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A numbered record of the canteen on Clifton Street, Cardiff

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The canteen menus, seasonal changes and the dishes that appeared on them.

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A plain wooden canteen table set for one at dusk, with a bowl of soup, a slice of bread, a glass of water and a folded napkin, warm light from a low window falling across the grain, shot from the side at table height.
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The Table That Waits After the Day

How a canteen menu is built for tired, hungry regulars at the end of a working day, and what a lodge table after a day outdoors teaches a kitchen.

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A short row of small plates on a stainless steel canteen counter at seven in the morning, a chalk board behind with eight handwritten lines, a cloth over bread, cold grey light from a side window on Clifton Street.
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Sardinian Plates on a Clifton Street Counter

A Welsh canteen borrows the Sardinian habit of small plates and market produce, keeping its own voice on Clifton Street in Cardiff.

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The Canteen Ledger

The Canteen Ledger is an independent editorial record of the Canteen on Clifton Street, Cardiff, written from the archive, the local press and the recipes kept in print.

The Ledger does not take bookings, does not publish prices and does not speak for the canteen. People, suppliers and the press named in an entry are described in the third person; none of them publishes this site.

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