A few months ago a lovely friend of mine bought me 2 very special bottles from vom fas- one filled with extra virgin olive oil with lemon, and another with apple balsam vinegar. Each bottle was personalised with a little message and my name.
Well, i have enjoyed using my presents for dressing salads, roasting veg, marinating meat, rubbing into chicken then popping in the oven, dipping bread in before devouring. and i have even enjoyed just looking at the pretty bottles catching the light on the side in my kitchen!
Finally the sad day came when the bottles were empty so off i trooped to selfridges to see about getting some more. I discovered that if you take back your initial bottles they refill them for you, and whilst the bottles are pricy, the oils and vinegar themselves are pretty reasonable for the quality.
After an enjoyable 20mins tasting the different oils and vinegars with the little pieces of bread the staff will give you, i settled on cassis balsam vinegar and olive oil with herbs. There were lots more i wanted to try each one seemed more tasty than the next!
Vom fass has apparently extended its uk operations- and there is a store in Windsor which i have failed to notice in all my time living there, so in future that will save me facing the tourist scrum that is selfridges food hall!
I also asked if you can take a 'non vom fass' bottle in to be filled- and you can! So take your empty average supermarket oil bottle down and come home with something that bit more special.
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