Full of flavour and bread exactly as I would expect with out a hole in sight and no disintegrating into crumbs either. There was also a huge array of sweet treats including scones, Danishes and brownies but I’ve struggled less with finding gluten-free sweet goodies so knew that it had to be a savoury choice.Īfter much deliberation I went for “Off The Hook”, a traditional tuna melt on bloomer bread and it really didn’t disappoint. Bloomer-bread sandwiches ready to be warmly squished down into the perfect toasty smaller open baguettes stuffed full of fresh fillings such as prosciutto, minted goat’s cheese, fresh rocket & tomato chilli jam. Sourdough and baguettes to take away nestled invitingly in wicker baskets. After months of having no bread of any description I felt entirely spoiled for choice. The staff are polite and friendly and extremely knowledgeable about the products available. It is modern but warm, the perfect place to hang out with some relaxed music in the background without being pretentious. It’s small but perfectly formed with a variety of seating areas including a window-facing bar table, banquettes along the wall and a larger round table at the back.Īnd the decor, OH the decor! Being a massive interiors lover, I was delighted to find the cafe decked out in combinations of grey and yellow which if you’re a reader of the blog you’ll know I love. The bakery is open daily and sells a wonderful range of breads, take-away sandwiches and cakes as well as providing catering, bespoke orders and of course the option to eat any of their sandwiches and cakes in their stylishly snug cafe. Bliss!ĭespite being in a mildly hungover state as we made our way into town, my excitement at trying bread once again knew no bounds. There are some incredibly supportive social media groups out there and it was through one of them that I heard about Beyond Bread, a relatively new cafe and bakery tucked into a little street a short walk from Goodge Street station and even better for me, in the perfect part of London to hit all the home shops afterwards – Heals, Habitat, West Elm, Dwell, Lombok as well as Paperchase’s three-floor flagship store and a fairly new Oliver Bonas are ALL on the same street. And so gradually I decided to forget about it and focus on changing how I ate rather than what, swapping sandwiches for soups or salad, toast for gluten-free porridge and eggs. It was a huge struggle to adjust in the beginning and I experimented with making my own non-gluten bread but it didn’t taste the same. In fact, daily food was entirely bread-based – toast at breakfast, sandwiches at lunchtime, some kind of bread with dinner. I can assure you though that spending hours vomiting – or even bleeding – is not all in my head and so with trepidation and excitement I embraced my new, permanent, way of life.įood is a great love of mine and being British, lunch was default – sandwiches. Of course people think that dietary-related illnesses are fads, all in our minds or stress-related. It’s now been 8 months since I was diagnosed with gluten intolerance after becoming increasingly ill as 2015 went on and prodding and poking, colonoscopies and blood tests finally revealed that whilst not coeliac, I’m very allergic to wheat, barley, rye and a whole host of other things that since eliminating them from my diet I’ve felt like an entirely new person. This year we decided to make more effort to use some of our weekend time to visit new places and try new things and so last Saturday we set off for Fitzrovia to have breakfast at Beyond Bread, an entirely gluten-free cafe located just a short walk from Goodge Street station in Central London. There’s nothing I love more than using weekend time to get out and about and explore with Pete – we’ve spent so long running markets for DaisychainBaby or using that precious time for such mundane tasks as cleaning and shopping that weekends were no longer fun and enjoyable and life was passing us by.
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