Norwich Lanes: The Bicycle Shop

So, if you’ve read my blog before, you’ll already know two things: 1) Norwich is awesome; 2) I love it – a lot. When you live somewhere like this fine city, there are a lot of gastronomical delights on offer, and cuisine of varying kinds from all around the globe. I don’t like to play favourites – especially with food – but for The Bicycle Shop, I can easily make an exception. It is, undoubtedly, the best place in Norwich.

If the apocalypse came, this is the joint you’d want to spend your last day in. Great food, ace staff, open as many hours as you could possibly desire (well, almost), good soundtrack – both live and recorded, and an excellent selection of wines, beers, ales, spirits and standard café-beverage fare. The atmosphere is amazing. The Bicycle Shop might even be my favourite place in the whole country.

Image borrowed from the Eastern Daily Press

Mummy Razavi and I love to lunch. In fact, if we gave up our lunching habit – which has more recently extended to a dinner, brunch and breakfast habit depending on when and where we’re meeting – my dear old dad could probably afford a summer house in Italy and I could probably afford both rent and postgraduate study. Too bad for us both, mum and I do just love to lunch.

Here’s what we treated ourselves to during our latest visit to the phenomenal Bicycle Shop…

Pork belly salad for me…criminally good and utterly irresistible! Yummy falafel and flatbreads for Mummy Razavi And a portion of twice-cooked Bicycle Shop chips to share, with the most amazing homemade mayonnaise anyone has had, ever

After we’d gorged ourselves full on delicious food, we headed off for some charity shop browsing. Needless to say, I came home with musty books, pre-loved records and flowery sixties-style dresses. A day well spent indeed…