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Searching for the perfect croissant.

Now that we approach the end of January my belly, though not yet entirely retreated back to its pre-holiday self, is at least approaching a level where I can again consume some fatty, satisfyingly warming treats, it’s high time to find out who makes the best pastries in London.

Enough with the Excel spreadsheets and dull meetings with accountants, tomorrow I will start a new endeavour to consume the greatest incarnation of flour, butter, eggs, and that magical living thing called yeast. Okay, London isn’t Paris, but with 8 million people as neighbours, surely there are at least some very satisfying options.

A few facts (or as near to facts as anyone in the age of Google really demands):

-        January 30 is National Croissant Day

-        An Austrian artillery officer by the name of August Zang is widely credited to have invented the croissant, originally called a “kipfer.” Zang set up a Viennese bakery in Paris in 1839 and his offering was quickly copied by local boulangeries. 

Falomir! - Superlondon (Slavaki remix)