7/29/2019 0 Comments BAR SNACKS OF BRIXTON VILLAGEBy Layla Brixton Village is brimming with bars - but as someone who doesn't drink all that much, what interests me more is what I'm snacking on alongside my glass of wine. (And whether my dog is allowed to join us.) Which is why my current drinking spots of choice in Brixton Village are Champagne and Fromage, and the new Wine Parlour bottleshop (as opposed to the Wine Parlour main shop on Atlantic Road which doesn't allow dogs, but does offer wine tastings and WSET courses). So what am I snacking on? Well if I'm in Champagne and Fromage I have an important decision: savoury or sweet? If it's savoury, you can order a cheeseboard of up to seven cheeses (or presumably more if feeling exciting - I still remember a 20-cheese cheeseboard I had in Washington DC...) and it's extra fun as you can you and look at all the cheeses and choose what you want and they come on a lovely board with various accoutrements. But to be honest, I'm swayed by sweet, and Champagne and Fromage unexpectedly has my favourite dessert item in Brixton: a trio of caneles. They come in three flavours (vanilla, salted caramel and rum) and they are decadent, delicious little bites of dessert heaven. Also because there are three, you can share them, or at least pretend to. £6.50 for the three. Borrowed this photo of caneles from here because I keep eating them before I remember to photograph them... But these seem a bit extravagant for a little bar snack, say you of low ambition. No problem: that's where the Wine Parlour comes in. Water lily seed snacks are amazing. I don't even know how to describe them. Maybe like a more substantial, savoury popcorn or Japanese rice cracker with a light spice to them. The taste and texture are subtle and unusual and I am just a little bit obsessed with them... What are your favourite bar snacks around Brixton? Suggestions in the comments please, and maybe I'll set out on a bar snacks safari later in the summer...
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