Nonna's on Camden's Parkway has changed and changed for the better.
Sharing a kitchen with The superb York & Albany and as part of the Angela Hartnett Empire I was very excited to hear of it's opening and very disappointed on visiting .
It used to be a quite strange experience, with HP sauce bottles sharing shelves with £50 bottles of Olive Oil, above a pot of Jam. Maybe it was meant to be wacky or maybe an intuitive shopping experience - I just got confused.
A year or so later and it's as it I'd have hoped it should be.
Nonna's has now ditched much of the old stock and ramped up production of it's own produce, so the daft array of English Icon condiments (see Heinz and HP sauces) have gone and been replaced by a simple solution - Nonna's Homemade and Spicy Sauce. Gone are the huge raft of different oils and vinaigrette's displayed in any nock and cranny they could find to be replaced by a more curated and cared for selection.
It's a joy to be here. Not forgetting that the the bits that were always great still are - great cheese, great wine, far better than average pizza and my top recommendation - fantastic fantastic homemade ice cream.
Maybe Angela is as good a shopkeeper as chef after all. Her Nonna would be proud.
