French Onion Soup ...
- ianrpea
- Sep 18
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 4
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The Victoria Mill Art & Antiques Centre :Â
The Loft Cafe :Â
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 The other morning whilst out on a mission I stopped for a coffee of the quality I like and spotted on the specials board in the homely little cafe at the Victoria Mill in Congleton a French Onion Soup, which called out to me for myriad reasons!Â
For one, it's the weather outside; decidedly Autumnal now.
It whispered comfort to me. For the second, it is October now and back in the past two years my lover and I had taken up residence in the magical city of Dijon for the month. This year we aren't going for too many reasons to mention here, and it is with huge regret and a tinge of sadness too! Perhaps because of the new emotional attachment it seems that literally everyone we know or hear of through friends of friends is going to France instead of us.
 Enough of the melodrama! There are a great many things to be getting on with. In October up to early December I will be featuring work from my portfolio as Limited Edition Prints on the walls. There is a collaborative venture in furniture design - using reclaimed Oak - in memory, from a beautiful beam salvaged from an ancient farmhouse and former coaching inn, the owner of which decided that a steel beam was the future.Â
There is also a fine collection of quality books with a serious leaning into the art of the Folio Society Collection to be perused and even owned …
All this within a sniff of the aforementioned cafe .. do come along! Perhaps see you there.
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For the meantime, close your eyes and breathe in the fragrant aroma of a home made French Onion Soup such as that nurtured in the pan by Ian Whitehouse, the chef of Michelin starred experience in his Loft Cafe at Victoria Mill ..Â
French Onion Soup (Vegetarian Version!)
