 25 and Saturday, January 26 and will be cooked by Georgina Welburn, head chef at Nidd Hall.

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Monday 14 January 2013

Different Cafe Design

The Bicycle Shop, just down the road from Norwich Arts Centre, is a great little cafe in Norwich. Their concept which is based on the premises originallly being a bicycle shop for 82 years is reinforced throughout, including the bicycle parked at the front and the lampshades with bicycle spokes and relevant imagery.






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Saturday 12 January 2013

Underground Catering - Petit PrĂȘt

Petit Pret at the new entrance from Kings Cross Underground.



Watch out for some other new exciting retail catering brands coming to London Underground soon...

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Thursday 10 January 2013

Rio Street Food



Popcorn and churros on the streets of Rio. It may not have the same glitz and marketing of some of our latest street food offers but the churros was the best we have tasted!

Within the coming weeks we will be bringing you some new great restaurants, all day cafes and bar concepts from this great City - some of which are less known and others, off the beaten track...

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Tuesday 8 January 2013

Olympic Breakfast in Rio

Visitors to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will be well looked after if their breakfast was as good as ours on our recent trip to Rio de Janeiro.







Cakes & pancakes for breakfast (amongst other delights) - just fantastic! But we can't tell you which VVIP also joined us for breakfast....

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Sunday 6 January 2013

Reuse your bag

Chop'd in Leadenhall Market promotion to encourage customers to reuse their bags.


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Thursday 3 January 2013

QR scan codes for your bar, restaurant, cafe, visitor attraction

Whether you run a cafe, restaurant, bar, visitor catering or any manner of food and drink operation, QR codes are a great way to get information across on a limited space. See below, along with advertising supporting the 'non mass produced' Freedom Brewery.




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