Henshelwoods Deli Delicatessen

jillycat

a treat of a place 10th September 2008

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This is a gem of a shop just of the market in York. The aromas of the cheeses hit you as you walking the shop. There is a stunning collection of cheese both British and continental. They also offer a great selection of cooked meats and hams. These is a real place to indulge in treat shopping or if you are having a dinner party putting together your cheese board as not only do they have the cheese but they have various different biscuits to go with them. They also have various good quality dry food ingredients. But my husband would say the best thing they do is their sandwiches which are in my opinion the best take out sandwiches in York all hand prepared in front of you hence the long queues!

mazphd

indulgent deli 10th May 2008

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I have a weakness for the small and perfectly formed things in life: little fluffy kittens, fairy cakes, those small sandwiches that come with afternoon tea and so on. So it's only natural that my favourite kind of food comes from locally sourced deli's. York used to have a deficit in deli's , but in the past couple of months new ones have opened up and opened up the palates of the city!

Henshelwoods is one of the originals. Slap bang in the middle of the city market setting, one of the delights of going here is the rush , rush , rush of customers, tourists, york locals etc all clammering to get noses pressed against the cheese counter.

Very popular at lunchtimes Henshelwoods have some fabulous handmade sandwich choices you can choose to make up, which means they're a marked improvement on just two slices of dry bread. The bread choice alone; sundried tomatoe, rosemary and basil, ciabatta etc. makes things more exciting already. Top choice fillings are the locally sourced fresh ham, and for you vegetarians cheese, cheese, cheese and more cheese!

Best to get from here is the italian deli salad (come early it runs out quick!) and the beetroot balsamic and red onion salad. The seafood salad is defintately from a jar, which is a shame as there's a perfectly decent fish mongers next door! But best of all to select are those cheeses. Try some of the sheep and goat options; a great treat for any cheese board!

The only let down is that it is quite pricey. And annoyingly i've been caught out 'cash short' and have 'had' to spend over £10 to pay by card. Still with such decadent quality little fooded morsals on offer I wasn't too hard pressed!

Oh if you ask nicely and plan ahead they can make up picnic hampers too! ding dong! if only there was a wine cellar too...