Trinity Stores

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Uber Ploughman's 22nd April 2008

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Sat down for a light lunch and ordered a Ploughman's. Expected usual. Got exceptional. The cheese was freshly cut Lincolnshire Poacher. Ham was freshly sliced and full of flavour. Came with a little salad. Perfect dressing. Home made chutney was right up my alley. Bread was fresh and crusty. Simple, quality ingredients worked really well to make this the best ploughman I have had since camping as a young man.

mazphd at 23/04/08

best 'camping ploughman?'... and without the rain!

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NatWilde

1st March 2007

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Don't listen to estate agents. Balham is a lot friendlier than Notting Hill and Trinity Stores is one of the best breakfast places when you're nursing a hangover at the weekend.

VictoriaR

Balham - Gateway to the Mouth 6th February 2007

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If you listen to estate agents, Balham is metamorphosising into the Notting Hill of South London, and with delis like Trinity Stores popping up like organic mushrooms, they might have a point. (In a good way.) Tucked down a side street opposite Balham Station, Trinity Stores offers a delicious selection of regional deli foods, wines, oils, cheeses, homemade cakes and so on, working on the principle that someone stumbling off the train home can pick up a restorative picnic supper: quiches, juicy stuffed peppers, multicoloured salads are all tempting. Although a tenner might be pushing it once you've picked up a sour dough loaf or some Woodalls Cumberland sausage: this is very much a 'you get what you pay for' establishment. If you're very short on time, the kitchen can whip up a whole dinner party's worth of food for you, and with the decent wine selection and flowers, all you need to remember are the guests.

This commendable commitment to good food extends to running the regular Sunday Farmers' Market in Hildreth Street, and wine and cheese tasting nights - perfect for Balham's growing ranks of foodies. With the major chains now moving in like plastic sharks - Starbucks, Cafe Nero - it's worth supporting high-quality independents like Trinity Stores. It's like the best 'foodie market town' deli you've ever been in, but in central London. Bliss.