Just been for a run in the misty rain. I was relctant and needed to be coaxed but it was excellent - very bracing! running route was along the river from Island gardens towards sth Quay and back along the road. Was very picturesque, including the noisy and smoky Tate and Lyle factory.
see route not long but long enough for me.
Ray's Jazz cafe
Monday, 1 January 2007
Ray's is part of Foyles book shop on the Charing cross road, you go in through a separate entrance and up some stairs. It is a jazz music shop and cafe. I don't like Jazz ( I know, I know, all music is Jazz and you shouldn't label good music, blah, blah, blah... I still don't like it) but I do like the cafe. Narrow wooden tables, large pot plants, trendy, nerdy looking types on tiny laptops at the benches by the windows, good sandwiches, great coffee and excellent cake. The service is slow but you just have to go with it. The toasted paninis are really good, particularly the cheese, tomato and rosemary, they do a tasty humous and roasted pepper wrap and the coffee is good and strong, not like a milky bedtime drink. It can be difficult to find a table but get there early enough and it shouldn't be too tricky.
Pret a manger
Although the design museum does superior sandwich and cakes, clearly you may actually be in a different part of town nd need another option. Pret is good value, fresh food with a wide variety of options, particularly for veggies with their veggie special each week. I particularly recommend the egg mayo and roasted tomato baguette or the posh cheddar and pickle. The cakes are not so good though, small and wrapped in plastic. The coffee is good, though not as good as at the design museum but is the best chain place for lunch when generally roaming around london.
More lunching
Not so good, for any type of sandwich at all, is Starbucks. It is expensive, the egg ones taste vinegary and the cheese ones have slimy mayonaisse thickly coating the cheese. The coffee is okish but more milk than coffee.
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