September 2016

Barry holding a golden fish-shaped taiyaki cake outside Chinatown Bakery
barry roberts
30/09/2016

Taiyaki in London Chinatown: Warm Custard Cakes in 2016

Close-up of the 2016 polymer five-pound note showing Elizabeth II and the transparent window
barry roberts
29/09/2016

New Five-Pound Note: Trying the Polymer Fiver in 2016

Tree-lined Cheyne Walk with red-brick Chelsea townhouses
barry roberts
26/09/2016

Cheyne Walk, Chelsea: Historic Houses and Rolling Stones History

A Roberts London archive walk along Cheyne Walk in Chelsea, exploring Georgian houses, Thames-side architecture and the street's Rolling Stones, literary and artistic history.

Black-tiled Regency Café exterior with white lettering and gingham curtains on Regency Street, Westminster.
barry roberts
24/09/2016

Regency Café London: Full English Breakfast, History and Films

A 2016 Roberts London visit to the Regency Café in Westminster, revisited with current information about the historic caff, its full English breakfast and its film appearances.

Barry holding a large steamed Baozi Inn pork bun in Chinatown in 2016
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23/09/2016

Baozi Inn Pork Buns in London Chinatown, 2016

Barry drinking a black Americano at Pedlars Notting Hill in 2016
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20/09/2016

Pedlars Notting Hill: Coffee and Vintage Finds in 2016

Barry outside Workshop Coffee Fitzrovia with the café entrance across the street
barry roberts
19/09/2016

Workshop Coffee Fitzrovia: A Black Americano in 2016

Red lanterns above a busy Chinatown street at dusk in September 2016
barry roberts
17/09/2016

Chinatown Mooncake Festival 2016: A London Food Walk

An evening in Chinatown on 15 September 2016: lanterns, Baozi Inn skewers, Kowloon mooncakes, Chatime and a Thames walk in search of the moon.

Happy Lemon shopfront with customers beneath its yellow drinks sign
barry roberts
16/09/2016

Happy Lemon Chinatown: Oreo and Salted Cheese Tea in 2016

Burger and crisp plantain strips served together on a tray
barry roberts
14/09/2016

Boom Burger Portobello Road: Burgers and Plantain in 2016