October catch up

Wildwood burgers and a gossip. Followed by delicious sticky toffee pud. New cook shop opened in Bluewater & I love it. Birthday presents from the office. Birthday bacon. Isn't my bestie cute. Jake really enjoying my company. Lemonade served adorably. And erm maybe some more sticky toffee pudding.

Off to the zoo zoo zoo. This lemur wasn't letting the otters have the attention. Donkey selfie. Hiding from the seagulls under my hat. How freaking adorable. Vintage cupcakes. More cupcakes. Trying to be cute. Love a pub roast.

Sean and Lauren's first pet. Strawberry mojito. Chicken in a basket. Someone was sick on the train and it was gross. My attempt at Huevos Rancheros. Hey kittykat. Girly spa day. Eating all the scones. Fried risotto balls.

Do you think we look alike? One of very few nice photos. Dinner selfies. My besties. Mummy and me. Love a good hot choc. Halloween make up. Bats on hallows eve. The family pumpkins.

October was one busy month for me, my 21st birthday and halloween. Filled with food, family, friends and presents. I had the most amazing birthday surrounded by everyone I love and I was completely and utterly spoilt by everyone. A trip to the London zoo and a surprise party filled my birthday weekend and then celebrations continued on to the next with a day at the spa. It doesn't even stop there, I have a holiday in Italy to look forward to as well as other various activities that will come up throughout the year. November may be a little quieter but I still have lots of things planned so don't miss the next catch up post!

xoxo

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Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all you lovely mummy's out there. I adore my mum, she's a pretty awesome lady, but she gets enough presents on her birthday and at Christmas...and they're difficult enough to shop for. So we decided to buy the generic flowers and some macarons and then take her for afternoon tea instead.

Bea's of Bloomsbury is a cute little cafe type tea room near St Paul's Cathedral. The standard afternoon tea is £19 per person and consists of some savoury filled brioche buns, a cupcake, a scone and a mix of mini sweet treats (brownies, meringues and marshmallows). We had pulled pork and cheese with pepper brioche buns and raspberry, nutella, and praline cupcakes, although they vary day to day and the table next to us had a different selection of cakes.

The food was very good, the brioche buns and the scones were especially good. I will definitely be attempting to make little brioche rolls at home. The mini brownie bites were yummy, and a good follow on from the buns, but they snuck peanut butter in the walnut brownies which made me sad :(. 
If you follow me on Twitter and Instagram you will know I love to bake, and although the frosting was delicious and creamy, I can't say I was very impressed with the actual cupcake. It was a bit nothing-y.

It's a shame, as they are in a great location and are a very reasonable price for London. A few little differences could make this good place a great place. The service especially needs a change, grubby cups and having to wait 10/15 minutes to be asked about tea isn't ideal, especially when your food is already out waiting. I would definitely go back for cream tea, or perhaps lunch, but I wouldn't re-visit for the afternoon tea as is.

Speaking of cupcakes - I made some for my mummy last night, I will put up a more detailed post/recipe later this week so keep an eye out for that.

I hope all the mummy's have been thoroughly spoilt today, and I hope you all had a great weekend.

Megan xoxo

August round up

Very small round up this month, not a lot has happened other than my holiday. Been earning the pennies!

Watermelon nails. Cream tea. New garden furniture. Jake on a homemade zip wire. Holiday nails. Double chocolate gateaux. Burgers at The Diner. Dirty Dancing future cinema. Date night in Southend.

I have a few things planned already for September so hopefully the next round up will have more pictures and be slightly more interesting for those of you who like these posts!

Have a good weekend guys :)

Megan xo

 

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First trip to Scotland

Hey!
So, in my previous post I said I would write a little more about my trip to St Andrews to visit my sister who is over at laurenella.
She started university 4 years ago, and I was never that interested in visiting, mainly because because I'm not a fan of getting trains on my own. However, she graduated in June and I realised that if I didn't go I'd probably never visit Scotland and my family kept telling me I'd enjoy it and it's a nice town etc etc, so I gave in and went up for a few days last week.


I have to admit, the train journey wasn't as boring and awful as I was expecting, but it was still quite a long journey (about 7 hours in total!) I was only up their for 2 full days so my sister had to pick what she wanted to show me/what would 'wow' me. She decided on afternoon tea at the Old Course Hotel (by the seems of it, afternoon tea was the only thing we could afford.) The hotel was very fancy and the tea was held in the conservatory, which was a lovely room, and fortunately the rain held off long enough for us to enjoy the view.

The front view of the hotel, given some of the cars that were outside, I could already tell it would be a nice place.

I wonder how much these flowers cost? I won't complain though, they smelt beautiful and were very pretty, definitely out do any other bouquet I've seen before!

This chandelier was the first thing I noticed as I walked into the room, it was HUGE!

We decided to share 3 High Tea's between the 5 of us which turned out to be a very good idea. On the lower tier were four different types of sandwich; Ham and tomato chutney, smoked salmon, cucumber and cream cheese and egg mayonnaise with a few cheese and herb twists balanced on top. The middle tier had lemon pancakes, and a mix of plain and fruit scones which came with clotted cream and a champagne preserve.

 And finally, the top tier (by far the best tier) had a variety of delicious treats; Victoria sponge, white chocolate and passion fruit mousse cake, strawberry tarts, chocolate and coffee cake and lemon drizzle cake. 


Each Afternoon Tea is £19 in which you get the mix of yummy foods and unlimited tea/coffee (bare in mind that the picture is 3 afternoon teas on one tier set) which to me isn't too expensive for the food and the lovely setting you get. I really enjoyed it but I cant see it being something I'd do regularly.


(The pictures were taken by my sister, as I got a bit distracted by the food and her camera is better than mine.)

Has anyone else had Afternoon Tea that they really enjoyed?

Megan xo