I don't think there's anywhere I would rather spend a Sunday afternoon than amidst the hustle and bustle of Columbia Road Flower Market and the experience was made even better last weekend by the discovery of this absolutely brilliant new spot. Not being able to get a seat is always a good sign, though that was of course also something to do with it being pretty small and cosy inside. Nevertheless it was brimming with customers queuing for expertly made coffees and ogling over the finest selection of enormous cakes, brownies, huge oozing wads of fresh focaccia and other delights (all freshly made that morning in the open kitchen behind the counter).The coffee, Colemans, from an independent roastery run by a young man in Bermondsey was superb and made two delicious flat whites.
Now soup is normally something I would find it hard to drum up any real enthusiasm for but the pea, mint and horseradish concoction that two friends opted for was absolutely sensational - unanimously voted the best we had ever tasted and I was ordered to run in and ask the lovely chef for the recipe. He was most obliging and went to painstaking lengths to talk me through every detail. In fact all the staff were hugely friendly and as excited about the place as I was.
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