Cake break

Beetroot and seed cake in Concrete, on the South Bank.

Windermere 10: The mobile office

Dealing with important correspondence and a slice of millionaire's shortbread in Grange-Over-Sands. Hot desking.

A midweek summer roast

As it's Sunday, here's another roast dinner, eaten at the "assisted-service" Vale Restaurant (canteen) at Saint Fagan's National History Museum, near Cardiff. You can tell it's in Wales; look at all those leeks. This roast was eaten not on a Sunday, but on a Thursday lunchtime. Perhaps that is why Disappointment plumped for a ham and tomato baguette (not pictured) instead, augmented with plenty of cheese and coleslaw.

When Saturday comes

A shared pain au chocolat and a pea, mint and feta muffin at the Royal Festival Hall. A chicken satay salad at Cha Cha Moon. Coffee and cake from Patisserie Valerie, eaten in Green Park.

Sandwich course

A three-sandwich weekend. From the top:
1. Sausage (they forgot the ketchup, but I found some chilli sauce on the next table) at the Madeira Star in Kennington.
2. A taleggio and onion or something toastie at Concrete next to the Hayward Gallery. It came with some nice mustard and dill coleslaw.
3. Sausage and ketchup at Vergie's in Kennington.
I think if I really put my mind to it, I could manage about six sandwiches per weekend in future. Maybe even nine on a Bank Holiday.

Archives Of Pain (au chocolat)

A pain au chocolat, or chocolate croissant, or chocolatine, from the new café on Kennington Road. I don't know what it's called, but it's where Jados or Judos or Jedis used to be and after that, the short-lived Dippy Egg.

We were on our way to the Dippy Egg last June, when we got snapped by the Google Streetview car. Excitement. Next time, I'll remember to hold my belly in.