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

Personal Oils

 Coco di Mama offers a choice of oils to personalise/pimp your meal

Flower Tinkle

 Urinals at the Flower Bowl, Lancashire’s newest and most unusual leisure venue near Preston.

 Curling rink, cinema, bowling, golf simulator, restaurants and more - https://theflowerbowl.uk/

Amino Water

Sesame Seaweed

Abokado's Sesame Seaweed.

A Healthy Start

Munich's My Muesli Store - selling nothing but - varieties, flavours and limited editions.

New Year Resolution - Get with Vegan

Vegan sausage roll at Tibits

Vegan mince pies at Harris & Hoole, owned by Caffe Nero

Left Overs

EAT's Pigs in Blanket Roll

Christmas Chocolate

Happy Christmas to all our Great Cafes Blog readers.

Better than a Mince Pie any day

Starbucks Christmas Tree Brownie is such a simple idea - just cut the brownie slightly differently, stand it up, squiggle of icing and charge £2.85.

Rock Climbing Theming

Climbing is big business with its Olympic entry in 2020 - Munich has one of the best centres and theming extends to the tip box and Rock Nuts in its cafe.

Oktoberfest Grills

Charcoal-grilled mackerel at Oktoberfest in Munich.

Chickens by the rotisserie-full

Crowds of 100,000+ with marquees holding 7,000+

and sit down bars in merry-go-rounds

Savoury Twist

Lola cupcakes have found a savoury tooth - sundried tomato, black olive and pesto Twists

Compostable Crisps

Compostable crisp packaging at Holkham's Lookout Cafe.

Turkish Chocolate Delight

 Simit Sarayi has individual chocolate profiterole pastries, chocolate bagels

 and chocolate Pops on a stick