Yesterday, I had a lovely lunch visiting with Caroline and Adeline, two French expat friends bringing a taste of their home country to commuters zipping through Old Street Station. Their Les Deux Amies pop-up offers a short and sweet (and savoury) assortment of responsibly sourced, French crêpes, galettes and homemade jams and sauces with a side of social enterprise.
I tried two of their creations: a savoury and a sweet. The savoury number was essentially a hot dog in a (gluten-free) galette (£6). Yum. The sweet one was a crêpe with homemade salted caramel sauce and toasted almonds flakes (£4). It was gorgeous.
Caroline and Adeline’s great food is coupled with good cause – or “social and solidarity economy, sustainable development and warm environment to be for customers and employees” as explained on the Values page of their website. They aim to use organic, British and responsibly sourced ingredients. They’ve teamed up with homeless charity Emmaus to provide work for people in need. They share warm smiles to passers-by for free.
Les Deux Amies will be at Old Street Station, EC1Y 1BE until 5 June, Monday to Friday from early morning to early evening. Find out more about their Old Street stall and other opportunities to eat their treats at lesdeuxamies.co.uk.
