Blank Street cookies and Rhubarb matcha

Blank Street cookies are seriously good especially the carrot cake which has walnuts, cream cheese, raisins, carrots and cinnamon.
The pistachio was nutty and indulgent.
I do not eat mine straight away because I like to get an extra bag so that it blots the oil from it.

Overall cookies are nice but the matcha was a bit disappointing.

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Free lox bagel from It's Bagels in collaboration with Coach

There were free bagels at the pop-up event celebrating Rexy's arrival in London on Regent Street by Coach. 

The free bagels were available on Saturday and Sunday so there was a long queue.

I waited for 2 hours and finally got a LOX bagel because the pastrami one was finished.

Anyway, it was definitely nice and fully loaded while the sesame was aromatic.

Finished with a complimentary which gave made my Sunday.

Softserve and cookies at Softserve Society

To start off the pandan softserve was the best I have had, definitely strong pandan flavours but it can get quite sweet.

Softserve flavours:

The carrot cake was a bit of a let down, it lacked the spices although the cream cheese made it better.

Hot Cross Buns at Grumpy Goose, Coulsdon

Spotted some interesting shiny hot cross buns with specks of bright red which I suspected were glacier cherries.
Left the place because there was a noisy kid.
Went back for it anyway and Thanks to the noisy kid it was half priced because it was closing nice.
Overall a nice hot cross bun with glacier cherries, chunky fruit peel and raisins.
No offense but I get stressed out with noisy kids.

DD's Cafe, Coulsdon, one of the few Chinese run Greasy Spoons

A long-standing establishment that was once a tea house, caught my attention due to its Chinese ownership hints on Google and its eclectic menu featuring udon alongside traditional breakfast items.
(To be more specific, Mainland China)
The cafe that was set up in a converted house added to its charm with the dining area in a living room.
Overall, the food was how it was expected but the brand of tinned tomatoes were not acidic as other ones.
The sausage was memorable because normally the casing will shrivel but it stayed plump all the way through.
The food met expectations but the brand of tinned tomatoes they used were not as acidic as I hoped.
The sausage stood out for retaining its plump casing throughout the meal.

To summarize, the liver and bacon is the best I have ever had.

Valley Cafe, Coulsdon

There are not many greasy spoons in Coulsdon and this was one of the few.
While the beans and bacon were enjoyable the sausages had an unusual color and texture.

The cafe's cleanliness was questionable because the spoon was quite grubby.

You could literally bend their metal forks as well.

Trying the new Super Bowl Noodle Bar near Goodge Street

There are so many new noodle places that have opened recently like Dan Dan noodle, Kung Fu Mama, Noodle and Beer and this one.
Visited Super Bowl Noodle bar because it had a flexible menu where you can choose the type of noodles and the fact they had soba in a Chinese place.
Tried the short rib, ma po tofu and dandan.
The short rib is quite common now as many places are offering it as a meaty gimmick.
The ma po tofu with soba noodles was disappointing.
The noodles were nice but I didn't like the mapo tofu because it was too sweet and the chilli sauce had too much hard prickly chilli skin and seeds like the ones you get in a particular brand of tobian chilli paste.
The dandan noodles turned out to be the best because the mince had a good salty bean taste and Sichuan spices along with the pickled veg.
The wide noodles were seriously good because it was like parpadelle just like the padella ones with the same chew and elasticity.
Overall I recommend the soba or parpadelle noodles with dan dan or tomato egg because they are soupless.
Would like to see them offer forks because chopsticks are too cumbersome.