Feel like Paddington @ Fortnum & Mason
F&M is the most wonderful British address. So very traditional and yet fabulously different. Wooden sculpted entrances yet a water green colour all over the place. Window shops always use classical products but present in an Alice in Wonderland way.
You’ll always find me there around Xmas, adding a luxuty touch to my hampers. I also come here for ginger infusions, jasmine pearls, their wonderful sweets selection, their chutneys… I rarely need to go further than the ground floor!
I recently got mesmerized by the marmelade section – here are a few. Paddington would go mad with excitement!
Psssst: F&M has recently put hives on their roof , the honey being for sale in the shop. Two webcams also have been set to check on the bees! #2 is my favourites as you see them coming back in. What a buzz!
Psssst (2): When leaving the shop, cross the street and have a look at the clock. When the hour rings, Mr Mason steps out to bow at Mr Fortnum… The bell is from the same factory as Big Ben.
Fortnum & Mason
181 Piccadilly
London W1A 1ER
Metro / tube: Picadilly circus
21 sorts of marmelade, from £3.50 to £6.75
4 Responses to “Feel like Paddington @ Fortnum & Mason”
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c’est pour cela (entre autres)que j’aimerais beaucoup beaucoup venir à Londres à l’époque de noël…remplir un panier de gourmandises douces et sucrées !
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Those F&M goodies look fantastic. One of my favorite stops in London!














Mon adresse de référence aussi.
un peu “grippée”.
J’y ai passé des heures l’année dernière quand les rayons étaient remplis pour Noël…j’ai failli acheter des “crakers” (sont très chouettes les crakers) et ne sachant pas si on pouvait les prendre à bord de l’eurostar, j’ai abandonné l’idée. Dommage car finalement c’était autorisé…ce n’est que partie remise.
Il y a 15 jours leur horloge était comme la tendance
Bon dimanche…sur Bayswater ??