Did I ever tell you about that yogurt?

When I talk about things that I love about London I wonder if I wouldn't be more unique if everything I loved was some kind of best kept secret. But the fact of the matter is, I like the Fortnum & Mason food hall.

There I said it.

I just can't seem to pass it by without stopping in. I'm not so interested in the jams and teas on the ground floor, it's the good stuff in the lower level that always lures me in.

As luck would have it recently, just when my feet started to complain from all the walking and my stomach started to alert me to the dinner hour, I was in the neighbourhood.

I picked up a couple of ripe yellow tomatoes, some hand-picked local arugula, some French goat's cheese (a crottin de something or other, I forget now), some organic Salchichon* from Spain and for dessert, a blood orange and a pot of honey yogurt.
To some, this dinner is maybe kind of meh. To me though: oy.
Happy happy.
And let me tell you about that yogurt.
Perfectly creamy and smooth, with the purest honey flavour--not overly sweet. Just right.
AND, River Cottage, treats its cows well.
I put my hands on my hips, cock my head to the side and ask you this:
"It makes the yogurt taste that much better, doesn't it?"
I think SO!
AND in case you recognize the River Cottage name, yes this is Hugh-Fearnley Whittingstall's yogurt, so to speak.

Nice work Hugh.
Nice work.


Fine yogurt. I could have licked the jar clean.
But if I had, I probably wouldn't admit it.


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*Salchichon: like chorizo but with pepper instead of paprika

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River Cottage Website

Fortnum & Mason Food Hall
181 Piccadilly, London
tube: Piccadilly Circus or Green Park

If you do want to know a secret: don't overlook the wine bar in the food hall at Fortnum & Mason just because you're not in the mood for wine. (Does that even happen?) You can rest your feet a bit over a pot of fresh mint tea (made from leaves) and a couple of champagne truffles.