Brownie, bowls and biscuits.

It was a very bleak Wednesday morning when we set off to visit a young friend who works at Norwich cathedral, armed with plenty of Brownie, just in case she overstayed her lunch hour. Lunch was lovely, a light brioche bun filled with smoked chicken from “Bread Source”, then a quick tour of the cathedral. A very keen and knowledgeable guide was happy to tell us about the huge copper font made from two enormous bowls. Although the information card said they’d been used for making chocolate, that wasn’t altogether correct. In fact Caley’s factory had used them to keep toffee soft before it went into the centre of Rolo’s – remember them? After our tour a little retail therapy was deemed necessary and Jarrold’s was top of the list. Pondering the Polish pottery, having chosen a small oval dish, a voice over my shoulder said “Go on, buy one of these, how can you resist them?” The smaller bowls are so pretty I agreed, looking hard at the face I thought I recognised from somewhere….. Julie Reinger, the weather lady from BBC Anglia. What a lovely lady, tiny, bright eyed – she was Christmas shopping! Our final stop was to buy fresh macarons in the Arcade, two pistacchios, one vanilla and a capucchino – delicious. A brilliant day out. Did I take enough Brownie though? I’m sure enough for my little friend to earn plenty of brownie points anyway!