The Albion of Hope

Another successful project undertaken by the Conran group is Albion Cafe in Shoreditch. As I've mentioned before - the Conran Group design every item you will see in the restaurant themselves. Once again they've outdone themselves. The Albion Cafe looks like Petter Rabbit's kitchen. The food is in your face home grown and organic. Where you inspired by the food - there is a delicatessen store on the side that sells the natural produce. Mostly though it sells fresh bread and cakes which look very inviting. The food in the cafe is traditionally British. The English breakfast boasts perfect scrambled eggs and the devilled kidneys where in a rich, gravy sauce that made me happy. I understand where they're coming from with the whole healthy, organic thing but I was slightly disappointed with the cauliflower and cheese that I took as a side - the cauliflower was slightly too crunchy. Though the Japanese have thought us that crunchy vegetables are very good I cannot get used to the idea. Do try the sandwiches though - they're huge and big and jolly all around.
The place is trendy and full of people. The sad part is that there is not enough staff to go round and it takes ages to get your order through. However once it does go through, it's prepared and brought to you rather rapidly.