Saffron

In Charleston, "Saffron" is the name of a bakery/cafe over towards the far side of the Island from MUSC (work) and where i had the pleasure of being taken to for the first time this last Saturday. The cafe is nothing fancy to look at but serves very nice food in a very friendly and pleasant atmosphere. Whilst the cafe is at the front of the building, towards the rear is the bakery proper with a dazzling array of very very very nice looking cakes (i managed to resist trying them), they also have some other goods on offer - primarily, and more importantly for me, a selection of things imported from the UK.

First and foremost of the things on offer was PG Tips - pyramid bags no less - meaning that i could, at last, have a reasonable cup of tea. What better thing to go with this, than a pack of digestive biscuits (the perfect dunkin' biscuit!). An absolute must of a purchase was Heinz baked beans - finally i can have decent beans on toast (when i told American friends about this, i was met with looks of bemusement). And some nice HP sauce to go with it. And it doesn't stop there - they had Robinsons cordial too - the concentrated squash over here is found in cans in the freezer section rather peculiarly. No, i don't get it either. Anyway, when i staggered to the till with these purchases, the owner told me that since he'd started importing things from the UK, a lot of his customers were going crazy for them. So, it looks like at least some people here have good taste!