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Saturday, February 29, 2020

Turkish Delight and Egyptian Delight to delight visitors to London, & Dark chocolate


The pretty box.

Celebrations. You choose what to put in your box, like the old Pick n Mix at Woolworth's.

We cut open the orange one to share it. Strong flavours. strong colours. Dark orange curled around white soft nougat. Not just boring plain jelly.

The pink one was strong and totally different, with a nut in the middle.The strong jellly overwhelmed the nut flavour.

The strong fruit flavour made everything else taste stronger, too. We had black grapes afterwards. The sugar left in my mouth from the sweet enhanced the flavour of the grapes.

Also look for peera, an Indian fudge made from home made evaporated milk, boiled slowly to reduce and thicken it, added sugar and cinnamon for flavouring. Popular for Diwali, weddings and to celebrate the birth of children.

Also in this area, several Indian restaurants and curry houses, a French restaurant, Whitechapel art gallery which has a shop and restaurant, the old Synagogue where Disraeli's father attended until he fell out with the others and converted from Judaism to Christianity, which enabled his son Benjamin to became Prime Minister and Queen Victoria's favourite.

Useful Websites
aipackaging.co.uk

Rajmahal Sweets, 57 Brick Lane, Shadwell, London E1
Near Aldgate East tube station.

Two more branches.
Long opening hours, from 9 am to 11 pm, seven days a week.


Tasty Turkish delight. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Travel writer and photographer. Copyright.


Maybe you'd prefer chocolate?
My family tried that, too, a few steps away.

A cup of Espresso for two pounds, and chocolate covered orange peel at six pounds eighty four pence. (We took one piece out of the bag to go with the coffee.)

I would describe the East End of London, the West End of London, the whole of London, as English delight.

Dark Sugars Ltd Main store
124-126 Brick Lane, London, Greater London, E1 6RU.

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Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Please bookmark and share links to your favourite posts.

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