The Counter – An Olympic Brunch

It’s been a while since our last review, so here is one place we feel is a must-know-about in London – The Counter at the edge of Hackney.

It’s self-described as “London’s best kept secret” on their website. Coffee, cake, pies, and brunch are their specialities, all served in a happily hipster haven in the East End. This place has been on our hit list for quite some time. In fact, over a year – as far back as our trip to the Olympics last summer. A feature in The Guardian in the run up to the Games had suggestions for eating on a budget around the park while the Games were on and that originally introduced us to this place…

Dining in Dublin

Dine in Dublin is now in it’s fourth year, and to say it’s gone from strength to strength is a bit of a weak, meek understatement. We’ve taken advantage of the dedicated dining out week for the past two years. As it happens, one of our very first posts on this blog at the beginning of this year was for Camden Kitchen, where we ate their special DID menu.

Beginnings Before Blogging – Russell

Hi! Russell here with my beginnings and back story before we set up this blog. You can catch up on Patrick’s post (the first bit of this series) by clicking here….

Recipes: 6 Spooky Halloween Snack Ideas

As we are well into Autumn at this stage, and already flying through October, all thoughts turn to Halloween. Unlike people who count down the days and weeks annually ’til Christmas, we are a pair who cannot get enough of Halloween. It’s one of our favourite holidays and the only bad thing about it is how short-lived it is, compared to the hype and ordeal that is Christmas. Halloween doesn’t really get going until it’s dark on the eve of October 31st and by the next morning it’s already become a fleeting memory; or a recent nightmare, if you properly made the most of it!

To mark the occasion, we wanted to share how we are going to celebrate. Here are six spooky, scary and sinfully delicious Halloween snacks and nibbles. These ideas are perfect for a night in, watching scary movies on the couch, or for a ghoulish get-together in fancy dress…

Beginnings Before Blogging – Patrick

Patrick here this time, for my turn on a little behind the scenes, background story on me and my beginnings before this blog. Russell’s post, with snippets from his experience, and where he stands now (with some exciting news), can be read here. 

September 2013: Snapshots

We’re now officially London residents for three months! Take a look back at our September, in pictures.