An Organic Farmer's Market Surprise

On sunny Saturday last Spring in London, I unexpectedly discovered the Pimlico Road Farmer's Market. If you have been following my Blog, you will know that I enjoy visiting outdoor markets to discover and shop all the variety of food, vegetables, fruits, flowers, drinks and other beautiful things available for sale. I couldn't believe that I would see an open Organic market right in London. I was in the area to actually eat at one of my favourite eating places in London at Daylesford Organic Farmshop right here at Pimlico Road. It was my first time to venture in this area south of Sloane Square. Pimlico Road is known as London's premiere Design District. I discovered shops of some well known British Interior Designers and antiques dealers including Linley, Lord Linley's (The Queen's nephew) bespoke furniture and gift Home accessories shop. So it was a big surprise for me to see this buzzling outdoor market right here at Orange Square.

Of course I wandered around excitedly to discover all of the goodies available. I learnt that this is an Organic market with fresh produce from English farms. The organic farmers from the countryside bring their produce here for sale to the city folk. The market is only open on Saturdays from 9 am till 1 pm. This stall offered different sizes and colours of tomatoes.

There were Organic greens available for the local shoppers.

Whenever I am in London, I eat healthy with all of their organic juices and produce easily available in restaurants, cafes and Grocery stores. My breakfast in London usually includes drinking an organic Apple juice usually served in a bottle just like in the above photo. I don't like Orange juice. Here in Toronto, I usually drink Cranberry juice which is grown abundantly in Bala, Ontario.
Believe me, the Apple Juice in London was delicious and looked differently than here in Toronto. The one in London tasted more like actual apple fruit with the same texture and creme yellowish colour. Unlike here in Canada, Organic juices and produce are hard to find and usually expensive. Our apple juice here is more golden colour, very refined and have a quite bitter taste. 

All beautifully bottled English Organic Apple Juice and Organic Pear Juice for sale.

Here are a variety of Organic English cheeses with some samples for Patrons to try tasting for their cheese selections.

 Even the lovely sun is shining on these J. Gould cheeses.
I loved this one in front which is the J. Gould mild cheddar cheese. So creamy delicious.
 How do you like your cheese? 

Then after my exploration in the outdoor market and since I do not have a kitchen in London, time to stop at Daylesford for some breakfast. The ground floor is a shop where they sell all of their organically grown produce which comes from their farm in Gloucestershire. The second floor is the restaurant. They also have a renowned Cooking school at their farm. Even dogs have their own free parking here.

The Eggs Benedict were made from all organically grown ingredients from the Daylesford Farm. My orange coloured juice was freshly made with carrots, apple and ginger. We sat by the tables overlooking Pimlico Road.

The sun is shining in London on this lovely spring Saturday morning.

To discover the premiere Interior Designers and Antique Dealers shops around Pimlico Road,
visit the Belgian Pearls Blog: Short Trip to London.


Get out and explore. May you all have a sunny weekend!

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Daylesford Organic Farmshop & Cafe

Daylesford Organic Cafe.

The Daylesford Farmshop and Organic Cafe located at 44B Pimlico Rd, London was one of my best discoveries during my trip to London last April. Not only, did I discover the beautiful charm of Pimlico Road which I wrote about in my previous blog post, Weekend in Pimlico Road but also spent some time exploring the Daylesford Organic Cafe. I visited Daylesford on a Saturday morning to eat breakfast there. Daylesford Organic has a cafe and farmshop selling their fresh organic farm products like their award winning cheese, vegetables, meat, different kinds of  organic fruit juices and Wines, even a bakery, they sell kitchen wares, Recipe books, candles and even Organic Bath and Body products.All made from products from their organic farm.  Their farm is located in  Gloucestershire where they have been farming organically for 25 yrs. Daylesford have several branches around London including the one at Selfridges Department Store on Oxford Street. Here in Toronto, we do not have many Organic restaurants. I was so delighted to visit this place, eating their delicious organic food and shopping around for their organic products. For more information, Daylesford Organic  also offers a cooking school and even an invitation to visit their  Gloucestershire farm in the English Cotswolds. Now I love and enjoyed everything organic food which I  happily discovered in London. Come and discover Daylesford Organic here.

The Cafe and Organic Food...

My fresh organic juice made with carrots, apple and ginger.  One of the events at Daylesford Organic Cafe in Pimlico is the Monthly Supper Club which is an invitation to sample their seasonal three course supper.

 Eggs Benedict made with their organic ham, eggs and freshly baked organic bread.

My healthy breakfast of organic porridge with syrup on the side, fresh organic fruits -apple, pears  and raisins which I sprinkled into the porridge then topped with the syrup. Delicious!



For the Kitchen...

Here are the Kitchen wares for sale.

Daylesford Organic offers the cookbook written by Jane Clarke, Nourish.  Jane Clarke is Britain's most popular and trusted nutritionist. It is a good thing that Daylesford Organic and Jane Clarke support each other as they both promote nutritional eating and lifestyle.

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Weekend in Pimlico Road

Pimlico Road, London

One of the pleasures of travelling off the beaten path is the discovery of the unexpected.  During my visit to London last month of April, I went off the beaten path and visited Pimlico Road. My purpose in coming to Pimlico Road was  to actually eat at Daylesford Organic Cafe. I learnt about this glorious Organic Cafe from the blogs of Canadian House & Home Editor in Chief, Suzanne Dimma and also from Jeanne's Blog Collage of Life. So I ventured to Daylesford Organic Cafe on a sunny Saturday morning, which was already a treat in usually rainy London, to have breakfast there. On the way to Pimlico Road, I rode the Tube all the way to Sloane Square, then rode the Bus #11 which travelled along Lower Sloane Street, passed along the beautiful view of Red brick townhouses along the way. After my breakfast at Daylesford Organic Cafe, I  discovered that the area has so many beautiful shops including David Linley's Furniture shop. As you know, David Linley is the son of the late Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon. David's Aunt happens to be Queen Elizabeth II.  But David Linley would like to be known as a Master Carpenter in his creation of high quality furniture. There are also many antique furniture stores around and also some clothing shops. But my best discoveries were the Saturday morning Organic Food Market right on the square near Daylesford and also the Wild at Heart Flower Shop which just delighted me. Visiting Daylesford Organic Cafe filled my stomach with their delicious food. I promise to share my visit to Daylesford Organic in a future blog post. But visiting Pimlico Road with the Saturday Organic Food Market, the Flower shop and the shops around just delighted my heart and soul. Pimlico Road felt like the main street of an English country village. But it is located in London.  It was a peaceful, sunny and delightful Saturday morning visit in Pimlico Road, London.

A peaceful Saturday morning bus ride along rows and rows of Red brick London Townhouses on Lower Sloane Street, near Sloane Square.

Breakfast at Daylesford Organic Cafe

Wild at Heart Flower Shop is getting ready for the Shoppers stopping by on a sunny Saturday.

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