This lovely café
resides in a gorgeous Tudor building with bare beams, wooden floors and large
working fireplaces. I could sit here for hours refilling my tea and the gorgeous
lemon cake I had last time I was here or the tasty-looking croissant I have
this time! (that lovely cake unfortunately missing today.) This building is truly
beautiful and it’s well worth sitting upstairs and getting a look at more of
it. The atmosphere up here is like going back in time to the gorgeous house
this must once have been. With the window open next to me, the noise of the
traffic and the modern chairs around me are the only things that tether me to
the present day as my mind whirls off into what it must have been like back
then.
The tea is really
lovely and following the trend of ‘teas I’ve never heard of before’ this ‘Kandula
breakfast tea’ is really tasty, full of flavor and just a little spice, the
best tea I’ve had in a while (even if I almost covered myself in it due to a
wobbly table!) I love a croissants but this one is just a little tough and greasy
for me (a matter of taste, I’m sure) and makes me long even more for that
gorgeous lemon cake from last time.
As always, it’s the little
details that catch my eye, jugs that look like tiny milk urns, butter
twist-wrapped so that it looks like sweets (don’t eat it whole though!), the
hooks in the bathroom made from bent spoon handles attached to the door by
their flattened bowls and the way this café still feels like a house, not just
a building.
Honestly one of the
most beautiful cafes I’ve ever visited, The Bakehouse at 124 has a lovely homely
feeling and just oozes charm. I cant blame them for a wobbly table when they
have original floors! However I was a bit disappointed by the food this time,
having been so happy with it last time is was here.
This is a lovely place
to come for brunch, have a meeting or just hide away from the world with
several cups (hem… pots…) of tea for a day.
Twitter:
@bakehouseat124
Instagram:
thebakehouseat124
Website:
thebakehouseat124.co.uk
Address: 124 High street,
Tonbridge, TN9 1AS
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