Viva Lewes Issue #134 November 2017
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FOOD<br />
Hot Chocolate<br />
Real Eating Company<br />
It’s mid-October, and I’ve just about given up hoping for an<br />
Indian summer. The big coats are out, the heating’s on, the<br />
mornings are dark. One particularly blustery Wednesday I<br />
decide to cheer myself up. I’ve only been in the office an hour,<br />
but I wrap back up and head out in search of something warming<br />
and delicious.<br />
When I get towards the bottom of Cliffe High Street, I remember<br />
a <strong>Viva</strong> colleague telling me that the Real Eating Company<br />
have started doing coconut lattes. Their shiny-looking menu tells me that they do coconut hot chocolates<br />
and coconut mochas too. I go for a mocha (£3.95) and while I’m ordering, I spot Smashed Avocado,<br />
Tomato and Spinach (£7.95 with poached eggs), realise I haven’t had breakfast, and order that as well.<br />
I sit by the window so I can look at the weather. My food arrives, the ‘smashed’ avocado smothered over<br />
one of the slices of sourdough toast, with wilted spinach topping the other, and a perfectly poached egg<br />
on top of each. Then the coconut mocha: the antidote to my autumn blues. It’s rich and creamy, with a<br />
thick layer of froth on top. A sort of breakfast-dessert. I sit and sip it with both hands wrapped around the<br />
mug for as long as seems reasonable, before deciding that I’d really better get back.<br />
On my walk back up School Hill, the sun suddenly emerges between the clouds and I get that forgotten<br />
feeling of warmth on my face. Perhaps there’s still hope. Rebecca Cunningham<br />
18 Cliffe High Street<br />
Photo byRebecca Cunningham<br />
Love<br />
Local<br />
1st & 3rd Saturday<br />
Every Month<br />
9am-1pm, Cliffe Precinct<br />
www.commoncause.org.uk
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