2nd July 2008
well worth the meander
Turn abruptly off of Oxford Streets busy rush rush rush (there's a slipway next to H&M) and you find yourself in the laid back and cafe cultured lanes of Marylebone.
I love this part of london, not only are there some marvellous shops, but I'm risking nearly failing to mention to one of the best places in the area: Bean Juice. The healthy side of super healthy Bean Juice is one up on the its chain counterparts; here staff are super friendly - and very happy to enter into a banter of 'so how do you feel', and 'how can we make you feel better'. Slightly worse for wear due to a lack of sleep and dancing on the tiles all night, my last visit was met with a bleary eyed and thick voiced response (or rather grunt) that resulted in a concoction green in colour (suspicious) but assured that 'down in one' would perk me up. Gosh they weren't wrong. Green Giants aside, I don't know what the Bean team put in that little super juice (green by all accounts) but WOW perked up and raring to go after this super juice. Also on offer are some rather lovely cakes, muffins and dried (super) fruit treats.
After my next fatiguing outing i'll be sure to head back to Bean Juice. also rather lovely is to sit outside of an afternoon and people watch those rushing by... Those are the ones missing out on the high juice content inside :-)