The Urban Foodie: Full of Middle Eastern promise...

Sunday, 11 November 2007

Full of Middle Eastern promise...

On a recent scoot across London to visit a good friend in Westbourne Grove, I happened across this fabulous food emporium. Initially drawn in by the colourful array of fruits of vegetables on display, I then lingered on the heaving terracotta pots filled to the brim, and little pots of pomegranate. Inside were jars of delicious vine leaves, olives, preserved lemons, sumac, fresh dates and an array of scented waters. I was immediately transported to the climes and smells of Beirut, Marrakech, Istanbul...
It is precisely these stores full of incredible produce that make living in London a constant culinary adventure.

Sara Foods, Hereford Road, London W2.

3 comments:

Tony said...: Looks like it's worth a visit!; 12 November 2007 at 10:09
Tony said...: I finally made it here. And it was worth the visit :-); 21 November 2007 at 11:23
Steve Wallis said...: Great - it's such a gem! Glad you liked it, I will post more finds as and when I come across them..; 21 November 2007 at 11:33

MUSINGS AND QUOTES ON FOOD

"My weaknesses have always been food and men, in that order."

Dolly Parton

"Fish, to taste right, must swim three times - in water, in butter, and in wine."

Polish Proverb

"A fruit is a vegetable with looks and money. Plus, if you let fruit rot, it turns into wine, something Brussels sprouts never do."

P.J. O'Rourke

"An empty belly is the best cook."

Estonian Proverb

"A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch."

James Beard

"The smell and taste of things remain poised a long time, like souls, ready to remind us...."
Marcel Proust

"When the girl returned, some hours later, she carried a tray, with a cup of fragrant tea steaming on it; and a plate piled up with very hot buttered toast, cut thick, very brown on both sides, with the butter running through the holes in it in great golden drops, like honey from the honeycomb. The smell of that buttered toast simply talked to Toad, and with no uncertain voice; talked of warm kitchens, of breakfasts on bright frosty mornings, of cosy parlour firesides on winter evenings, when one's ramble was over and slippered feet were propped on the fender, of the purring of contented cats, and the twitter of sleepy canaries."
The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame

"People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it is safer to harrass rich women than motorcycle gangs."
Unknown

"Scallops are expensive, so they should be treated with some class. But then, I suppose that every creature that gives his life for our table should be treated with class."
Jeff Smith, The Frugal Gourmet

"Never eat more than you can lift.."
Miss Piggy, Diva.

"The squid is so cooperative. Its body forms a tube that can be stuffed with marvelous fillings. You don't have to be Greek to enjoy this one. "
Jeff Smith, The Frugal Gourmet

"The joys of the table belong equally to all ages, conditions, countries and times; they mix with all other pleasures, and remain the last to console us for their loss."
Jean Antheleme Brillet-Savarin, The Physiology of Taste