Friday, October 5, 2012

Friday indulgence

{See Godzilla? Hint: It's atop a light} 
Small World cafe (in fun "Lomo effect") roasts its own coffee, hosts art shows and serves addictive chocolate chip cookies.
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Cafe-ish news: 60 years ago this week, tea rationing ended in Britain - enjoy a cuppa!

16 comments:

Leeds daily photo said...

Anywhere that roasts its own coffee and serves cakes is my kind of place.
Rationing finally only came to an end the year before I was born. I well recall a tin of dried egg in the pantry when I was a boy, I think mother could not fave it once the ration ended, also by then we kept a few chickens.

PerthDailyPhoto said...

OMG those raisin nut rolls look divine Lulu, and freshly roasted coffee..you realize it's almost midnight in Perth..what are you doing to me haha! p.s. yup I spotted that pesky wee monster.

William Kendall said...

Ah, there's Big G. Hiding from Roland Emmerich, who wants to make a sequel.

Those treats in the first pic look to die for...

LONDONLULU said...

Fresh roasted coffee and good cake are a magic combo (I admit, I envy you your National Trust cakes!) I recall a program about British food in WWII and how some children reportedly got so used to dried eggs they preferred them over the real deal - seems that was, luckily, not the case for you/your family!

PerthDailyPhoto - no more midnight food shots, I promise! ;-) We've blamed our post-UK move weight gain on this place, too many temptations (Godzilla notwithstanding:)

LONDONLULU said...

William - must make sure to keep Godzilla hidden from that sequel, haha! Those rolls are pretty good - my real weakness is those choc chip cookies!:)

LOLfromPasa said...

As I am 'enjoying my cuppa' soon to be followed by a glass on wine :), but I feel a tad hungry. Maybe I'll skip the wine and have another cuppa and a cake, please! Super shots in a very nice website!!!!!!!!! (Maybe 'skip' should be replaced with 'delay':)). (Thanks for your comments re background. I think you have got it right. The focus is on your photos.)

LONDONLULU said...

Mmmm, glass of wine on a lovely Friday, perfect end of week repast:) I'd happily take cake anytime too. (Thanks for the site design encouragement - one of these days I'll get around to a 'makeover':))

EG CameraGirl said...

I'm so glad I have never had my tea (or coffee) rationed. I love the Lomo effect.

Randy said...

Do they have them without raisins?

EG CameraGirl said...

Ha! I just checked in to see you still have this up and now I am very, very hungry! You are such a tease. :))

hamilton said...

Ha, with the smell of freshly roasted coffee and all those delicious goodies in the counter, you expect someone to look up and notice godzilla?!

Mildred said...

Raisin nut roll! Hum...YUMMY!
They look great! My mouth is watering!
And one cup of coffee, please;o)

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Hope you are having a fabulous weekend****

Adele said...

Yum!! I also like the lomo effect. Will have to try it out. After I have a baked good of some sort (with raisins!).

LONDONLULU said...

EG - lol, I promise, no more midnight photos from here on out (unless I get a midnight snack craving:)) Thank goodness no rationing of tea or coffee these days.

Randy - I think they do! I've seen some non-fruit versions.

Hamilton - haha, true true, poor Godzilla...ignored in favor of fresh-roasted coffee and treats!

Mildred - I find it hard to resist places like this myself:)

Adele - I use Picasa and suddenly realized there was a bunch of funky effects hiding behind a tab. Have fun experimenting!:)

Lynette said...

I like your Lomo effect on the top photo of those swell looking baked goods. The second image did not load, so I can't see it.

Thanks for visiting Portland Oregon Daily Photo.

Chrissy Brand said...

Lovely effects- now I'm off for a cup of tea...