Cannon & Cannon Fine Foods

Once again, this is a retailer that I have become familiar with, through food markets around London – where they offer a selection of preserved charcuterie and jerky. Most recently, I ran into Cannon & Cannon at the Real Food Market at King’s Cross.
Last week, I was picking up some bread to eat with lunch at the stall next door, when the friendly man selling Cannon & Cannon sausage informed me that my sourdough baguette would really benefit from some of his delicious charcuterie… as it turns out, he was right.
He let us sample 6 or 7 different types of stick sausage on offer. They were all really delicious and represented a great variety of flavors and textures. The stand outs were a pork sausage made with blood, red wine and chocolate (i’m not usually a fan of sweet/​savoury, but the bitterness of dark chocolate really adds a lot to this rich sausage that is SO GOOD with eggs). My personal favorite was the lamb merguez which was spicy and bright with lemon peel and chili – I cooked it into a super tasty tomato and white bean soup. I stopped back today and picked up a duck/​pork sausage with sichuan peppercorn that I am SO excited to try.
These sausages are a tad costly (3 for £11), but I was clearly happy to pay up!
Definitely worth a shout (if only just to taste the million different varieties).

On the ground floor is a nice little shop featuring gourmet cured meats, cheeses and other products. It’s a higher end place for Brixton markets, but is not at all snooty. I found the staff to be very friendly and non-​pushy.
On the second floor is a 25-​something seat restaurant, Salon, serving up dishes made from such delightfully simple ingredients. You need not patronize one or the other in order to enjoy one or the other. But you should. :)