Department stores London

As unavoidable as the most popular tourist sites in London! An Ali Baba cave where you can find a multitude of articles combining styles and typical English pieces at affordable prices. It is the ideal place to bring back some delicious scones, marmalade or chutney, and why not the famous (and unloved) pot, and stock up during your stay with fresh produce, sandwiches, salads and ready meals. The days when Marks & Spencer was brooding and saw his customers deserting the stores are over.

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Originally, the first "pop-up mall" (a temporary shopping center) was created here in 2012 for a renewable five-year period, using stacked containers to house some 30 small boutiques of independent brands and pop-up stores specializing in fashion, the arts, gastronomy and more. The boutiques change regularly. The Box Park also features several ephemeral cafés offering a diverse range of world cuisine. You can find the same concept at Wembley and Croydon, an original idea!

Created in 1813, Harvey Nicks, as it is commonly known, is the temple of haute couture. He wants to be Harrods' rival. All the biggest names in fashion are to be found there, at prices that are once again completely unaffordable. This is the favorite store of the members of the "Twin Set and Pearls" club (skirt, matching cardigan and the essential pearl necklace). After closing, the 5th floor can still be reached by external stairs to reach the restaurants and cafés, whose reputation for quality continues. Great luxury!

Gourmet travellers, lovers of Asian flavours, here is an address for you! Since 1983, this supermarket has been a must for all that concerns oriental food and more particularly Thai food. On the program: spices, chillies and herbs, fish sauces, seafood including many shrimps, fruits and vegetables including bamboo shoots or beans, mangoes... and a very important choice of noodles.

Sainsbury's is a supermarket with a wide range of food products. An entire aisle is reserved for fresh produce for immediate consumption: individual packets of potato chips, muffins, fruit in trays, but also lunchtime snacks such as sandwiches or ready-made salads. The English are specialists in this type of food, which they buy to eat on the go in the street or at work. There are numerous Sainsbury's throughout the city. A useful address if you're feeling peckish or need a quick lunch.

In the heart of Chinatown, Loon Fung is the oldest and largest Chinese supermarket in London, operational since 1965. There is a wealth of all the ingredients necessary to make small typical Chinese dishes full of more or less exotic foods such as preserves, sauces, alcohols and teas. The shop also has its own butcher shop and fish shop on site for fresh produce. It is the paradise of Asian cuisine and the prices are also very reasonable. How can we resist?

It has been in existence since 1936. It is a very large Indian supermarket in a neighbourhood where there is also the highest concentration of Indian restaurants in London. It offers a wide range of fresh ingredients from India, Bangladesh, China, Thailand, Japan but also Greece, Lebanon… the choice of spices is breathtaking, from curry curry to cardamom. Finally the English are very fond of chutneys, and there again the choice is made. A very exotic shopping.