Rather a lot of time has been spent in cafes this week. We are blessed with very many in Penzance, but however many there are, they always seem to attract a crowd. Take the Front Room, on Market Jew St, Penzance for example, It's only been open five minutes but looks like it's already a popular favourite. A month actually, but today was the first time I'd been in. There were a few familiar faces in there, one of them being Sara MacDonald, whose book 'The hour before dawn' has been one of my favourite reads this year, and I urge everybody to read it.
I was meeting Lucy Cooper, who is also on The Penzance Litfest organising team. Partly to talk Litfest, partly just to catch up. We did the Professional Writing MA together at Falmouth. Lucy is a Penwith girl and the café is the work of her friend Kate Jamieson, so it was good to go in and see how it was doing.
First impression is that it's a TARDIS of a café. It goes back a long way, and has an upstairs, so plenty of room for gatherings. In fact the upstairs room would be ideal for small meetings and groups.
We were just meeting for coffee, but what with one thing and another, it turned out to be brunch time before we sat down, and the brunch menu offered Eggs Benedict, which is kind of irresistible, though often disappointing. Not this time though. The hollandaise sauce was just right, a good balance of acidity and richness and the perfect amount - not mean, and not selfish. It left room for the delicious ham and sunshine-yellow yolked eggs to shine through too.
I should be the size of a house. I'm not. I just drink tea in the evenings while working on the second Winciette Jenkins novel, (The Dangerous Lies of Blue-Eyed Boys) and chew on a lettuce leaf or a carrot stick. It's ALL about balance.
The Front Room, Market Jew St, Penzance https://www.facebook.com/thefrontroom.penzance
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