June 19, 2007
Bill's
Bill's definitely deserves an entry of its own. I can always count on olduvai to sniff out places like this. Chungkingexpress and his posse of friends took a train from London to spend Sunday afternoon in Brighton and olduvai took us to Bill's for lunch.
Bill's sells fresh produce like seasonal fruits and vegetables, but are a little pricey compared to the big supermarket chains. It's organic blah blah blah...the English are very into ethical eating. Everywhere I turn I seem into encounter some "Eat local produce" message so that air transport is reduced hence reducing carbon emissions into the environment. I must admit that as a Singaporean I never thought much about all these 'cos in Singapore everything is imported! But OK, I'm beginning to get into the whole ethical eating movement now. It takes a bit of getting used to though!
Anyway, Bill's also sells canned and bottled foods from countries such as Thailand, France and Italy. I was surprised to find Thai curry pastes being sold in glass jars there. There is a very relaxed and casual feel to Bill's and it's bustling with activity. More often than not, you'll find yourself waiting for a table as it's always packed. As you wait, you eye the plates of food on the hands of the wait staff and the food on people's tables and you work up an appetite just by all the visually tantalising food streaming out of the kitchen.
As olduvai and I had quite a late breakfast we decided to plunge straight into dessert. We shared the Hazelnut Meringue with creme fraiche, banana, passionfruit and raspberries, topped with hazelnut sauce. Heavenly. I also had a refreshing fruit juice mix of plum, peach, mango and watermelon.
Basically everything there, whether it's savoury or sweet, looks really good. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves! Those cakes with all the flowers on top as decorations look sssooooo good, it's practically obscene.
Bill's
100 North Road
Brighton
BN1 1YE
Tel: (0)1273 692 894
yuummmm.... i LOVE organic stuff... this ethical aspect of the British is all SO very charming...
Posted by: overacuppa at June 19, 2007 9:46 AMhaha... I wonder if the flowers are locally sourced? It does take a while to get your head around the food emissions issues. Things aren't always as simple as they seem. Like organic vegetables which have been flown from the other side of the world. And British produce which has been grown in hothouses that use a lot of energy.
Posted by: joe at June 20, 2007 6:54 AMLooks damn good! I'm not a huge fan of organic products, but i do believe there'll be many more converts to come. Now if only this stuff isn't so expensive....
Posted by: vitavian at June 21, 2007 12:52 AMLooking at the photos makes me want to go there again.
Posted by: olduvai at June 23, 2007 6:12 PM