Buying Irish washed rind cheese from La Fromagerie in London

Trying cheeses.

Today I decided that you need a biscuit or cracker with a strongly-flavoured washed rind cheese - because/if the rind has been washed in brine (salt water).

As a consumer when shopping you can ask the cheese seller in a shop which cheeses are washed rind cheeses.

Or look for the tell-tale orange outside.

For example, Durrus, a cheese from County Cork, Ireland, is a washed rind cheese. We bought it from La Fromagerie in London. They have a shop near Baker Street. They were also exhibiting at the Restaurant Show in Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London.

This is La Fromagerie's display of cheeses which the chefs and restaurant owners could try at the Restaurant Show.

www.durruscheese.com

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durrus_cheese

www.lafromagerie.co.uk

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French pastries - religieuses

When in France eat croissants,  pain au chocolat - and religieuses, meaning nuns. These little baby buns or coloured and gourmet baby religieuses look like little nuns wearing coloured hats and white frilly collars. The six flavours are chocolate, vanilla, raspberry, coffee, lemon and salted caramel. They are made with creme patissiere, from fresh eggs, whole milk and an egg, milk and butter choux pastry. I tried them at the Restaurant Show in Earls Court, London in October 2014. Delicious. You can find them at the Ritz hotel in London, England.

The company also does almond filled croissants, chestnut bread and dozens of types of breads and pastries. 

More information from:

Bridor (UK) Ltd Bridor (UK) Ltd 1 Shortlands Road Hammersmith Hammersmith And Fulham London W6 8DR Tel: 0208 563 2976

Patisserie by Bridor.
www.bridordefrance.com
www.bridor.co.uk


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Royal Opera House - Stem Ginger Ice Cream

I love ginger ice cream. I've had it at London's Festival Hall and the theatre in Bath. Now at the Restaurant Show in London I've found yet another company supplying it. If you go to the Royal Opera House in London and other venues you will get a lovely ice cream with little cubes of yellow ginger in it. Real ginger. I tried it at the Restaurant Show in London. Yummy.

I didn't see this company's tubs but I remember others I've had. Usually the teeny plastic scoop to eat with is hidden in the double sided lid. If you see a tab sticking out and pull, you have an 'aha!' moment. Aha - here's the spoon!

Criterion Tees make other flavours too.

If you are a restaurant business and want to stock their ices contact
Anna Licata
Sales Executive
mobile 07768 828283
The Manor Farm Creamery
Bird Green, Thurston
Bury St Edmonds
www.criterion-ices.c.uk

What are the chefs reading? Restaurant magazine. Chef magazine. How to get them?

At The Restaurant Show in Earls Court, London, England, 6-8 Oct 2014, you can get the show guide in the October edition of Restaurant magazine. So if you've missed the show, too busy working, at home on your day off, or overseas, you can check out all the exhibitors.

The edition which you can pick up free at the show normally costs £4.50.
For subscriptions contact customerservice@wrbm.com
tel:0800 6526512
the worlds50best.com

editorial
joe.lurario@wrbm.com

They are also reading
Chef magazine
www.chefmagazine.co.uk

The Chef Magazine Ltd, Network House, 28 Ballmoor, Celtic Court, Buckingham MK18 IRQ
Tel:01280 829300
email info@chefmagazine.co.uk
(Also get a free look or free copy at the Restaurant show.)
Subscription UK £25 a year including postage. EU £41 including postage. Rest of the world £55 including postage.
Now available as an APP in itunes.

Issue 35 (£5 an issue) contains a handy one page list of Michelin restaurants.
You might also like to get the Michelin Guide UK and Ireland which was recently updated.
 

Restaurant food show at Earl's Court, London, this week/Hospitality show NEC in Jan

You can register online if you are in the trade or press. They have food, gluten free products supplied to the supermarkets and restaurants, wines, glass polishing machines, crockery and cutlery and aps Pubs, sommeliers, winebars, competitions and chef demonstrations. More news in my later posts this week.

If you are a restaurant owner, running a restaurant or selling to restaurants, this is for you. Or a chef or sommelier.
Register online and instead of paying the £25 entry fee you will get in free.
It is open to anybody with purchasing power in restaurants.

The Restaurant Show 6-8 October 2014 Earls Court 2.
Register online at
www.therestaurantshow.co.uk

If you miss it, or you go and enjoy it, you might also like the Hospitality Show NEC Birmingham 19-21 Jan 2015
hospitalityshow.co.uk/restshow