Cranberries Hampers

My friend and I wandered into Cranberries the other day and I was instantly enamoured. Everything you could get excited about in a cutesy deli was present; counter with tempting and delicious looking cakes and savouries, the scent of freshly brewed coffee, adorable outside seating, gorgeous little crockeries, treats and collectables on sale and more.
Sadly, we didn’t have the opportunity to stay for a drink, since it was nearly closing time and we’d to catch the bus home, but I’m certainly considering jaunting along Far Headingley again to stop by. For starters, the food looked beautiful. Secondly, the lady running the deli was lovely and beyond anything else I’m a sucker for killing a few hours with a good coffee and a book! Whilst I can’t yet speak of the food, it’s also a great place for purchasing sweet little gifts. Quirky tea cup, anyone?

A place like this is plain wasted on me. I don’t know what to do with half of the stuff in here, let alone most of it, I do know what to do wit the coffee and cakes part of Cranberries Hampers, but the rest, nah.
Two of my friends, a couple, are absolute consumate foodies, and the wide eyes of these two in here was like the kid in Miracle on 34^th Street realising there IS A SANTA CLAUS!
So what is Cranberries Hampers, essentially it is a delicatessen, with a coffee bar included in the deli area. In addition to this there are buffet and catering services which are good to know if you’ve got an event coming up and fresh meats, dips, snack bits, salads and whatnot are your type of food.
The deli counter itself is full of delicious cuts of meat, and in accordance to what the foodies said, were excellent quality, premium in fact. They went around the place, happily buzzing between the marmalades and jams, wines, marinades, sauces, olives, oils, all of the important stuff you require from a deli. Whence the foodies bought what they needed to stock up on, I decided I was a bit starved and when in Rome, let’s eat.
In a bit of a rush after their prolonged cruising of the goods, we got our food to go. My healthy sized New Yorker sarnie at £3.30 was a delish combo of chicken, pastrami, and Emmental, minus the gherkin cos they are sooo nasty. Foodies ordered beef, sweet chili and mozzarella, and t’other one, the fussy get, created his own for £4 with change. All in all a nice little place serving the needs of those who require more choice and quality than a supermarket, and appreciate the quality difference.

Oh I do love a good delicatessen. I do struggle to find them these days, which is why Cranberries is worth the trip out of the city to stop up at from time to time.
We’re talking exotic as they come too. You want a smoked meat with a bit of a difference? Well try some wild boar. It’s a little bit too survival living for me but I reliably involved that it is a delicious savoury treat. if you’re more of a sausage person (oh matron) then go for the salami. it’s some serious bread action for me though and foccacia sent from bread heaven. delicious. If I’m feeling really naughty I’ll end with a rustic muffin or passion cake. Well it’s part of my five a day so it can’t hurt can it.
it’s a nicely done out shop too, well stocked and easy to use. We need to keep these fine eating places alive and kicking. We need more of them. We need Cranberries Hampers in our lives.

Cranberries is a multi-​purpose business on the Otley Road in Adel — that is, if you want to buy speciality condiments, sit down with a cup of tea and a slice of pie, or just a take away a greasy breakfast sandwich to eat on the go (as I often do), then Cranberries is your place. It is a delicatessen-​cum-​café-​cum-​corner shop, and this works remarkably well. All manner of local and exotic jams, marmalades and honeys are available for purchase, while the traditional Yorkshire teas and cakes are popular with the older inhabitants of Adel, meaning Cranberries is always a busy, but quiet place. The prices of the food and drink are, of course, slightly higher than your average greasy spoon, but the quality reflects this — I would definitely recommend this place to anyone in need of a tasty, hearty breakfast.