London Highlights: Fernandez and Wells

Fernandez and Wells is the name of two different outlets in Soho: There’s a deli in Lexington Street and, just around the corner, a coffee shop on Beak Street. The deli sells a great range of meats, cheeses and wines whereas the cafe specialises in serving great coffee, pastries, sandwiches and cakes. I find it difficult to go to this corner of London without coming up with a reason to visit, although visiting Fernandez and Wells needs no justification.

The coffee is made from top quality Monmouth Coffee Co beans and was by far the best coffee I’ve had in London - my cappucino’s milk was silky smooth and, on previous visits, the espresso was perfect. The cakes are delicious too; I particularly like the carrot cake.

After getting accustomed to drinking the same lukewarm coffee from Starbucks, a visit to Fernandez and Wells is a pleasant change.

To find out more, visit fernandezandwells.com.

White Chocolate and Blueberry Muffins

Another Sunday, another opportunity to create huge amounts of washing up. This week: White Chocolate and Blueberry Muffins. The mix of blueberries and white chocolate gives the best of both worlds - they are incredibly simple to put together and take only 25 minutes to bake.

The recipe I followed is the same as the one from BBC Good Food, just with 1tsp of baking powder instead of 1/2 and no salt, as I forgot to put it in. Doesn’t seem to have affected the taste at all. It’s important not to mix too much and lumps are OK - I couldn’t tell the difference between lumps and chocolate chunks and probably only mixed it for 30 seconds or so.

Once cooked, leave in the tin for 5 minutes before leaving to cool. This gives them a chance to solidify a bit so they don’t fall apart whilst being removed.