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Millie’s Cookies Launch Party, Powder Room, Soho

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I am a little bit biased about anything that has the word Milly (or Millie) in it… but for Millie’s cookies there is no need to be biased as I genuinely love their sweet, yummy and utterly addictive products. With numerous branches brightening up dreary tube stations, they provide the perfect place to indulge in a sweet snack. I used to visit their shop in Hammersmith Station often after school with my best friend – we’d treat ourselves to a white chocolate cookie to munch on the journey home.

The range of the brand is expanding with the addition of many new and exciting recipes and designs; and last week I went along to the very fitting Thoroughly Modern Launch Party. Taking place at the fabulously retro Powder Room parlour in Soho, it was the ideal place to celebrate Millie’s new goodies. The downstairs room was adorned with beautiful cakes, cookies, teacups and plates… pink fizzy was on offer and girls giggled while trying the assortment of sugary sweets displayed.

I adored the cookie cakes; Millie’s are the first brand to create cupcakes made from a cookie dough recipe – they are quite heavy but as they are so mini it doesn’t matter… the flavour and decoration are amazing. Then there are the healthier cookies, with nuts, seeds, raisins and oatmeal featured in the ingredients substituting the more fattening chocolate chunks. The themed cookies and cakes caused quite a commotion, giant cookies inscribed with personalised messages and intricate drawings. My favourite spelt ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie’ and as a gift they let me take it home! These big cookies make wonderful gifts, at the launch there were hand drawn wedding and julibee themed ones.

While we scoffed, a film crew wandered around gathering footage for upcoming Millie’s Cookies short films and a lovely vintage dressed girl sat manicuring guests’ crumb covered hands.

Millie’s cookies are my kind of brand… pretty, pink and with the perfect products.

Visit the Millie’s Cookies website here, and look out for a competition and collaboration coming soon on Thoroughly Modern Milly!

The Deptford Project Cafe, Deptford

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Deptford is an area of London I only learnt of when my best friends moved there a year ago. It can be a bit rough… I had a particularly nasty run-in with an undercover policeman there on a train (he wrongly accused me of travelling without a ticket), but there are a few gems: gorgeously retro pie shops that still have their old signs, cute and quirky cafes, and some genius vintage shops, with second hand designer goods at extra low prices.

A few weekends ago, on a day out with the girls we walked down the High Street and ended up at the Deptford Project, a 35 tonne 1960s South East Train carriage that arrived in Deptford on Valentine’s Day 2008. Conceptualised by Raw Nerve and lovingly converted into a café/bistro by Studio Myerscough, this colourful venue is brightening up downtown Deptford.

The outside of this wacky train is painted in technicolor camouflage pattern, the inside is fun and kitsch with groovy lights and a fabulous sofa; little tables and stools are packed in to seat as many visitors as possible. I loved the stools which each had a different quirky quote, ‘hot seat’ and ‘window seat’ are two I remember. The toilet is outside in a shed, but not just any shed, it is fully decorated in Elvis Presley pictures and memorabilia.

The food is home-made from locally sourced ingredients and the coffee comes from sustainable farming projects around the world. We had lovely frothy cappuccinos, though disappointingly they arrived lukewarm. My friends abstained from indulging in the tempting cake, I couldn’t display the same self discipline and ordered a slice of their epic chocolate and orange. The cake was moist and full of flavour, with full fat, creamy chocolate icing, the portion was absolutely massive.

The Deptford Project has a great vibe, everyone is having a good time, enjoying the food, atmosphere and creative spirit.

Visit the website here.

The café is open:
Weekdays 9-5.30
Saturday 9-5.30
Sunday 10-4