Unearthing Local Gower Produce
In Wales we have a word for taste: blas. And Gower has it in abundance. A true taste all of its own. Blessed by warm summers, mild winters, and just the right amount of rainfall, we have more than our fair share of green fields, providing a readily available larder of first class meat and dairy produce on the doorstep.
Surrounded by sea on three sides means we’re never short of freshly caught fish, sea food and other delicacies from sea and shore. Our Gower brands are known world-wide for excellence and flavour: cockles, laverbread, lobsters, salt marsh lamb, samphire…but there’s more.
We’re proud here in Gower of our local entrepreneurs who are leading the way, developing cutting-edge, award-winning food establishments with personality and sometimes quirkiness, be it restaurants, pubs, or huts by the beach. We raise a glass to those who are investing in the sustainable development of a regional and tourist economy based on artisan methods of food and beverage production, from bread and beer to coffee to confectionary
Staying with us at your holiday rental at Bayview Oxwich gives you the opportunity to enjoy this true taste of Gower. You can fine-dine on award-winning contemporary cuisine or dine-easy at beachside shacks, savour the flavour of our local artisan food producers or sup on award-winning ales and gins. Pick and mix from vibrant local produce markets or have quality food delivered to your door. The choice is yours.
So whether you stay at Bayview for a weekend, a week or more, we invite you to unearth our local produce and enjoy the true taste of Gower.
Here are a couple to get the taste buds tingling:
Gower Cottage Brownies
Kate Jenkins has created the epitome of a cottage industry. Back in 2007, she started baking in her kitchen on the village green at Reynoldston, Gower, and selling her chocolate Brownies in the local shop where they soon became a favourite with locals and tourists. Today, Kate’s multi-award-winning Brownies are a name on everyone’s tongue and sell in their thousands across the UK and beyond. And you can have them delivered to your door while you’re here on holiday and when you get home, beautifully packaged and with every Brownie freshly baked using free-range eggs. They are as ‘exquisite as the area they come from’. Order by 10.00 for send out that same day for next day delivery. www.gowercottagebrownies.co.uk
Olives and Oils Deli
Olives and Oils has grown from small beginnings, selling loose olives in the many Swansea street markets in 2003, to now being a proud, high-end delicatessen in Newton Road, Mumbles. But it’s never forgotten its roots. Today it still has supreme olives and oils from the Med at its heart as well as being a specialist in a wide range of Welsh (and French) cheeses and selling mouth-watering ingredients to grace the finest platter. While you’re here taste its ‘cheese of the month’ from Mon Las/Anglesey Blue to Brefu Bach ewes’ milk. So if you’re planning top-notch nibbles or a buffet, choose from hand-carved hams, speciality chorizo or even Welshman’s Caviar. BTW, it also sells hampers for that special picnic! www.olivesandoils.co.uk
Image: © Gower Cottage Brownies