Manna Dew

You'll find Manna Dew nestled within Galapagos Foods, a cosy corner of Battersea High Street that feels like a proper neighbourhood spot rather than somewhere you'd stumble upon by accident. The bakery does things properly: naturally fermented loaves, laminated pastries that actually shatter, and the kind of bread that tastes different from one day to the next because, well, that's what real fermentation does. Pop in early if you want the good stuff—they shift through stock quickly, which tells you everything about the quality and the locals who know about it.