Sisters Dine Out

Lemon and Jinja (L&J) is based in the Abbey Park Industrial Estate in Romsey and is a Zero Waste refill station and cafe. You may be wondering about the name, well interestingly, the owner (Jess) and her family spent time in Uganda where her family set up a charity. Jinja is a town in Uganda and pays homage to the personal link between the two countries. You can read more on the L&J blog here . The store opened its doors in March 2019 and offers some amazing ethical, zero waste alternatives. As well as offering food, L&J also have a great range of non food items such as bathroom accessories, make up and clothes. A full list of items can be found  here  on their website. A friend and I started going to L&J a few months ago as they were a short walk from our office. One of the things I love about L&J is its chilled vibe. We often wander down for Chai Latte and snacks when we are having a particularly stressful day and need to get away from our desks.

As I mentioned in my previous blog, during this time of quarantine we are spending time looking back at meals and venues we visited before starting our blog. We have been focusing on Afternoon Tea's most recently because what is better than tea and cake at a time like this? This Afternoon Tea is actually with my other sister-in-law as we all headed to New York together for a few days in 2017. As my brother had always wanted to have Afternoon Tea at The Plaza, we decided it would be the perfect place to rest our tired feet and refuel. First observation when we first went into The Palm Court   dining room was that the staff were actually quite rude to us. It felt like we were an imposition by being there, which is quite impressive when you have 4 people willing to spend around $100 per head on tea and cake. We almost didn't stay, but my brother really wanted to tick it off his bucket list, so we decided to ignore the rude staff and continue anyway. When the Aftern

During this time of quarantine, I started looking through my old photos and realised how many Afternoon Tea's or beautiful meals we had enjoyed before we started our blog. So I thought why not take a trip down memory lane and share these experiences with our wonderful readers? As the title suggests, I had this Afternoon Tea back in 2016 and although my memory is good, remembering flavours from that long ago would be impressive and unfortunately, that is not a skill I possess. So I will share what I can and if nothing else, I hope you are able to enjoy the pictures of the cakes as they are beautiful works of art! The Berkeley Hotel is located in Knightsbridge on the edge of Hyde Park. Their afternoon tea is located in the Collins Room which is a beautiful, bright, dreamy space. There is a large 'conservatory'  (and I use that word very loosely as this is like no conservatory you would imagine) which allows light to stream into the space. The Pret-a-Portea is £60