St. John Bakery ~ Neal's Yard Bakery ~ Seven Dials

 

We searched for this bakery before we left on our vacation. St. John Bakery is located in Neal's Yard, Seven Dials, tucked around the corner. It's quite an impressive little bakery but then again most bakeries don't have to be large to create such tempting tasty bake goods. A focus of selected baked breads, croissants, sticky buns, Eccles, pies, brownies and doughnuts. It was all our eyes could do was cruise the daily selection of choice quickly before deciding on a doughnut, although I could have taken one of everything. We decided on the blackberry jam, I believe, filled doughnut. They were lovely with a cup of tea. Not overly sweet, cushiony soft but doughy and oozed with gooey jam. Very pleasant.

They have two more bakeries locations, Bakery Arch on Druid Street and Borough Corner on Borough High Street. They also have three restaurants and a winery in France. To find out more about St. John visit their website: stjohnrestaurant.com         

Here is the jammy doughnut we bought and ate with much delight. Next time we must try the bread and a croissant. 

Crosstown Doughnuts

I had heard about Crosstown Doughnuts months before we left for London and was eagerly  waiting to find them. I was pleasantly surprised on one of our long walks, that Crosstown, just fell into our path, so to speak. The lovely lady who served us was chatty, helpful and patient as we cruised the selection of doughnuts gradually to make our decision. These doughnuts are fantastic and you would hardly know they are vegan/vegetarian! 

From top left to right: Rum & Pineapple and Matcha Tea; from bottom left to right: Cinnamon Scroll and Coconut & Lime. Some other flavours, sadly not pictured above, included Orange Blossom, Lychee & Gooseberry, Lemon-Thyme, Rhubarb & Raspberry and Peanut Butter with a Blackcurrant Compote. Unique flavours that will definitely not disappoint! 

To find out more about Crosstown Doughnuts click *here*

Just getting back into the swing of things and preparing for school to start. I have been sifting through the holiday photos and figuring out which ones I will post about. Hope everyone had a good August. - JD 

Last of the Summer Treats

As always there is a rush before school starts and also a rush at trying to enjoy those remaining summer treats before they are gone for the season. OHANA Dounuterie, these are not mini doughnuts but rather regular sized doughnuts to which you can get dipped and filled.

We opted for a chocolate dipped, coconut cream filled doughnut. Very delicious and not as sweet as some chocolate dipped doughnuts. The coconut cream was light with a nice natural coconut flavour. The doughnut itself was light, flaky and just melted in your mouth. For more information on OHANA Donuterie check out their website, ohanadonuts.com, as well as their Facebook page and Twitter profile.     

Next was the Korean Dessert Café called Snowy Desserts. Pictured here is the Mango Cheesecake Bingsu. This was my son's pick and my daughter tried the more modest Strawberry Bingsu. I had a few spoonfuls of each and they were really quite heavenly. Plenty of fresh fruit sat on top of the light and airy, and not too sweet, frozen dessert. Definitely worth sharing too! To find out more about Snowy Desserts check out their website snowydesserts.ca 

Hope everyone had a good long weekend. It is back to school for most and that means plenty of additional things to do and sort out. Hope your week has been a good one so far! - JD