A Foodie Day

I wish I had some photos from yesterday other than food to show you, but hey, I documented the important stuff, right?
Yesterday is the first day off the boy and I have both had in months where one of us hasn’t had coursework or something to keep us at home. I’m on my Easter break now, and the boy is done with classes for exam period, finally. I needed to pop into Central to pick up my Mum’s Mother’s Day present, and I’d had to cancel my plans with Daphne earlier in the week because my hip was playing up (#OldLadyProblems), so we decided to combine the two and meet Daphne for tea before wondering around the shops. We met Daphne and headed straight for Yumchaa which is tucked away behind Oxford Street in Soho. Daphne and I are something of tea addicts so it made sense that we would head there for a drink and a catch up. I’d never actually been into a Yumchaa Cafe before, I’ve had plenty a Yumchaa tea, but never direct from the source. It’s a really cute, simple cafe, with a scrumptious looking selection of cakes, even a few gluten free options, and the biggest selection of tea ever. What I love is they have a little of each tea in little pots by the till, so you can have a sniff to make your selection. Daphne and I are both on a bit of a juice hype right now, so we both opted for frozen fruit teas, which were downright delicious (the boyfriend didn’t fancy anything so he just sat stealing mine). I can’t remember what the names were, but there are only four frozen teas, Daphne had the Berry & Rooibos one, and I had Mango and Green Tea. They were massive and the Boyfriend ended up having to finish mine, whilst Daphne transferred hers to a to-go cup, since we both ended up with brain freeze.
After that we were actually starving, so we headed up to Tottenham Court Road to grab lunch at Franco Manca. I had never been before but The Boy is something of a pizza place dictionary and said it was good. It was pretty busy so we had to wait ten minutes for a table but MAN was it worth the wait. The menu comprises of five pizzas, so it’s pretty simple, but they’re all made fresh, and the menu tells you where all the ingredients are sourced from which is nice. I can’t even begin to describe how good these pizzas were, but they were definitely the best I’ve ever had outside Italy. It’s pretty cheap too, you’re looking at between £5-£6.50 for a pizza, and I’d reccomend skipping the drinks since they are constantly putting bottles of cold filtered water on your table for free anyway (and the drinks are inexplicably pricey and small). It’s a cheap lunch date anyway that will fill you right up. They have a few locations so it’s worth checking them out!
After Daphne bid her fairwells (after we drooled at stationery in Tiger and Muji) the boy and I meandered in and out of a few shops and then headed back home, snuggled up on the sofa and watched Netflix. My favourite kind of day.