Review 3 - Ole & Steen

This bank holiday I had a delightful time in the company of Momma Jude (pictured on left). We saw Sounds and Sorcery at The Vaults, watched Christoper Robin at the Empire on Haymarket (lovely cinema, and cheaper than Odeon etc), and had some amazing food. I mean, amazing food. 

We hit up both Borough Food Market and Spitalfields over the weekend. I love a food market and Momma Jude had no complaints. We filled ourselves with Moules Marinière with chips (£8.50) from Furness Fish Markets in Borough and gorged on Asian goodness in the form of steamed buns (2 for £7.50) from Yum Bun in Spitalfields. It was a good weekend for our taste buds. However, the sweet tooth prevailed and we had to stop for a cakey bun.

Ole & Steen is a Danish bakery (or Lagkagehuset, literally cake house) with their flagship store being a part of St James's Market on Haymarket. They do a whole range of stuff including breakfast, open sandwiches, bread, stews and most importantly pastries.

Ole & Steen are currently running a deal where you can have a glass of prosecco and a pastry for £9, and so of course Momma Jude had to take up the offer. Her raspberry tart was apparently excellent, but I don't think it could possibly compare to my cinnamon social slice. 

The cinnamon social slice (£2.80) was HUGE. Easily the size of my hand (I have small hands, but still. A hand sized pastry is still pretty big). I genuinely thought I would eat half of it and have to get a takeaway bag for the rest. Fortunately, I was extremely brave and managed to eat it all in one sitting. A real tragedy I know. Each slice of the cinnamon social comes from one long pastry. Each of the original pastries (which you can buy for £13) feeds up to 8 people and is meant to be shared socially, hence the name. but it could feed just one person in several sittings. Or one sitting. I'm not judging.

The slice itself is sweet and filled with cinnamon sugar and vanilla custard, making it moist and oh so good. With a drizzle of icing on the top it is just heaven on a plate. I would highly recommend it. The custard got a little cloying for me on the last few bites, but maybe I shouldn't have eaten it all in one go...

So many social slices... oh, and other pastries too...

Review:

Item: Cinnamon Social Slice
9/10 for taste, 8/10 for cost. Heaven on a plate

Ole & Steen Details:

Hours:

Monday to Thursday 7:30 – 22:00
Friday 7:30 – 22:30
Saturday 8:00 – 22:30
Sunday 8:00 – 22:00  

Address: 56 Haymarket, No 2, St. James’s Market, London, SW1Y  4RP

Website: https://oleandsteen.co.uk/