My cake eating resolve remains undiminished. However, as previously highlighted… even with afternoon tea EVERY week, I won’t manage the […]
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Around the world in 80 cakes #5 Hong Kong
After the last few days of posting about what I’ve seen of the Hong Kong protest movement, today was spent […]
Around the world in 80 cakes #4 Shanghai
Observant readers will note that I did not partake of afternoon tea in Beijing. As it was the National Holiday, […]
Day 39: Rainy day and fast food in Xi’an
Last day in Xi’an and the heavens opened. I’m rarely in the mood for going to look at pottery exhibits […]
Day 36: The biggest ducks in the world?
It was my last day in Beijing and it was very much the still the National Festival. My train to […]
Day 34: Around Beijing
Sophia met me at 7.30am, shortly after I’d popped into a bakery/dumpling/pancake shop and stepped out with a piping hot […]
Day 27: Around the world in 80 cakes #3 Ulaanbaatar
It has been a while, cake-fans, but today’s venue for afternoon tea was the Shangri-La Hotel in Ulaanbaatar. The hotel […]
Around the World in 80 Cakes: The Russian Round Up
At almost the end of the first month, some of you may be calculating the likelihood of my having 80 […]
Day 8: Around the World in 80 Cakes #2 Hotel Metropol, Moscow
Despite “having the constitution of an ox”, according to a so-called friend, I was defeated by the afternoon tea served […]
Day 5: Around the World in 80 Cakes #1 Hotel Bristol, Warsaw
In my view, the cardinal rule of afternoon tea for the customer is ‘always leave the cake you think is […]
The Adventures of Phileas Fiona 