Macarons & More, Norwich The macarons are made with natural colourings and flavourings (like marigold and grape skins), and the "more" includes a range of speciality cakes to order (gateaux, "naked" sponges, layer cakes, croquembouche).
He's ordered the lump crab cake, the speciality.
For starters there's a non-stop array of Mediterranean tapas such as tarte à l'ail, and the speciality dessert is chestnut cake with a sorbet of Corsica's famous brocciu cheese.
Sakotis cakes, a speciality of Druskininkai's Romnesa restaurant, are made by ladling layers of batter on to a spit over a birchwood fire.
The speciality is baumkuchen, or tree cake, which is baked in 20 or so layers and looks like one of those revolving kebabs.
Low Sizergh Farm Sizergh, Kendal, Cumbria, 015395 60426 A farm shop, restaurant and tea room in one, this is the place to pick up very good, Cumbrian-reared and grown meat and veg, cheese and ice cream (made from milk from the farm's own herd) before sitting down for a cream tea or a slice of one of the rib-sticking cakes, which include local specialities such as Westmorland lemon cake.
In the same square is the Cafe Lukrecja, whose speciality is a rich, chocolate "mazurek" cake, adapted from a traditional recipe to commemorate the Chopin anniversary.
Specialities include Braughing sausages, victoria sponge cake and English truffles.
The à la carte menu includes house-made granola with yogurt and fresh fruit; hot oat cakes; and huevos motuleños, a hearty Yucatecan speciality that consists of eggs, refried beans, tomatoes, ham, cheese, peas and corn tortillas.
1006a Pollokshaws Road, Shawlands, 0141-636 6119, thegladcafe.co.uk This small, colourful basement space, decorated with Bollywood posters and imported Indian groceries, is much-loved for its daily curries and specialities such as its dhokla, a baked rice and semolina cake from Gujarat.
