Konditor and Cook

I find it easy to get lost around Waterloo – it’s difficult to navigate due to the enormous railway station slap-bang in the middle. So on an excursion to check out The Anchor and Hope, a highly regarded gastro pub on The Cut (the food may be great but the place itself is a little ordinary), I find myself wandering down a quaint side street with little industrial houses that take you back to a time before the 2nd World War. At the end of this little street I came across ‘Konditor and Cook’, a heavenly bakery harking back to Old England with all kinds of cakes, tarts, pastries, breads, chocolates, gingerbread and other good things, including delicious hot chocolate and mince pies at Christmas. Technically the food may not be better than that of many other bakeries but it’s the experience of an old fashioned bakery that makes it special.