BURGERS & TEA
Despite the rain, I spent last Saturday in Camden which is one of my favourite areas in London. Although it’s one of the largest tourist spots, it still feels incredibly chilled and there are always new things to discover.
On this trip we had two spots in mind to visit, Honest Burger and Yumchaa. I’ve had an Honest before, but I wanted to introduce it to Anna and her other half (we all share a mutual love for burgers). The one in Camden is really tiny and it’s normally quite hard to get a table so we sat at the bar. The burgers are amazing, they’re not as greasy as Five Guys, not as clean cut as somewhere like GBK, so they sit somewhere amongst Patty & Bun and Shake Shack. And the chips? Well Anna called them “the best I’ve ever had”, so they get a huge thumbs up!
After burgers, looking at old cameras and reminiscing over Babar books, we headed to Yumchaa. I knew quite little about this place apart from that it’s a tea house it looked really nice. We grabbed a good spot in the corner and spent the next 15 minutes trying to pick a tea each from the extensive menu. I chose Jasmine, Anna had Adventure, Mark chose Chelsea Chai and Rich had Soho Spice (I also had a slice of lemon drizzle cake because I couldn’t resist!). All of the teas come as loose leaves and you can either have it in a tea pot or in a “magic tea filter”. The magic tea filter is amazing, you simply add in your leaves, pour in hot water and then when you’re ready to drink you just place it onto your mug and it filters the tea through from the bottom to ensure you get all the flavour. It automatically stops when you lift it off the mug, like magic! You can actually buy these online and I’m definitely going to get one.
The day may have continued into the night and may have involved bowling and many pound coins spent in the arcade, but we won’t go into any more detail there.
So two new places in London that I’d definitely recommend visiting. Have you been to either of these?
