Spoon Deli, New Park Road, and other local shops

[happyshopper]

beautiful purple flowered trees

There's another one in Tunstall Road, just opposite the tube station.

 

[lang rabbie]

Is it a paler hybrid of the Judas Tree Cercis siliquastrum which flowers in May IIRC

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Nah, looks like a Foxglove tree, Paulownia tomentosa

 

[Mrs Magpie]

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paulownia_tomentosa_JPG3b.jpg

 

[lang rabbie]

Ta muchly, Mrs M

 

[Mrs Magpie]

It's quite a good street tree. There are more and more getting planted.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

The tree that had me and a few other gardeners I know flummoxed for a while was the loquat. You see it quite a lot in gardens around Brixton. Looks really tropical but it's Chinese.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

My present tree for flummoxation is one I've seen around the Victoria area. There's one just outside The Greencoat Boy round the back of what used to be the Army & Navy.

 

[Planty]

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paulownia_tomentosa_JPG3b.jpg

 

[Planty]

My present tree for flummoxation is one I've seen around the Victoria area. There's one just outside The Greencoat Boy round the back of what used to be the Army & Navy.

http://www.fancyapint.com/pubs/pub1520.html

This one? Hmm... *searches for glasses*

 

[Mrs Magpie]

It's a lot bigger than that now...it has variegated leaves a bit like privet but bugger.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

It's a lot bigger than that now...it has variegated leaves a bit like privet but bugger.

Bugger you don't have a photo of it?

 

[Mrs Magpie]

bugger that it's about the only tree I cannot name

 

[ajdown]

bugger that it's about the only tree I cannot name

Call it Dave?

 

[brix]

Bit skint at the moment but was in need of treats today.

Popped over to Spoon and bought a delicious crusty onion and walnut loaf, a slab of suberb Morbier cheese, and a big bar of fair trade and organic dark truffle chocolate. All for just over £6. Not bad, eh?

 

[nagapie]

I just got a friend to pick up one of Spoon's chicken pies. It's not that they're not delicious, they are, but the chicken one was for a friend as I'm a veggie but it won't still be good when friend visits. The pies are highly recommended, along with the cheese selection.

 

[brix]

I just got a friend to pick up one of Spoon's chicken pies. It's not that they're not delicious, they are, but the chicken one was for a friend as I'm a veggie but it won't still be good when friend visits. The pies are highly recommended, along with the cheese selection.

Nell had just baked a load of pies when I was in earlier and they smelled bloody delicious! You know she does veggie pies too, don't you?

 

[nagapie]

Nell had just baked a load of pies when I was in earlier and they smelled bloody delicious! You know she does veggie pies too, don't you?

Yes, they're really good and I have one in my fridge right now.

 

[brix]

Yes, they're really good and I have one in my fridge right now.

She trained as a pastry chef and it shows! Enjoy

 

[joyy]

bought some olive bread from there and it was the best ever!!

 

[brix]

Spoon Deli's up for a 'Deli of the Year Award'! As a Brixton Hiller (Hillite?) I think it would be great if a local business won something like this. Nell's worked incredibly hard to make a go of the place and it's a real gem. Vote now at www.delioftheyear.co.uk

 

[nagapie]

Yeah, vote Spoon. It's awesome and it's in Brixton.

 

[Orang Utan]

i've only been once.
it's too far up the hill for this lazybones.
i'll vote anyway cos the one time i did go, nell was very friendly and sold me some nice cheese.

 

[ajdown]

Voted.

Reminds me, Nell's doing a cake for me this week and I need to pop in and check it's all going ok.

 

[quimcunx]

She sold me a gorgeous shropshire blue so I'll vote.

 

[ajdown]

I like the Lincolnshire Poacher she sells - nice hard, strong cheese with a real bite.