Poilane

My mother came to visit last week and one of the things she and I are good at is shopping! When she is here, we will always spend a few hours on Kings Road as it is fairly close to were we live. The only problem on these outings (apart from the fact that we spend too much money) is where to eat and drink around Sloane Square. Our problems are now solved as Poilane, the French bakery, has opened just opposite Peter Jones.  It looks absolutely gorgeous and of course the breads have all the attributes I love; stone-ground flour, sourdough and baked in wood-fired ovens. Their first bakery opened in St Germain in Paris in 1932 and in London in 2000. It took Lionel Poilane 2 years to get permission to use a wood-fired oven; the Great Fire of London in 1666 began in a bakery. Good thing my mother has already booked her next trip here!