Monday 30 November 2015

Strawberry Snaps: November

OMG guys
it's the end of November
and you know what that means
a cheeky look back at the month that was
filled with the usual food and prosecco - hey! we know what we like!
but also a few lil snaps around our Xmas preparations
CAN YOU TELL WE'RE EXCITED FOR CHRISTMAS!?!


Counting down the days/Christmas bubble bar/Christmas shopping/Hallway of rose gold dreams

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Scarfes bar/My alice + olivia christmas dress/Thanksgiving platter/Franco Manca

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Champagne tuesdays/Ice skating/Twinkly copper wreath/When your wrapping paper matches your rug

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Halloween baking with the sissy/pasta pasta pasta/Shake Shack after the balmainxhm preview party/fish and chips by the sea

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today's 70s OOTD/dreaming about this honeycomb cheesecake from last night/when you're working on a Saturday only one lunch will do - BURGERS/the perfect bedtime read

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double denim and red lips/Happy Sunday!/early thanksgiving meal with the sissy/finally hunger games time!!!

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countdown: 24 days
advent calendars: ready
excitement: 34567/100

Thursday 26 November 2015

Thanksgiving at Avenue

Happy Turkey Day our little strawberries!
Today we give thanks for prosecco, mac & cheese and sisterly love - obvs.
Where better to spend it than The Avenue.. a New York style restaurant in St James's.
We were drawn in by the allure of the sharing platter, I mean, who can resist cheesy goodness in a cute little pumpkin? 
We fell in love with the super instagrammable marble topped tables and seriously good looking cocktail selection...

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A wine glass centrepiece is our kind of centrepiece

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#tablegoals

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the bar where we like to see it… right by our table

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They asked if we would like to peruse the menu. But we knew exactly what we had come for.

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well yeah, prosecco but that's not what we meant 

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I give thanks for… Prosecco

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and I give thanks for… the chef in the kitchen

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THE MAIN EVENT

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Breaded turkey, chargrilled corn, sticky ribs, jalapeรฑos and the BEST mac & cheese we have ever eaten. and No that's not an exaggeration.

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yummy

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I mean… just look at that

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and here's the money shot, that oozy heaven on a fork.
Soz for making you dribble.

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and then what should you do when you can't eat no more?
Order dessert, duh.

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Chocolate, vanilla & cinnamon ice cream. 
so THANK YOU to thanksgiving 
for filling our bellies and making us two very happy strawbs

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Bye bye for now!

Tuesday 17 November 2015

Forest on The Roof

This summer, Selfridges rooftop transformed into a seaside getaway 
(see evidence here)
But now that it's getting chillier, windier and rainier
it's time for a change
while we've had to say a sad toodle-pip to vintage salt,
there's a new snuggly restaurant schooching in.

Drum roll please... Selfridges rooftop now has a forest!
(And it's cleverly name forest on the roof)

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As you would expect
there's plenty of trees/branches/fairy lights 
(it IS a forest after all)

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the menu is a downright cosy affair
from mushroom risotto to game meatballs and shepards pie
but more on that later...

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cocktail are a MUST 
we went for Black Forest and Bubblicious

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both totally delish and Autumn appropriate

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oh, more branches because - remember - you're in a forest

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they leave you with an insanely toasty flannel blanket
for those who want to be completely snuggly while eating and drinking

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being the classic ladies that they are
Beth & co were feeling the fish and chips and burger with extra chippies OBVS

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we'd recommend both but we've gotta say a chica on another table had the shepards pie
and it did look pretty dreamy, just FYI

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let's take a second to talk about the dessert.
there were a few items that caught our attention (chocolate forest anyone?)
but it was the honey cheesecake which stole our hearts

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JUST LOOK AT IT!!!
dribbled with honeycomb chunks and meringue mushrooms.
yum yum yum yum yum 

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if you're feeling extra adventurous 
there's also an outside section with two cabins 
(blankets TOTALLY required)

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once you've finished
the express lift handily drops you back by the perfume/cosmetics hall
and when we say handily,
we mean dangerously.
HELLO charlotte tilbury!

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we predict this winter we'll be spending abnormal amounts of time in the forest
(the restaurant, not the place with lots of trees).

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