A new cafe opens off Rye Lane in Peckham next week with a focus on prime Welsh ingredients. Bara is from a duo of ‘chefs and bread lovers’, Zoë Heimann and Cecily Dalladay – the latter a former quarterfinalist in MasterChef: The Professionals.
They say: “Bara is the Welsh word for bread, a simple, universal food that connects people across cultures. A product so integral to daily life, bread is a worldwide symbol of culture, community and peace.
“At Bara, we believe that food is more than something you eat, it’s something you share. That’s why we bake our own bread fresh each day, create thoughtful, delicious menus, and open our space to the people around us.“
Their daily menu starts with breakfast, including Bara Brith with salted butter and a Bara Bun, their take on the cinnamon roll. At lunch, their home-made focaccia is the base for sandwiches including the brilliantly named Caerphilly Cheesesteak (eight-hour smoked Welsh beef brisket, melted Caerphilly cheese, onions and Blas Y Tir leeks), which sounds like it would kick the standard Philly cheesesteak out of Cardiff Arms Park.
Weekends sound still better, with a Swansea Breakfast of smoked bacon, Blas Y Tir leeks, Câr-y-Môr cockles and laverbread on toasted focaccia; or Crab rarebit of Câr-y-Môr brown crab, Caerphilly cheese & Purple Moose beer rarebit on focaccia. On Saturdays they offer a Pembrokeshire Lobster Roll of poached Câr-y-Môr lobster, lobster bisque mayonnaise, chives and lemon in a soft sesame roll.
