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Eight months in and we're up to number 40. You don't need to be a maths genius to work out that we're not going to get to 100 before Christmas. And we've done most of the best breakfast options, so Mrs WEST4URANTS wasn't exactly bowled over when I suggested we might hit one of the Acton Lane cafes for her birthday breakfast.
But then we remembered we hadn't been to Gail's this year. It's not exactly an old favourite, but we have been fairly regularly and its coffee did help Master WEST4URANTS get through his A-levels, being the perfect distance from the library for a break.
Gail's opened in Chiswick in 2010 on the site previously occupied by Clinton Cards. While working together at McKinsey, Israeli Ran Avidan and Floridian Tom Molnar bought half of Gail Mejia's bread business and opened their first neighbourhood bakery in Hampstead in 2005. There are now more than 30 Gail's around London.
The birthday girl and elder Miss WEST4URANTS went for the Greek yoghurt with seasonal fruit compote and granola (I accept that the picture makes it look like vanilla ice cream with strawberry sauce, but anyone who knows them knows that's not very likely). Miss W's friend opted for the fruit salad and an orange juice, a nutritional step up from her usual Diet Coke start to the day.
And because I'd had such a modest supper the previous evening (see last blog) I opted for the egg and bacon on an English muffin. And between us we got through a few black Americanos; the coffee is better here than many of the specialist coffee shops on the High Road.
Food (for 4): £24.00
Drink: £18.35
Total: £42.35
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