Archive for August 2025
Taking a slice of the cake
Cycling through the unexpectedly hilly countryside around Rutland recently, my son spotted a chalkboard on the roadside stating the Village View Cake Shack was open for business. This was just the distraction we all needed from yet another incline on the horizon. Turning down a side road, we almost missed the Shack because it turned…
Read MoreOutstanding in their fields
Petersham Nurseries’ restaurant grew from within the Richmond-based nursery as a café for its green-fingered shoppers, and along with providing top-notch food, it has cultivated destination-venue status from diners enjoying being surrounded by flowers and plants. It has been a similar story at Supawan Thai restaurant in London’s King’s Cross, whose dining room has extended…
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