Amelia’s Magazine | The Porridge Cafe opens in Old Street, featuring TWWDNU and True Romance prints on the walls

Porridge Cafe Review
The much hyped Porridge Cafe opened at 70 Paul Street in East London this week: the healthy antidote to the equally hyped Cereal Killer Cafe which is just a stones throw from where I live on Brick Lane. The Cereal Killer Cafe has been ridiculously successful, with queues around the block on busy days, but surely Londoners would like something a bit more tasty and nutritious for breakfast? Step forward Nik and Elly of the Porridge Cafe. Their street food business began in 2013 as the Bow Street Kitchen, specialising in feeding the hungry tech hordes of Hoxton and the surrounding environs. Having concentrated on the provision of modern ‘British’ comfort food: think bacon butties and steak and mash, they decided that a logical next step would be to set up a (slightly) more permanent base with a pop up cafe dedicated to the most healthy comfort food of all. Plus they knew it might be a savvy move, what with oats and porridge so much in vogue.

Porridge Cafe-TWWDNU artwork
We went along to check out the cafe today, which is housed in the same pop up space where our TWWDNU prints were on show just a few weeks ago, and I am delighted to report that the very finest artworks (our A2 prints featuring 24 carat gold leaf by Cristian Grossi, Daria Hlazatova, Niall Grant and Mateusz Napieralski) are now on the walls of the cafe alongside some of the True Romance alternative cinema prints commissioned by East End Prints.

Porridge Cafe-parsley aubergine caper risotto
I tried to tempt Snarfle with some porridge mixed with a tiny bit of apple, to no avail, so I ended up paying for another plain portion which luckily he ate when liberally topped with honey (it’s his usual breakfast but we abstained this morning). For my lunch I opted for the parsley, aubergine and caper risotto (above), a colourful and intriguingly flavoured affair. I was left a wee bit hungry – maybe I’ll blame that on being pregnant – but the portions are relatively small, so make sure you top up with one of the delicious sounding fresh smoothies if you visit for lunch.

Porridge Cafe-pepper chorizo chilli barley
Roasted red pepper, chorizo and chilli barley porridge for lunch.

The porridge options for breakfast come with an assortment of fresh fruit, nuts, berries and milk: all of which sound delicious. Busy Londoners are used to splashing out on tasty food so I hope this place will become a success. If the Cereal Killer Cafe can do it surely Nik and Elly can? Make sure you check out our beautiful limited edition prints when you visit.

The Porridge Cafe offers a rotating menu that includes 11 different grains and is open until the end of March. The full menu can be found here. Read more about the story behind the TWWDNU prints here.
Opening times: Mon-Fri 7am-6pm, Sat 8am-5pm, Sun 9am-4pm

Categories ,#TWWDNU, ,70 Paul Street, ,Bow Street Kitchen, ,Brick Lane, ,Cafe, ,Cereal Killer Cafe, ,Cristian Grossi, ,Daria Hlazatova, ,East End Prints, ,Food Review, ,Mateusz Napieralski, ,Niall Grant, ,Opening times, ,Pop Up Cafe, ,Porridge, ,Porridge Cafe, ,Restaurant, ,review, ,Snarfle, ,Street Food, ,True Romance

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Amelia’s Magazine | Valentines Open Brief: Get Published and Exhibit Your Work

Helen_Lang_All_You_Need_Is_Love_print
All You Need is Love by Helen Lang

Valentines’ Day is on it’s way, and to celebrate I’m running an open brief for love themed artwork. Please create art that would look great on the wall year round, and be inspired by all things amorous… including well known romantic movies. ***We are especially looking for remimagined movie posters for romantic films*** I’ll be sharing all of the submissions I receive on my website with links to yours, and the best ones will also get the opportunity to be published (with royalties) as high quality Giclee prints in collaboration with East End Prints. These prints will appear for sale online and in a special exhibition at 70 Paul Street just off Old Street in East London, running from 8-19th February with a launch party on Thursday 12th February.

Love_YMC_Patrick_Thomas_print
Love YMC by Patrick Thomas

Home_Is_Where_The_Heart_Is_AlfredWilde_print
Home is Where the Heart Is by Alfred & Wilde

Specifications:
Please create your artwork at 300dpi to fit an A3 page, and have it ready to supply at this size as a psd file. Please label your file with your name.

Deadline:
Please submit your artwork by midnight Friday 30th January, but the sooner you get your piece in the better as the exhibition is very soon, and we will be making decisions as we find art that we like. Please send a lo res version of your file labelled with your name and sized 480 pixels wide 72 dpi to info[@]ameliasmagazine.com with the title VALENTINES ART. Please write 150-200 words about your work to appear on the website (inspiration, process, etc) and include your website, twitter and instagram links so we can connect with you.

Categories ,70 Paul Street, ,Alfred & Wilde, ,East End Prints, ,Giclee, ,Helen Lang, ,Open brief, ,Patrick Thomas, ,Valentine’s Day, ,Valentines, ,wetpaint

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