Sometimes when I wake up it feels like I am at sea watching a big ocean liner pass by. It is the view from my home in one of the two stepped concrete apartment blocks that make up the Brunswick Centre in Bloomsbury. When you visit skip the chain stores of the shopping centre below (except for the excellent Renoir Cinema) and instead get an invitation to one of the small but gorgeous flats with their winter gardens or just wander through the spectacular concrete A frames and across the vast sun drenched terraces on podium level.

Great little independent bookshop in central London run by Tamsin Clark. Weird and wonderful selection of photo books, magazines, artist books, poetry and more.

Simple, Authentic and Delicious dishes made with excellent produce. Makes you feel like you are on holiday. 

 Great sourdough bread, beautiful pastries and Roman-style pizza slices. 

Quick, easy, cheap thai food. It's fairly new to me, but easily makes this list.