Monday 5 April 2010

Ladies who lunch!


This week my very lovely and kind friend Val emailed me to ask if she could come over and take me out for coffee!!

As I'm still not driving after my operation, I was delighted at the opportunity to get out for a while!

We stayed locally and Val drove into Epping, to here





We ordered a lovely latte, we had a good chat and of course we checked out some holiday brochures!!!




Then we decided to have a spot of lunch!

I ordered a delicious goat cheese tart





and Val had a yummy salmon and asparagus quiche!!

The food is really good, but that's not all they sell!

Look!!!









It all looks devine, but I was good and didn't buy anything!!

We had a lovely time!!

Kindest wishes and love






34 comments:

Unknown said...

Wow!! You have amazing self-control! The cakes and breads look delicious!!
Enjoy your easter break!

Carrie @ Cottage Cozy said...

What a perfect afternoon spent with a lovely friend and delicious food! How blessed you are indeed! Glad to hear you are on the mend....Hugs!

Grandma Yellow Hair said...

Goodness you did not indulge in any of those goodies at all....never in my life have I had that much self control...hahaha
Hope your doing better and I miss coming by here
Love
Maggie

Jenny said...

Hi, your tart looks scrumptious. And wow, those bread and baked goods look yummy.

You definitely have self-control girl!

Jill said...

Looks like you had a great time with Val.

Hugs xx

Claire said...

Those cakes look amazing! I'm off to London today and am hoping to get to http://hummingbirdbakery.com have you ever been? I'm pretty sure you'd love their pretty cakes.

Glad you had a nice day xx

Midstream Musings said...

I sympathize - I'm having to have self control as well these days - but a girl can dream. ;) Glad you had a lovely afternoon...

Clare Mansell said...

Just doing a bit of blog hopping and spotted all your yummy pastries - m'mmm!

Style At Every Age said...

Yummy - looks like a great coffee shop!

Alijane said...

Angel, you have more will power than I do. Cakes just call out to me!

The place looks fab, definatley my sort of place.

Alison
x

Blueberry Heart said...

Looks like a lovely afternoon was had! Check out that cheesecake - got my name ALL over it!!
Happy Easter too!!

BH x

~*~ saskia ~*~ said...

These gateaux look heavenly indeed! Looks like you have had a good time! Have a wonderful Easter Monday, sweet Angel. xoxo

Susan Freeman said...

Your goat cheese tart looks delicious and well, all the pastries do too!

Love,
Susan and Bentley
xxoo

LoloDesigns said...

How on earth did you manage to leave all those cakes behind. A stronger person than I :o) Nice of your friend to take you out. xx

Unknown said...

You have more willpower than me!!! As soon as I saw the yummy food, it made me feel so hungry I had to grab a choccie bar!!xxxxxxxx

Country Cottage Chic said...

Looks like a fabulous place to have lunch & catch up with a friend!

Jayne

Michela said...

Gosh, those cakes were stunning! You always have the best tips for food!!!
xxxx

Sherry said...

How nice to have a friend take you out! Everything looks so yummy. I'm glad you had a nice time!

Sherry

Hannah VanderHart said...

oh! miracle strength that you didn't buy boxes of pie and pastries! oh my.

I would not have been nearly so strong a woman. ;)

coffee time with a lady friend is wonderful. :) So glad you had fun!

koralee said...

What a nice thing to do and what a lovely friend you have!!! I think I would have a hard time picking one of those yummy desserts.Hugs for a lovely week.

LissyLou said...

mmmm that goats cheese tart looks so yummy!! will have to look up that place when next in Epping.

Glad you had a nice time x

Sandi@ Rose Chintz Cottage said...

What a lovely time you had! Friends and food with some self-control thrown in for good measure! Good for you! A perfect afternoon and your pastry looks delicious! Thank you for sharing and thank you for stopping by my blog for tea. Come again soon, won't you? Hope you have a delightful day.

Blessings,
Sandi

Victoria - Florence and Mary said...

I don't know about the quiche but the goats cheese tart looks great!

Victoria x

Floss said...

Oh, what a wonderful trip out!

Thanks for all your lovely comments on my blog recently. I've been so busy that I've been bad a replying, but I'm trying to make up for it now.

Brenda Pruitt said...

I'm so glad you got to get out and about with a friend. Balm for the soul!
Brenda

Lisalulu said...

ummm yum, Its lunch time and I'm hungry. THANKS for stopping by my blog.. love your blog, thanks for sharing your life!

Felicity Grace Terry said...

Always good to have a catch up with friends, those tarts look lovely. I'm afraid I wouldn't have such self control though.

Duchess of Tea said...

Hello Angel darling, hope you had a lovely Easter despite the fact that our darling Kelly was absent. I am so glad you had a nice lunch with a friend, and proud to see you opted for a delicious yet healthy one. Lately, I can always spot bloggers, they are the ones with cameras snapping away half eaten plates and everything else in sigh. Hey, a girl has to do what a girl needs to do for her blog!! Wishing you more happy days and hopefully sunny ones.

Love & Hugs
Duchess

Mimi said...

HI!!!
What a GREAT sweet friend to come by for an afternoon out!!! That place looks lovely!!!The food was great I bet!!! Oh I would have had to get a few desserts to take home, oh my sweet tooth!!!!
OH my!!!!
Lovely lovely place!!!!
Hugs,
jamie
hope you are feeling better, did not know you had an operation.ARe you all better now???

Nola said...

Everything looks yummy! You have great discipline, I'd have walked away stuffed to the gills!

sweetwyo said...

sounds wonderful and looks delish!

Kelly said...

Glad you had fun with Val xxx Such a sweetie!

Snowfairy said...

An amazing cake shop, I can smell it now.

tracy said...

The pounds are going on just looking at all these goodies!!!I wonder if I could find the recipe to the goat cheese tart???Looks de-lish...
I am enjoying England through your posts!