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A Gold
A lovingly restored Georgian building houses this old-fashioned British shop, with damson gin, ginger beer, elderflower cordial, pork pies, Eccles cakes, fudge, jars full of boiled sweets and other nostalgic treats.
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Algerian Coffee Stores
Stop and have a shot of espresso made in-store, while you select your fresh-ground coffee beans. Choose among dozens of varieties of coffees and teas.
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Books For Cooks
All the recipe books from celeb and non-celeb chefs. Perfect for some of the more adventurous cooks among you, or those looking for 'exotic' cookbooks. The café has a test kitchen where you can sample recipes.
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Coffee, Cake & Kink
Enjoy coffee and cake seated among an interesting display of sex implements.
***NB: This shop is currently closed as they search out new premises. See website for details and updates. ***
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Fortnum & Mason
London's oldest department store celebrated its 300th birthday in 2007 by not yielding to modern times (its staff are still dressed in old-fashioned tail-coats) and keeping its glam food hall supplied by the famed food hampers, cut marmalade, speciality teas and so on. Downstairs is an elegant wine bar designed by the man behind the Wolseley. Clothes, gifts and perfumes occupy the other six floors.
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Konditor & Cook
This elegant cake shop and bakery produces wonderful cakes - lavender and orange, lemon and almond, massive raspberry meringues - and loaves of warm bread with olives, nuts and spices. K&C's shops can be also found at 22 Cornwall Rd, SE1; 46 Gray's Inn Rd WC1 and at Curzon Soho cinema.
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Lisboa Patisserie
We've listed this as a shopping option, because the pasteis de nata (Portuguese custard tarts) are divine, but the café is really too small to be conducive. So grab a takeaway instead.
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Louis Patisserie
One of London's oldest coffee and cake shops, Louis Patisserie was started by Hungarian immigrant Louis Permayer in 1963 and it hasn't changed a bit since. Eclairs, almond pretzels, marzipan cookies, cream slices and macaroons wink at you from the window, and they're packed in a pretty striped box for you to take away. You can also sit down in the breathtaking little tearoom, best on Sundays when Hampstead's old-skool Eastern European ladies and gentlemen come here for coffee and cake.
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Minamoto Kitchoan
Walking into this Japanese sweet shop is a mind-blowing experience. Wagashi - Japanese sweets - are made out of all sorts of beans and rice and shaped into glazed red cherries, green-bean bunches or spiky kidney bean rolls. Order a couple, sit down and enjoy with a complimentary green tea, or buy a box for a sure-hit souvenir.
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Monmouth Coffee Company
A little bit more about buying and tasting ground coffee beans than its equivalent in Borough, this nevertheless has a little space where you can sup a delicious brew.
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Neal's Yard Dairy
A fabulous, smelly cheese house that would fit in rural England, this place is proof that the British can do just as well as the French when it comes to big rolls of ripe cheese. There are more than 70 varieties that the shopkeepers will let you taste, including independent farmhouse brands. Condiments, pickles, jams and chutneys are also available.
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Rococo
Rococo is synonymous with real chocolate that comes in glorious moulds and flavours. There are truffles, Swiss chocolates, organic bars, surprising vegan varieties and bags of assorted 'broken chocolate' so you can taste different varieties.
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Rosslyn Delicatessen
This enchanting store has been voted the best local delicatessen in London by radio station LBC and the Independent newspaper, and we wholeheartedly agree with the verdict. There is a fantastic meat counter, with the most aromatic pancetta you'll ever try, the jarred chutneys, terrines and marinated vegetables are a wonder and you'll find unusual flavours like caramelised onions, damson jam and mulberry salad dressing. The cakes, chocolates and Union Roasters coffee are delicious, too.
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Verde's
It's all about slow food and quality ingredients these days, and novelist Jeanette Winterson joined the ranks some years ago with this stylish, olde-worlde deli on the ground floor of her listed London home. The atmosphere is rustic and broody and the food delicious. Don't expect to find her serving behind the counter, though.
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Vintage House
A whisky connoisseur's paradise, this shop stocks more than 1000 single-malt Scotches, from smooth Macallan to peaty Lagavulin.
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