Maybe It's Because I'm a South Londoner

Last weekend my favourite SE London street celebrated its village fête in the form of Bermondsey Street Festival. 


Bermondsey Street is full of lovely little boutiques, design studios, bars, cafes and restaurants and it's a living proof that you don't have to (or shouldn't?) go to Shoreditch to find cool London. 


My favourites on the street include The Garrison Public House and the beer garden of The Woolpack. Kind words have also been said about the newcomers Jose Tapas Bar and Zucca, not to forget the independent cinema Shortwave. Enjoy! 

The Bermondsey Street Festival was all about dogs...

... the hog roast by The Garrison ....

... and of course about the people.

Soho Magic

I love Soho. I know many Londoners find it touristy and uncool, but I know you can pretty much find anything you need from the hedonistic hub of our dear old London. 

As we did last night with a good friend of mine. Sushi overdose at delicious Kulu Kulu on Brewer Street was unavoidable. The only thing you can do after that is to retire to the Friendly Society on Wardour Street for some more wine and get your feet up in their little snug. Good times.

He makes the most luscious prawn tempura hand rolls

At Kulu Kulu the sushi is prepared in front of you and delivered on a conveyor belt

12 plates later, that's us done!

Richard digesting at Friendly Society

Colour By Numbers

There’s a one thing every Finn packs with when moving abroad: a cheese slicer. Because no one does them like  Fiskars do. Sharp and easy on the eye – just right. And because we Finns are so proud of our little things, I have now got three of them, gifts from friends and family. But when there is a Colours range, who cares, keep them coming!

Best Coffee in Town?

There are times, when you just want to meet  your friends for coffee rather than for cocktail. It doesn't happen often but as I've sworn off booze for the first two weeks of September, there was no better time than yesterday to check out what's claimed to be the best coffee in London. 


The Flat White, that is. Small, busy coffee shop with Australian / Kiwi origins on Berwick Street in Soho. The coffee was decent, as it should be with the price tag of £2.50 / cuppa. And what's fantastic is that they also serve fresh mint tea, something you can get pretty much everywhere in Amsterdam, but for some reason seems to be hard to find in the London cafes.


The Flat White
17 Berwick Street, W1F 0PT

The staff at Flat White know it's all about the presentation