Food Heaven

A couple hours ago I was quickly browsing my news feed on Pinterest and saw a picture of a food counter in Harrods, the famous upmarket department store in London. It brought back memories of our trip to London in the summer of 2014, and of course we visited Harrods at that time. I wanted to show both the Geek and Kaefer the amazing food hall.

But before I show you pictures of the Harrods food hall, I want to show you two images of the ceiling - two very different ones.

Both were so pretty and quite well demonstrate all the ornate details that went into the construction of this beautiful building.

Harrods is expensive. Not really my place to shop, but it's wonderful to walk around and look at all the displays. The food hall is amazing and, to be honest, very decadent.

Sausages, cold cuts and all kinds of meat...

and a rich variety of yummy looking pies that I bet were delicious.

Wonderful Charentais melons which in my humble opinion are the best melons in the world - small, juicy and sweet. The Charentais originated in the 1920's in the Poitou-Charentes region of western France. It is a very delicate melon and highly valued, but usually is not commercially shipped (Charentais in the United States - if you're lucky to find them - are mostly imported from Mexico). I remember them from growing up and living in Europe; I've also tried to grow them here in California, but haven't been very successful.

Let's go to the sweet treats that we all love so much. What about cupcakes - luxurious ones, of course!

Or perhaps you like figs much better and want to try all these different ones? With candied ginger? Or walnuts?

I was drooling over this display - chocolate is totally my thing and I wish I could have tasted them all!

Could someone please give me this little gift box? Come on, I'm really not asking for much!

And since we're in London, capital of the tea drinking nation, there's tea - lots of it, of course.