Liverpool 2 - Bakeries

My favorite food in Liverpool was an apricot danish at Baltic Bakehouse. The pastry dough was heavenly light and flavorful and custard cream behind apricot was so tasty. The bakery's narrow cafe space was pretty much crowded but luckily we found two chairs. J had a kind of breakfast sandwich with bacon and a cup of coffee. I guess he enjoyed his savory choice.

We also tried another bakery, Rough Hand Made at the Royal Albert Dock. They offer various croissants and danishes. We both had a plain wholewheat croissant. It was huge! It tasted good but unexpectedly a bit too sweet. If I knew it had that level of sweetness, I would have choose something obviously sweet like a cream cheese and blueberry danish or an almond croissant.

By the way, the Royal Albert Dock is a historic complex of dock buildings and warehouses in Liverpool. It was opened in 1846 and designed to be the world-first fireproof warehouse system, built from cast iron, brick and stone, without structural wood. Interesting?

Liverpool was just the birthplace of Beatles for me until I visited the city. It's a big deal for Liverpool for sure but it wasn't all about the city.

Liverpool Cathedral, the largest cathedral and religious building in Britain, was really huge. It could be seen anywhere from the waterfront easily. Luckily we listened to free choir by a young choral group who I guess were practicing for the Christmas event. Georgian Quarter near the church was a nice area filled with beautiful Georgian architecture. There was also Chinatown... well, although there was a big gate for the town, there wasn't really a town. Just a short section of a street. It looked deserted and we didn't find anywhere to see or eat.

Definitely Liverpool's port has been important through its history. We visited the Merseyside Maritime Museum and learned the history of the port and some interesting connections between the city and the Titanic. While the Titanic was built in Belfast and never visited Liverpool, it was a British shipping company, the White Star Line (WSL)'s vessel and designed in the headquarters of WSL in Liverpool. The HQs building (red and white bricks) is still standing at the waterfront and we passed by the building with an alternating rows with red and white bricks a couple of times, wondering if the old-looking building has an interesting story.

Bye-bye, Liverpool!