Konditor & Cook

Litro_K

12th May 2009

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This is my closest lunchtime pit stop and I like it more every time I visit. They have the most superb cakes and proper, buzz-giving coffee in a quirky and quaint setting - you have to love the aubergine exterior and crown glass windows.

I do wish they had some tables to eat at, but there’s a park very nearby with lots of inviting benches and some charming gentlemen with a taste for Tennents Super Brew. If you can get past that, their hot lunch menus change daily and are worth every penny – chili con carne and rice is around a fiver for an enormous portion. The soups and salads are reasonable and suitably virtuous, but if you really want to push the boat out, try the glittery carrot cake, or the über chocolate brownies - wickedly, stupidly good.

chrismac

great cakes 14th September 2008

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I used to walk passed this bakery/confectioner on my way to and from work, peering in longingly at the delicious cakes in the window, like a 19th century street urchin. And it looks like just that kind of shop too, on the corner or a cobbled street, with little panes of glass and everything beautifully presented and tied up in ribbon. The cakes are very very good, and there's a huge variety. They also produce various breads, scones, pastries and sweets. At lunch, there's often a queue out the door for sandwiches and salads - a small menu that changes daily. It's not cheap, but they use excellent ingredients and you can really tell.