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How Twitter helped my quest to find the perfect cake shop

This is why I love Twitter. Earlier this month I asked a simple question:

 


And within a matter of minutes I was bombarded with responses -- all of them hugely helpful.

Here's a summary of what I was told:

@princess_knicks maison bertaux in soho is wonderful! http://www.maisonbertaux.com

@rachelala Maison Blanc (as in Raymond) nx to Richmond station, also Patisserie Valerie has several branches in C. London #foodie

@AboutLondon Chelsea Teapot on King's Road is lovely tea/cake shop. Has gluten-free options too.

@ManifestoBooks Patisserie Valerie - various locations I believe #cakesinlondon

@wkendLondon hummingbird bakery at South Kensington, fantastic cup cakes!

@beezan Is Valery's stll on Old Compton Street?

@jabtx1 haven't tried it, but hear Lanka Cake Shop in Primrose Hill is good.

@ZoeVH fleet river cafe nr holborn tube is just wonderful

@painting Chelsea Teapot on King's Road's gluten-free options > Delicious!! Don't eat breakfast or lunch beforehand!

@paperbk_reader Primrose Bakery (Covent Garden), Lola's Cupcakes, Hummingbird Bakery & Bea's, of course. Patisserie Valerie too.

@zengarden17 Del Aziz in Bermondsey Square (SE1) has lovely European style cakes & pastries. As lovely to look at as they are to eat.

@beezan If you want to travel out to Beckenham there is the SpongeKitchen - has lovely yum-yummy stuff to offer ...

@chasingbawa There's Princi and The Hummingbird Bakery on Wardour St. Also Paul on Old Compton St.

 

For the record, I went to The Chelsea Teapot with a friend last Sunday and it was awesome.

The shop was incredibly cute, with pastel coloured walls adorned with pretty frames and patterned plates, a bit like sitting in someone's country kitchen. All our food was served on old-fashioned China, including floral cups and a beautiful floral teapot, and the service was helpful and courteous.

But the food was what we went for -- and we weren't disappointed. I had the most amazing grilled chicken salad, followed by a ginormous slice of carrot cake which was unusually light and lemony.

My friend had a massive chunk of ultra-rich chocolate cake, with cream cheese frosting, which was still warm from the oven.

The chocolate cake was so good we bought extra slices to take home!

My BlackBerry is not working

A whole sketch based on wordplay. Brilliant.

Jon Stewart on the Twitter frenzy

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Joke of the Day

About two days after I started experimenting with Twitter, I saw this on More 4. Very timely, and very funny.

[Via Trevor Cook]

Twitter

James Harkin has written an interesting piece about Twitter in The Times. Apparently everyone's "tweeting" because we want to be "in the loop". So, it's not about being so self-absorbed that we have to tell everyone every minute of the day what we're doing, then?

Reporting the bushfires via Twitter

I've never much seen the point in Twitter. I know every bloody celebrity has an account, which is probably why I've been turned off.

But then I started reading Carol Overington's tweets for The Australian and I've begun to wonder if I should reassess my opinion. Her "reports" of no more than 140-characters in length have been illuminating to read. Long gone are the days when journalists out in the field had to phone in their stories!

PS>> She's got a great blog too.

How Google endangers the planet

Just like no food you eat is good for you, it seems nothing you do is good for the planet. Physicist Alex Wissner-Gross says that performing two Google searches uses up as much energy as boiling the kettle for a cup of tea. It's still better than driving to the library and hunting out the information in book form, no?

Thought for the day

I just don't see the point of Twitter.

Unless you want to make it easier for stalkers to keep tabs on you.