Cockatils with a View: Duck and Waffle

The same day that S came to visit, we checked out Spitalfields market, where there was also some kind of sewing/crafting exhibition going on. Any member of the public could sit down a sew a part of this giant tapestry they were making - pretty crafty. Then we did the usual: shopping and, most importantly, using the Good Coffee App to find a super cute café.

We were in Oxford St by this point and there are a million and one cute places to be found in Soho, so we went to the first one we came across, situated in Wardour St. It is the third branch of the cafés formerly known as Tapped and Packed, I believe it is now just called TAP coffee, though no one is exactly sure anymore. 
Oh those hipsters. They're just too cool. 

Lovely and inviting decor, it was difficult to find a table at first. But a bit of milling and we spotted the bench in the window of the café was free, leaving us to do one of my favourite pastimes, people watch.

I'm not sure what these are. I don't think I'm hipster enough to understand.

The lovely Samantha

The coffee was really fantastic. Tasted great and was presented beautifully with adorable individual teaspoons with so much character. I'm really hoping there is a story behind each one and they're not mass produced vintage-looking tea spoons.

S got a hot chocolate, which was lovely and rich and just the perfect amount. Any more would have been too sickly. 

Flat White

Hot chocolate. That spoon!!

We then headed back over to Liverpool St to get a couple of drinks and I wanted to take her to somewhere really special, somewhere with some real wow factor with great drinks. Luckily one of the first things you see after stepping out of the tube is The Heron Tower, which houses on the 39th and 40th floor, Sushi Samba and Duck and Waffle - which is by the way where I had the best meal of my life. Go like your life depends on it.

We were told by the lady manning the lifts that we had to go to Sushi Samba for drinks, Duck and Waffle was just for dining, but the two restaurants are connected by a large staircase inside, so it is very easy to mingle between the two places.

Cocktails were lovely, really fruity. And just look at the view:

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Here are some pictures of the view from our table on that bittersweet magical evening at Duck and Waffle:

A glowing St Paul's.

It is such a special place to go. The view is nothing like you will have ever seen before. Damn, London can really take your breath away.