Cafe Caffe

There aren’t too many cafes around that have adequate outdoor seating where you can make the most of your lunch hour by sitting outside and catching some rays (on the off chance the sun is out!).
I wasn’t overly impressed with my baguette (the lettuce tasted a bit soggy!) but being able to sit outside made up for it.
The lady behind the counter was friendly and offered her advice on what fillings were most popular as I was feeling a litte undecisive that day.
All in all, a good café that’s perfect to sit down and grab a bite to eat, not too expensive so easy on the purse strings.

‘ello ‘ello! What’s this hidin’ down a side street? I was alerted of this place by my friend Kit who I met there today to discuss a photo shoot.
I’m a bit of a jitterbug after a coffee so I pass on one of those. I’m hungry though. Independent café food in Kings Heath can tend to go one of two predictable ways: Either cheap ingredients go to make food at an affordable price, or buzz words like ‘local’, ‘free-​range’, and ‘organic’ hike the price up and aren’t always a guarantee that you’ll get good for your money.
Café Caffe make everything on their premises, (apart from the chips), but they don’t harp on about it. Instead they have a casual attitude of agreement with the customer that of course this is what is expected and its how things should be and so they will be.
Flame me! What’s this on the menu? Crispy Pancakes? The grandaddy of all ready meals! Surely this place isn’t funded by Findus? Gladly, no. These large packages with classic fillings are made right here, at the size that you wished that they’d always been. They strike a balance between pie and pastie with the gratifying crunch and comfort of a fried chip-​shop product.
What’s for dessert? Look at the skies right now, (we’re in mid-​June 2012), and you’ll wonder what season we are in. The luscious Summer Pudding from this establishment will make your tummy sunny, even if the weather is doing its best to make you think that this blanket of rain will last until 2015. If you are reading this review at another time, I’m sure there are some seasonal delicacies on a par with this one.

Burrowed down a side street of the Kings Heath high street I only stumble across Café Caffe by chance after wandering aimlessly down this particular side street — I otherwise wouldn’t have known it was there. So I decided to have myself a coffee and try to coordinate the direct of my day into some sort of productive series of actions.
It’s a pleasant café, the disadvantage that being burrowed away creates, also creates a quiet space to have a cup of joe and escape the masses of Poundland pilgrims wandering back and forth along the high street.
It’s a humble café, my coffee was nice, the setting beats a high street setting and the atmosphere was calm. I did eventually coordinate my day into a productive series of actions and I think I can only, fairly, attribute some of the credit to Café Caffe.