I’ve had complaints. Several, in fact. About the dearth of food pictures from my very recent London trip. I want to assure you all that I did, in fact, eat. Morning, noon and night. And in between. Everything in sight. Especially Asian food (which is hard to come by in Toledo) and, of course, CAKES.
I wasn’t as conscientious as usual about taking food photos, but I did come away with some. Here’s a selection:
An adventurous Chelsea bun, with blueberries inside and pistachios on top, devoured in a new (to me) cafe in East Finchley. My friend had a delicious chocolate almond cake.
At a Brazilian café in Cleveland Street. And yes, the board with the cake AND the chocolate truffle was mine 🙂
A café in Belsize Park.
A bakery in Highgate
I just had to home in on those jam doughnuts on the bottom right… and they were every bit as delicious as they look.
Let’s finish off with some breakfasts for those of you who prefer savoury fare. After all, this is what the UK is famous for 🙂
Eggs Benedict
Drooling…?
Lady Of The Cakes 
Linda is totally hot for that “bacon” right now. Me? I am not seeing any beer…
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Linda’s probably too busy packing her bags right now 😉 Beer for breakfast…?
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Yes. Problem?
🙂
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Beer goes with every meal.
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Oh, yes….(wipes chin in embarrassment)
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That’ll be a fry-up tomorrow morning for you then…
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Actually the eggs Benedict and fried potatoes look soooo good.
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They were 🙂
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I was all about the cakes till I saw breakfast. Now my mouth is watering and I might have to forage for real breakfast food.
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Happy foraging 🙂
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>.< It's already 10 past 10 in the morning…I could just wait a few more hours and eat lunch. Double lunch.
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That’s three hours away! You’ll never make it…
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I will! I have willpower!….now just let me find it….
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I felt slightly sick looking at the cakes (I loathe cakes and dessert). I looked forward to the savouries… That ham for eggs benedict looks like pink plastic. The hollandaise looks like dishwater. I prefer eggs florentine anyway. Much better combination. I wouldn’t eat the scrambled egg meal either, just doesn’t look appetising. The poached eggs on the last one don’t look bad, but the rest of it looks awful. Those watery baked beans? 😦 undercooked sausage, bacon with rind on?
But I have an issue with breakfasts anyway!
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LOL, my, aren’t we picky! 😉
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Possibly 😉 although actually easy to please!
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As long as it’s not with desserts in any shape or form 😉
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The potatoes with the eggs bendedict look amazing!! Interesting Chelsea bun as well. Blueberries? Would never have occurred to me.
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Nor to me! But it worked. Nice and cinnamony 🙂
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mmmm – and the window shot of the bakery is cool – also the close up of the jam doughnuts was perfect – not just to highlight a classic that si simple and gets overlooked sometimes – but your photo lets us feel the sugar – and I swear I can almost taste it – reminds me of some yesterday memory when these were always last to go in an assorted box – ha! mmm
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SUGAR! Bring it on!!! 🙂
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Bacon, sausages and hashbrowns for breakfast. No eggs, please! Eggs and I decided to part ways many years ago. They make my tummy hurt. Bacon is a must. Bacon makes everythig better.
Not much into desserts, but there is something weird about those jam-doughnuts…. why are they leering at me like that?
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Obscene, aren’t they??? Aw, sorry to hear about your egg problem, I love eggs and can’t live without them.
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Now I want cake… right now.
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And bacon! 😉
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OH MY GOD. I WANT EVERYTHING IN THOSE BREAKFAST PICTURES. NOW. 🙂
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Not found anything like this in Berlin yet…?
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Um, the one I had on my first morning here was pretty good – no bacon though 😦 I’ll keep searching! Brunch is probably more realistic than breakfast though… 😉
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This shall be your mission… I know you will succeed 🙂
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I know I will too – grit and determination 😉
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I wish I could be your companion mouse – ride along in your pocket and nibble at the bits you decide kindly to toss. I would take any, but especially hope for a bit of any of those brekkies.
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I tend to clear my plate. But for you, I’d save a few tasty morsels 😉
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Did you play the doughnut game where you have to eat it without licking your lips?!
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No, I didn’t – and I licked my fingers as well! …and, very nearly, the plate 😉
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The jam doughnuts are for me. That dusting of sugar… the breakfast sausage looks kind of obscene though. Especially at that angle.
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I knew you’d like that sausage. Even if not for eating purposes…
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Well, I definitely noticed it. I’m not sure I liked it. Of a morning, I usually feel that sausages should stay modestly out of sight and not be putting themselves forward. An occasional appearance is tolerable as long as the sausage in question is vegetarian 🙂
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That one’s stuffed with meat. Dirrrrty meat, most likely 😉
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Don’t. Ever. Change. Your blog posts and comments have me in stitches….
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It’s not me, it’s them rowdy commenters!
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Oh, b**l***s!
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I go for the cakes! :-)claudine
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I knew you would 🙂 And if I were made to choose at gunpoint, so would I!
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I stopped at the Chelsea Bun! That’ll do me nicely 🙂
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It was divine 🙂
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Yum, yum, yum…
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Yeah looks like a trip I went on last year to Europe.
Actually I have to say when I see your pics, I do feel my blood sugar rise. then I move to another blog on the reader and everything goes back to normal.
Just saying…
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You’re reading the wrong blogs.
Just saying… 😉
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I had to save this post for a time when I could fully savor the lovely cakes and doughnuts. I hope they were as delicious as they look, especially the Chelsea bun with pistachios. I love pistachios.
Just yesterday a friend brought me a cannoli with pistachio filling. Highly recommended!
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I also love pistachios… oooooh, in the form of marzipan….! But I don’t like p ice cream, for some reason.
You have the right kind of friends 🙂
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Yum! Yum, yum, yum, yum! 🙂
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Hey I recognize one of the photos!
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I thought you might 😉
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