Some hotspots...

...for breakfast, lunch and a coffee break.

Lunch

I guess most of you were queuing to get a table at Polpo once. In the evening it's just horribly busy, but if you go during lunch time you will easily get a table. Especially during the week, on the weekend they just open around 12pm anyways. It's a nice place to enjoy good Italian food, reasonably priced. We ordered a pizza with mushrooms, smoked salmon, salad and sliced flank steak. Everything was super delicious and enough for two people (perfect to share).

Breakfast

I usually go there for drinks in the evening. The atmosphere is great, and they have some good cocktails at Dean Street Townhouse. But also during they day the restaurant/bar at Dean Street Townhouse is the perfect place to enjoy a delicious breakfast or lunch.

Egg White Omelette 

Coffee break / Perfect place to study

Recently I am looking for new hotspots to study, as sitting at home can get quite dull after a while. Yumchaa in Tottenham Street seems to be the ideal place: they have a  lot of space, a big choice of cakes and sandwiches. Plus some very good coffee and even one of my favourite drinks: matcha latte. Furthermore they have big and small tables, where people sit around working on their laptops. The working environment is very nice, plus essentials like coffee and cake are not even a stone's throw away.

Matcha Latte

Bocca Di Lupo

Bocca Di Lupo - I think I don't have to say a lot as most Londoners know this place in Soho. It is known as one of the best Italian restaurants in London...and deservedly so! Amazing food, great wine list, very friendly staff and a nice atmosphere. 

The menu offers everything from Italian starters, over T-Bone steak to homemade and fresh pasta. It's recommendable to get a few small plates to share (the more you try at Bocca Di Lupo, the better...) They offer small and big portion of almost every dish, which makes it an ideal place to go with some friends and have a lot of simple and delicious Italian delicacies. 

Munich - Restaurants & Bars

Munich - I love being back home. For me Munich is a place of total relaxation, it's actually quiet in the night. Compared to London, a village, but an amazingly beautiful one!

Anyways, last time I was writing about some Munich hotspots, restaurants especially. Reading about them is the one thing, but to actually have a look at some photos the other thing. Or at least I always want to see photos! Here we go, I went to some nice restaurant the last week and took some snapshots!

Zum Goldenen Kalb - one of the best steaks in town. But even if you don't like steak, the lobster soup and the tuna tartar was amazing as well. I had some artichokes as a starter and afterwards a steak with some veggies. Medium, perfectly tender...food porn!

The dessert was a delight as well.

If you fancy some drinks in a very nice atmosphere - Schumanns is the place to go. I go there every now and then when I'm in Munich, for a coffee in the sun or some cocktails in the evenings.

Always a treat! Zest in Munich's heart is a very nice bar and restaurant. From Clubsandwich, over tapas  to tartar...there is something for every one! 

If you are a Vietnamese food fan, I have a top recommendation: Nguyen! I love the duck, super crispy and tender. But what I like the most, is the rice paper rolls. Not normal rice paper rolls, which you get ready to eat, no, you have to roll them yourself. Trust me, that's fun. You get about 6 rice papers and a lot of ingredients, just out them on the rice paper and roll it! Very nice indeed...

Aroma Kaffee Bar is located in an area called Glockenbachviertel, where you can find cool places and cafés. Aroma Bar is a very cosy and cute café, offering sweet and savoury treats, a unique interior and good coffee...

Pierre Victoire

This French place is brilliant, a absolut gem. Pierre Victoire is a small and cosy restaurant in Soho, perfect for a cosy winter night when it's getting cold outside.

The food is delicious and well priced, the wide choice of food includes French food and Mediterranean delicacies, like Italian Pasta and also Lebanese dainties. The atmosphere is nice, a perfect place for a dinner with friends but also for a romantic date. Make sure you make a booking! For lunch and early dinner they have a two course set menu for only ₤9 / ₤12.90.

Address:

5 Dean Street, Soho

London W1D 3RQ

As a starter we had a maze platter to share, with stuffed wine leaves, hummus, tatziki, falafel, eggplant salad, crostini and olives....excellent!

The starter goes perfectly with the smooth red wine

The Rib-Eye steak with mashed potatoes and beans

And a lovely salad with chicken, dried tomatoes, potatoes and an amazing mustard dressing

The steak was perfectly tender and the sauce delicious....oh boy...I want to eat that again.

And even the espresso macchiato was perfect...all Italian...