East Harnham Deli
Harnham Road, Salisbury, SP2 8JG
I mentioned East Harnham Deli a few posts back on our walk to Odstock. Here’s a little more about it. Neatly perched just beyond Harnham bridge, it retains its original name on the shop hoarding, ‘A. Hand and Sons’. Outside are blackboards advertising the delicious wares of the deli from sweets and cakes (the best lemon drizzle cake we’ve tasted, they use real lemons and lots of them!) to homemade tarts and pasties. It sells a good selection of ‘dry’ deli foods made by decent companies including pasta, rice, cereals, tinned soup and more.
The real draw of the deli is however its fresh produce, much of it homemade which caters evenly for meat eaters and vegetarians. How wonderful to be able to buy excellent quality chorizo and marinated olives at the same time? Also available are stunning cheeses, fresh locally grown vegetables and fresh bread – the cashew nut bread is particularly good. The cold drinks available are also worthy of mention. They stock almost the whole range of Fentimans botanically brewed drinks including ginger beer, real lemonade and our favourite, danelion and burdock. This place is obviously run by people who love their food and drink and want to run a proper deli – it would be good to find out more about who they are! The fact it is open on Sundays also tells you something of their desire to not just run a shop but provide a service to the community and to visitors passing through.
East Harnham Deli have been nominated for the UKTV Local Food Hero 2006 awards. We wish them the best.
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[...] The walk from Salisbury to Odstock via the beautiful footpaths through fields of oil seed rape and wheat is thoroughly recommended. It doesn’t take long to be on your own as you leave Harnham. At Harnham, stop off for picnic supplies at the excellent East Harnham Deli (the shop’s hoarding says A. Hand and Sons Grocers, 1 Harnham Road). We armed ourselves with a home-made scotch egg (one of the best I’ve had), a broccoli and cheese pasty, two slices of lemon drizzle cake and two bottles of proper Dandelion and Burdock. In a very civilised way they are open from 10 – 3.30 on Sundays, ideal for anyone wanting to take a Sunday lunchtime walk. The round trip is about 8 miles. The highlight is meeting the River Ebble (and its cows). Odstock is nice ok though our impression was slightly marred by our hopes of getting a nice cool pint dashed. When we arrived at the village pub, the Yew Tree (about 2.30pm) it was closing and we were turned away. Not very good for hot and thirsty walkers! Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]
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Well thats the wedding season nearly over the cupcakes were a huge success. If your planning a wedding we will be at the Rose and Crown wedding Fair in october. xxxxxxxx