Baldwins Butchers is, for me, one of the gems of Grand Parade, and a temple to those who enjoy good (meaty) food. They have all the usual stuff you'd expect from a quality butcher: nicely prepared cuts of lamb, pork and beef, rabbit, chickens and a selection of steaks, burgers and sausages. In fact, the sausages deserve a special mention. Made on the premises, Baldwins carries a formidable selection ranging from italian-inspired Pork and Fennel, to the laced-with-leek-and-chilli Welsh Dragon, to intensely-herbal (Cypriot) Pastourma, to my personal favourite, the (Hungarian) Süto Kolbász a blend of pork and beef, laced with paprika, and absolutely delicious on a barbeque. For the budding Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstalls among us, all your offal-eating fantasies can come true at Baldwins. Lights (lungs), Fries (balls), Tripe, various types of liver and kidneys, pigs ears, pigs trotters and sheep heads are all available for purchase. Don't know how to cook them? The friendly staff will (probably) be able to help you out with a recipe or two the owner used to be a chef. For those seeking something unusual but less terrifying, a variety of game is also carried in season from Pheasant to Partridge, Wood Pigeon and Quail. Add to this a fridge crammed with multitudinous items of delicatessen including Hungarian salami, a rack of exciting looking pickles and chutneys, boxes of duck eggs I could go on all day, but I am wasting valuable time that you could be spending eating delicious meat that makes the supermarket stuff taste as plasticky as the packaging it's wrapped in. read more