Prunes with Goat Cheese and Bacon

Walking into Leila’s Shop, located off Arnold Circus in Shoreditch, feels like a trip through time. Even the hazy sunbeams cutting past the cheese counter seem to be out of the past. I’m sure there’s a computer in there somewhere, but if so, it’s well camouflaged. The store is stocked lightly to contemporary eyes, and each artisanal product has an aura of specialness: the Sicilian lemons with their leaves still on in a crate outside the door, the few majestic cheeses on the counter, the ste