Tag: city centre
French cakes are my weakness. I can’t pass a patisserie window without gazing at it like I've just seen aliens land. Strolling down Cank Street in the heart of Leicester city centre, that same scenario played out once again.
“Cambio, Cambio” shout the random guys standing in the middle of the street each spaced around 50 yards apart. This is a familiar sight right next to the best shopping centre in Buenos Aires, Galerias Pacifico.
You may wonder...
The most famous department store in Paris with a free view across the city? This is Galeries Lafayette complete with Christmas decorations and the not-so-well-known roof terrace giving a free panoramic view across central Paris.
Galeries Lafayette is easily reachable by the metro to either Opera or Chausee d’Antin La...
Leicester is going a bit street food crazy right now. Little eateries keep popping up all over the city. One of the most recent additions is The Olive, a small restaurant on Belvoir Street, specialising in Greek cuisine - in particular traditional Gyros.
Belvoir Street is becoming a real...
Vietnamese is a cuisine that has so far proved elusive. That is until we stepped foot inside a cafe hidden in the backstreets of Nottingham - Coco Tang.
This place comes in two parts. Entry from the Byard Lane way brings you into what appears to be a coffee shop....
The heatwave shows no sign of ending so to bring our temperatures down a bit, we headed to an ice cream parlour in the St Martin's area of Leicester city centre. Gelato Village came to Leicester in 2014 but it’s taken us until now to discover the place, better...
Where did all of these suddenly come from? Leicester city centre has become invaded by ice cream and gelato parlours, but is that really a bad thing? Walking around town on a hot day, there’s nothing better than a frozen treat. So we headed to one of these newly...
