Old Bridge House

Old Bridge House

Greeted by these lovely flowers and super cute door stopper as we got in OBH

Clean and cosy dining areas for breakfast in this B&B; some in the main dining area, some in the outer conservatory looking out to the estuary/river view

Open bar in the guest lounge

Rivercroft restaurant across ODH at the other side of the bridge

The reception decoration changed from flowers to Easter tree

View from ODH

Door numbers and knockers for the rooms

Just this past weekend, myself and my family drove down to the south of England to Looe, Cornwall where we stayed for 2 nights. We stayed at the Old Bridge House Bed and Breakfast and it was just an exceptional  place and time spent and here's why:

First of all, we were greeted in the reception with the lovely homely atmosphere that one would normally get as a house guest and were greeted by one of the lovely elderly couple who owns the place.

He showed us quickly around the dining and guest areas where he said the open bar in the guest area is open for everyone of legal age to just take their alcohol of choice and write down the quantity and name of the drink on their 'honesty book' and it will then be charged to the room at the end of the stay; which my parents thought the book's title couldn't be more accurate since you have to be honest indeed.

We were then showed to our room which was nice and cosy with everything required available to us in the confines of the 4 corners of that space. There was a kettle, cups and tea/coffee/hot chocolate and even Horlicks and biscuits for the guest to help themselves with. There's  TV for entertainment with a range of free view channels, a nice and clean toilet and shower with tiny bottles of toiletries provided and even a hair dryer  in one of the drawers in the room. 

Then of course, there's the comfy bed and delicious food. The breakfast choices ranging from 3 different choices of: Cornish breakfast (similar to English with the exception of black pudding and instead replaced with home-made sausage), Fish (haddock) or croissant; although I'm sure the fish and croissant is more than just that I just can't remember what they came with.

In the dining area, there is a variety of cereals to choose from for breakfast as well to start with before the main breakfast and also some fresh fruit, some fresh orange juice or other flavoured bottled juice, tea and coffee.

In our 2 days of stay, we had the Cornish breakfast and I must say that it was definitely good and the home-made sausage is definitely a winner in that breakfast. The breakfast set had a large thick bacon, almost like a gammon, a nice big and fat sausage, baked beans, egg, grilled tomato, mushrooms and toast; although the accommodation also lets you choose whether you want certain pieces in the breakfast or not and whether you prefer fried, poached or scrambled egg (this sheet is available in the room and just needs to be handed in to the reception before tomorrow's breakfast.)

The Old Bridge House is located right in front of the River Nith, which meets the sea further down South of Cornwall. The view, as my sister said is just like Venice (as she's been before) without the sun, with the boats, sea gulls and the water and the bridge and the house on the hills; they all just form a magnificent, picturesque scenery, which is the view from ODH. 

There are also shops across the road such as boots and many more like clothes shop, food shop, take aways and even restaurant such as the Rivercroft, which we dined in the first night, all across the bridge from the B&B and all accessible by walking. 

The Old Bridge House is a really comfy and homely place with the highest hospitality from Colin and Liz who both run the place. From the amazing location to the amazing food to the amazing welcome and farewell; the Old Bridge House is definitely a recommended place to stay at when down in Cornwall or even when just in England.  Visit Cornwall and stay here since there's a range of things to do, there's a zoo, amusement park, waterparks and many more. 

Disclaimer: This review is of my own opinions and I am not being sponsored/paid for this post. The travel, accommodation and food were all paid for by my parents.

St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day to all you Irish and non-Irish.

Here's a cake I made for the occasion which isn't exactly the cake I had in mind to make. I was actually aiming to make this cake but then my food colouring wasn't working and didn't darken my cake sponges at all. I didn't also want to add any more colouring as I didn't want it to go bitter so I just left it.

At first I also decided to use the sponge for Victoria sponge cake but I didn't have any self-raising flour so I had to use plain flour and baking powder instead; the cake didn't rise and ended up really tough nearly like a stone (gasp!) and bitter too because of the colouring.

So then I reverted back to what my mind still had fresh in it's stores which is the genoise sponge. We had just finished making these in college and I actually practised this 3-4 times there and if you follow me on Instagram there would be a load of pictures there of those from college.

I used that sponge for this cake and also used sugar syrup to moisten the cake but it's still not as moist so I'm still trying to look for a good liquid that doesn't alter the taste as much unlike orange juice or liquor so any suggestions would be helpful :)

In the end, I just decided to rely on the icing/decoration to make this cake some what St. Patricks related so I coloured my cream with a lot of food colouring and added loads of sugar to make sure it's not bitter (and it's so not :) yay) and as you can see, even with the cream, the colouring didn't really colour much so I think next time I will use gel/paste instead of liquid.

I just piped randomly around the cake to cover it (still practising with my piping and my piping nozzles and this was the first time I used them so excuse my skills haha) and then I got an idea of making shamrock chocolate motifs. Then when the cake was finally in the the fridge all covered with shamrocks and icing, I suddenly got an idea, BAM! Duh? Golden coins of course! Got some gold coins the next day from the market and placed them around the cake and voila!

Definitely going to attempt the ombre cake sometime again in the future but for now, here's my St. Patrick's Day cake.

Happy Mother's Day

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Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there and all those that are with the angels now too. 

Just sharing here a few treats I got my mother: some flowers, Krispy Kreme donuts, Scottish short bread cookies and as if all those treats aren't enough to break down the teeth, I also made  Sans Rival (Buttered Cashew Layered Meringue Cake), which is a Filipino dessert and then a Burberry perfume :)

I made this Sans Rival cake as my mum wanted one for a while now so I Googled search a recipe and clicked on the first one and the cake turned out good.

The cake is sweet and soft but the icing is quite liquidy and was actually oozing out of the cake so I put it in the fridge to harden it a bit and re-iced the cake.

It's also really sweet so I only put a thin layer of icing on and more of the cashew.

Very sweet and calorific dessert but forget about calorie counting and being nutritious for a moment, it's Mother's Day so indulge.