{"id":2344,"date":"2009-02-22T19:06:58","date_gmt":"2009-02-22T18:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noexpert.co.uk\/?p=2344"},"modified":"2021-10-31T19:14:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T19:14:42","slug":"where-to-indulge-in-coffee-tea-and-cakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/?p=2344","title":{"rendered":"Where to indulge in Coffee, Tea and Cakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Unless you are in an area that specialises in Tea Shops, its often hard to find good venues to relax with a coffee or tea and eat cake. Why go to the big chains like Starbucks, when you have\u00a0alternatives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>London<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you\u00a0really want\u00a0to go up market and have <a title=\"Afternoon Tea\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/?page_id=1689\" target=\"_self\">Afternoon Tea<\/a> somewhere grand, like <a title=\"Athenaeum\" href=\"http:\/\/www.athenaeumhotel.com\/food__whisky\/afternoon_tea.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Athenaeum<\/a> or\u00a0 <a title=\"The Berkeley\" href=\"http:\/\/www.the-berkeley.co.uk\/fashionista_tea.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Berkeley<\/a>, then\u00a0great, but if you are looking for\u00a0something cheaper, then here are a few options.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Design Museum\" href=\"http:\/\/www.designmuseum.org\/info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Museum<\/a> &#8211; they sell <a title=\"Konditor &amp; Cook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.konditorandcook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Konditor &amp; Cook<\/a> cakes, always a good sign.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Del Aziz\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/?p=1724 \" target=\"_self\">Del&#8217;Aziz<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Fig &amp; Olive\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/?p=7929 \" target=\"_self\">Fig &amp; Olive<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"The Table\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/?p=1715 \" target=\"_self\">The Table<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"5th View Bar &amp; Food\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/?p=3072 \" target=\"_self\">5th View Bar &amp; Food<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"The County Hall Bakery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/?p=15065\">The County Hall Bakery<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15270\" title=\"IMAG0191\" src=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMAG0191.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMAG0191.jpg 2592w, https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMAG0191-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/IMAG0191-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Patisserie Valerie\" href=\"http:\/\/www.patisserie-valerie.co.uk\/locations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patisserie Valerie<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4838\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4838\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4838\" title=\"P101009_13.09\" src=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/P101009_13.09.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/P101009_13.09.JPG 2048w, https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/P101009_13.09-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/P101009_13.09-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4838\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patisserie Valerie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>New York<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Actually the Starbucks I have been to in New York are\u00a0a lot better than London. I had an amazing piece of Cognac and Pumpkin cheese cake in one on the Upper East Side, but for something more unique try:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Cafe Sabarsky\" href=\"http:\/\/kg-ny.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cafe Sabarsky<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0Tucked away\u00a0within the <a title=\"map cafe Sabarsky\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yelp.com\/map\/cafe-sabarsky-new-york\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neue Gallerie in Upper East Side<\/a>, great for Viennese pastries.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Paris<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Pretty much the\u00a0home of the p\u00e2tisserie, so you are spoilt for choice, however for an inexpensive option, try:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span id=\"sample-permalink\"><a title=\"La fourmi ailee\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/?p=563\" target=\"_self\">La fourmi ailee<\/a>&#8211; Salon de th\u00e9.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>or for a not so inexpensive option, visit <a title=\"Laduree\" href=\"http:\/\/www.laduree.fr\/public_en\/maisons\/maisons_accueil.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ladur\u00e9e.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Off topic, but also worth mentioning is <a title=\"The Chocolate Consultancy\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/97SBzy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Chocolate Consultancy &#8211; Parisian Chocolatiers Map<\/a> showing\u00a0 locations of some really good Chocolatiers in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Top page - Noexpert.co.uk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\">Return to top page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unless you are in an area that specialises in Tea Shops, its often hard to find good venues to relax with a coffee or tea and eat cake. Why go to the big chains like Starbucks, when you have\u00a0alternatives. London If you\u00a0really want\u00a0to go up market and have Afternoon Tea somewhere grand, like The Athenaeum &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/?p=2344\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Where to indulge in Coffee, Tea and Cakes&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[384,192,38,7,101,10,8,100,153],"tags":[205,187,223,302,382,198,380,383,381,44,379,168,159],"class_list":["post-2344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chocolate","category-coffee-tea-and-cakes","category-france","category-london","category-new-york","category-paris","category-uk","category-usa","category-where-to-eat","tag-5th-view-bar","tag-cafe-sabarsky","tag-delaziz","tag-fig-olive","tag-konditor-cook","tag-la-fourmi-ailee","tag-laduree","tag-patisserie-valerie","tag-the-athenaeum","tag-the-berkeley","tag-the-chocolate-consultancy","tag-the-park","tag-the-table"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2344"}],"version-history":[{"count":61,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29724,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344\/revisions\/29724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noexpert.co.uk\/food\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}