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North Norfolk has some of the best fresh, seasonal produce you'll find anywhere, from Brancaster mussels, to Cromer crab to artisan cheeses, as well as the best malting barley in the country. Find out more about our top foods of north Norfolk.
Cromer crab: North Norfolk is most famous for its Cromer crab (in season from April). The crabs feed off the unique Cromer chalk reef, producing the sweet taste the crab is famous for. The special nature of a Cromer crab is that the minimum legal shell span (115mm) is smaller than any other UK crab, which makes them really flavoursome! The crabs have a high proportion of white meat, are full of Omega-3 and low in fat and taste great with lemon, black pepper and smoked paprika on bread with avocado. In May, the Crab and Lobster Festival in Cromer and Sheringham, celebrates this delicacy.
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Brancaster mussels: The mussels caught locally are large in size and incredibly tender. They are collected when they're young, and moved to beds in the tidal creeks, where they are left to mature before harvesting. To prepare, steam lightly in white wine or cider. You can often find Brancaster mussels sold by fisherman or in local shops along the A149 north Norfolk coast road in north Norfolk. Or pop into a local restaurant or pub where you’ll more than likely find them on the menu when in season.
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Stiffkey cockles: These cockles are unique in colour. They range from a dark grey to pale mauve which is due to their habitat – a little way under the sand and mud. Best eaten steamed or boiled and eaten with pepper and vinegar, or put in pies and soup.
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Samphire: This delicious sea vegetable, also known as sea asparagus, thrives in tidal salt marshes in north Norfolk (in season in May). Not only is samphire incredibly delicious, but it’s good for you too! It has almost no fat, and is packed with essential minerals, including potassium, magnesium, sodium and calcium. You can use samphire fresh in salads or serve it steamed or boiled and dip in melted butter, to be eaten like asparagus. It’s an ideal accompaniment to fish dishes. Asparagus is another tasty Spring vegetable and you can often buy it from little road-side stalls.
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Cheese: Made locally and from local cows and goats, some of the finest cheeses come from north Norfolk. Try Norfolk Mardler and the range of Mrs Temples Cheeses including Binham Blue, Walsingham, Copys Cloud, Gurney’s Gold, Wighton and Wells Alpine.
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Fish and chips: A typical seaside food, we have some of the best fish and chip shops in north Norfolk! Often using locally caught, seasonal seafood, it’s a must on any visit.
Beer: The best malting barley in the country is grown in north Norfolk where the salty sea frets (mists) and warm climate make ideal growing conditions resulting in the tastiest real ale! Norfolk, as a county, has most microbreweries of any county in the country and there are plenty of pubs to enjoy a taste of north Norfolk.
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Blakeney
Neatishead
A brew pub on the Norfolk Broads.
Hunstanton
Hunstanton's multi-award winning delicatessen. Described by The Observer Food Monthly as a "deli which offers the best of Norfolk and Beyond" Offering the best Norfolk welcome hampers, ideal for a relaxed start to your stay in Norfolk.
Cromer
Holt
Norfolk's oldest tearooms and bakery selling homemade cakes and savouries. Also a busy café with an extensive all-day menu with indoor and outdoor seating. Dogs welcome in the garden.
Hindringham
We have a passion for great-tasting, natural beer – high in quality and rich in flavour.
North Walsham
Highest quality fish and chips freshly cooked for each customer to eat in or take away.
Norwich
Great tasting beer, brewed with passion and pride since 1981. Named in honour of Parson James Woodforde, an 18th C clergyman who wrote lovingly of his passion for good food and great beer, Woodforde’s Brewery began life as a partnership between two…
Norwich
Roys offers a unique shopping experience, a store that sells almost everything you need in one place, where you can update your wardrobe as well as do your weekly food shop, and then also get all the tools & equipment you need to bring…
Beeston
Our own water source and Branthill malted barley bring the true taste and character of Norfolk to our ales. We sell everything from bottles to casks direct from the brewery door and can even set up beer at your event.
Reedham
Brewery producing cask and bottle conditioned real ales. On site shop.
Cromer
We’re a friendly, family-run café-bistro serving delicious homemade food in the heart of Cromer.
Wells-next-the-Sea
Wells-next-the-Sea
Cider works in 18thC barn. Exhibits of cider making equipment, mugs and glasses. Sales of cider and apple juice.
Cromer
We stock over 200 loose sweets from jellies and hard boiled through to toffees and diabetic sweets.
Holt
Holt
Cookie's Crab Shop has been selling quality shellfish for over three generations.
Sheringham
Wells-next-the-Sea
Cider works in 18thC barn. Exhibits of cider making equipment, mugs and glasses. Sales of cider and apple juice.
Holt
'BEST FARM SHOP' EDP awards 2009-2010
An alternative to strip-lighting and counterfeit food: a locally based choice of very good groceries.
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