Let us introduce you to The Muffin Man! No, we aren't talking about a human size man made out of cake mixture - quite to our disappointment! We are talking about a ‘Traditional English Tea room’ aka a ‘café’.
You'll find The Muffin Man tea shop in West London, hidden down the back streets of High Street Kensington tube station. Due to its unique, traditional and unusually attractive decor, the average customer ranges from the sort of older generation to lost tourists who are in need of a nice brew to warm themselves up! So clearly, it would be rude of us not to join in to mix things up a little….
First off, we went in for the obvious choice; a traditional English pot of tea alongside poached eggs on toast.
As you would expect, the pot of tea was nicely presented in a traditional Victorian looking floral tea set however, it wasn’t just your average kind of tea. They call it ‘loose tea’ which means that the tea isn’t actually brewed in tea bags (cray cray)..... So if you aren’t keen on bits floating around in your cup then maybe just stick to a glass of water or perhaps just don’t forget to use the sieve they kindly provide with your pot (duh!)…
The poached eggs on toast was nice but we felt as though there had been a shortage of toast….Two eggs and one slice of toast? What were they thinking! It had all gone in 30 seconds (only a slight exaggeration) but luckily for us, they are really in to their cakes and muffins.
They have a great selection making it difficult to choose just one! However for the sake of our waistlines we decided to fill our boots up (not literally) with their delicious red velvet creamy muffin.
(YUM)
The main disappointment to our visit is the non-existence of a life size man dressed as a muffin! Maybe, if he did actually exist, the staff would be a friendlier bunch! Maybe even carry a smile, perhaps? All in all, the food selection is quite minimalistic and the portions aren’t really big enough for huge foodies like ourselves but we’d definitely be coming back for a muffin or two.
PS: They don’t take card payments so be sure to bring some queens heads with you if you visit!
Muchos besos
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