Every now and again it's nice to be a tourist in your own city. Sometimes I take living in London for granted, I'd love to share more of my favourite areas and places in London with you so let me know if this is something you'd like to see, particularly any areas. Notting Hill is a fantastic part of London and is so much more than the film. So here are a few Instagram hot spots for you, and if you want some more, check our Niomi Smart's guide.
Biscuiteers - 194 Kensington Park Rd, London W11 2ES
Thanks to the royal wedding I've recently been to the Notting Hill for work more than ever. All of the international TV channels have been wanting to come down and film which is rather exciting! If you follow any London based bloggers than you would have seen the shop front on my feed quite a few times. The beautiful hand painted illustrations do make for a lovely photo, plus there are loads of tasty biscuits and cakes inside which are also super fab to take a photo of. They also have an icing cafe on the Northcote Road if you're based in South London.
Doughtnut Time - 15 Blenheim Cresent, Notting Hill, London W11 2EE
A new addition to Notting Hill, and the UK is Doughnut Time. The brand specialises in doughnuts finished with plenty of unique and delicious flavour combinations. I've tried the part ring and red velvet, both scrumptious and will definitely satisfy a very sweet tooth. Plenty of their doughnuts are vegan and are just as flavoursome, so no-one has to miss out on doughnut time. However they have been known to sell out!
Alice's - 86 Portobello Rd, London W11 2QD
A gorgeous shop front and a Mr Grubers shop in the Paddington films, (recognise it now?) Just like Mr Gruber's, Alice's is an antiques shop that has been situated on the portobello road for decades. You can find a few current interior favourites too including kitsch tea pots and vintage style crates. I love the bold colour of shop and it makes the iconic pastel road just that little bit more colourful. Plus it makes for a great instagram shop, it feels very British too!
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| All photos in this post have been kindly lent to me by Biscuiteers |
As some of you may or may not know I work for a pretty cool company called Biscuiteers, I've mentioned them a whole bunch of times on my blog so I'd be pretty surprised if you hadn't seem me write about them before. A couple of months ago they launched their Fashionista collection, full of amazing hand-iced biscuits all themed around pieces from fellow blogger and Poppy D's BFF Alice Naylor-Leyland's wardrobe. Sounds amazing right? I was lucky enough to be involved with the campaign as I had the task of photographing the designing process, the event and the final product! It was such a great experience to be involved with something so exciting, especially after only joining the team a few months beforehand. I'm sure you'll agree that the tin is absolutely incredible, a few of my favourite biscuits include: the flamingo bag, red heart sunglasses, the rose gold lipstick (of course) and the leopard print shoes. If I'm totally honest it's possibly my favourite tin that they do, it's just so stylish and totally depicts British style! So if you have a best friends birthday coming up, know someone who loves fashion or simply just fancy treating yourself to something extra special, this is the perfect biscuit collection for you!
In late June the tin was launched in the Notting Hill boutique, and I have to say it was possibly the one of the best events Biscuiteers have ever held! I was racing around all night trying to get all of the best photos for the Biscuiteers bake love blog. There was a great atmosphere throughout the shop, which made me even more excited to capture buzz during the event. It was a really great night and was truly amazing to see all the hard work that had gone into the tin to finally come to life, even better to see it be loved so much by everyone who came. Guests included Mary Charteris, Tamera Beckwith, Marissa Hermer, Alice Naylor-Leyland, Princess Beatrice of York and Charlotte Dellal aka Charlotte Olympia (I had a slight fan girl moment when she walked in but some how managed to keep my cool, just don't ask me how...) I left the event feeling a excited and exhausted but I had tummy full of biscuits as well as a camera bursting with photos that I so was excited to share the rest of the team. Who could really complain?
I do work for Biscuiteers however I wanted to write this blog post and I was not asked to do it. I am just completely obsessed with the tin and wanted to share it with you all! I mean who could blame me? It's amazing!
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