Fun Touches

 The Hyde offers fabulous accommodation on the Netherwood Estate on the Herefordshire - Worcestershire border  and is linked to their new gourmet restaurant Pensons.

 Hot water bottles to use

 Helpful notice in the laundry room

 and fun 'parts of the cow' origami picture

Scotch Egg Cafe

The Nest cafe in Worcester (by the Museum of Royal Worcester) is owned and run by the handmade Scotch Egg Company so no guesses what the menu features.  They describe themselves as "something different, rustic, boho, whimsical, quirky & vintage"!

Superior Park Cafe

 The Orchard Cafe in Worcester Woods Country Park has a great menu and good eco-credentials.

Vausage & Hogless Roast

Vegan Hotdogs (and teacakes) plus Hogless Roast street food in Stroud.

Winter Warmers

 Coffee #1's winter warmer soups and Pret's daily changing soup range.

Catchy Name

Fanny's Kebabs at Market Hall Victoria

 Note the Persian Fries and Avo Wedges

Four Legged Friends

 Cannon Hall Farm in Barnsley have a new Dog Cafe and The Golden Cross pub in Cirencester catches your attention.  Dogs and their owners= more business.

Avoid the Queues

Bravo to the Garden Cafe at Luton Culture's Stockwood Discovery Centre with their new app - order and pay at the table on your smartphone and just wait to be served.   Wetherspoon's App is live in their 900+ pubs and we believe this will be the future for large cafe food order systems.  Big implications for serveries, space planning and till systems of the future.

Ice Cream Sandwiches

 Blueberry Cheesecake ice cream sandwiches at Yolkin

 S'Mores ice cream sandwiches

Japanese Koffee

 Omotesando Koffee is super hip, laboratory-like, Japanese coffee shop on Newman Street and offers little 'kashi' cereal grain squares at £1.50 a time

For the Adventurous

Cakes & Bubbles by Albert Adria at the Hotel Cafe Royal features an adventurous £12 new concept cheesecake - coulommiers cheese, hazelnut and white chocolate

Smoked Salmon and Egg

 EAT and Pret feature Scottish smoked salmon and free range egg

Pretzel Sarnies

 Cookie Dough Brownies at Crumbs & Doilies @crumbsandoilies

 Salted caramel pretzel sarnies

One Way to Differentiate

Colourful posters on the ceiling of Market Hall Victoria's loos

Cascara

 Cascara is the skin of the coffee bean and used at Alan Ducasse's chocolate shop in Coal Drops Yard, Kings Cross as part of hot and cold drinks

Winter Mood

 Press Coffee's hot drinks at Market Hall Victoria @PressCoffee

Street Food Comes Inside

 Market Hall Victoria is almost in the railway station and worth a visit - three bars, eleven kitchens and seating for 400.  Brands include:

Baozi Inn | Northern Chinese dim sum

Gopal’s Kitchen | Sri Lankan, Malaysian & Tamil dishes

Super Tacos

Koya Ko | Ramen

Nonna Tonda | Handmade pasta

bunshop | Stuffed buns served with builders tea

Monty’s Deli | the best salt beef in London

Flank | A nose-to-tail pitstop serving slow-cooked traditional meat dishes

Kerbisher & Malt | Award-winning fish & chips

Fanny’s Kebabs | wraps, rice boxes and flatbreads

Squirrel | A healthy eating spot

Press | A third-wave coffee shop

Prepare yourselves for:

• Market Hall Oxford Circus opens this Spring in the old BHS and will be the largest in the UK
• Eataly - all 42,000 sq ft - comes to the City of London in 2020
• Time Out Market London - 17 kitchens and seating for 500 - comes to Waterloo in 2021.

French Upsell

 

 Leo in France sells traditional Madeleine pastries for an additional €1 plus the tray makes them look freshly baked

London Fog

Cafe Waterstones' winter warmer London Fog and apparently the original idea for Earl Grey tea latte is said to have originated in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Climbing Design

Munich's Climbing Centre cafe has fun views of the action

Rope wall feature and tree trunk stools