Author: alicewyles

This is a place where most of you are unlikely to be… but if you find yourself at Saltburn station… please remember this review. Signals is a cafe that I frequent, their coffee is delicious and they do all that frilly crap like mango matcha and gingerbread lattes. I don’t usually go for food but…

In the depths of my sickness and despair, after a harrowing 9th week tute, i shuffled like a wounded soldier to tescos to find something to heal my aching bones. Nurofen in hand, I desperately scoured the aisles, crying and listening to celine dion like the absolute pathetic mess i have become. That’s when I…

Unlike some yappers on this blog, I’m going to keep this review short and sweet. Food – 8/10. The patatas bravas and ham croquettas were slightly too salty for my taste, but the goat’s cheese deep fried in honey more than made up for it. Was licking the leftover honey off the plate like a…

Whitecross St, EC1Y 8QJ On a sunny Summer’s afternoon,Or a bitter Winter morn,At Market Restaurant,You will ne’er be forlorn. Some are saying Market Restaurant is the ‘Tick Tock Cafe of EC1’. But comparison is unbecoming. This is an establishment in its own right. Just look at the sign pronouncing ‘Burgers Rolls E.T.C.’. When I see…

Picture this, its 0°degrees, you’ve just spent two hours in a medieval convent,, and you’re very hungry. But you’re on a budget, and in the centre of Prague. So, where are you to go? As we strolled through the cobbled streets, filled with expensive bistros and tourist traps, my stomach told me what I wanted:…

This establishment is a convent of Czech culture and Kerridge family history. The singular employee is also the owner, he has goats (whose cheese he sells) and he served bubbles to the guests at my parent’s wedding. He remembers my grandpa (and his illegitimate offspring), and drinks with my uncle, and has seen many a…

They now recognise us here. This is the perfect place for a greasy breakfast after a rancid night out – we’ve even been there most recently on both Saturday and Sunday. Luckily this place is named after its clock decorations covering the walls rather than the social media platform, although thankfully the clocks are frozen…