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I have always understood I lived in a city unlike any other. Half term from school was the best time, you'd walk into town and fight your way through annoying tourists with their camera's taking photos of buildings you did not even cast gaze upon, as you made your way for lunch. Pizza hut buffet all the way, I was 12 years old and my friends and I thought we were the bee's knees. I'm sure most can reminisce to these days, though if you lived in Oxford, you did not get the ice-cream at Pizza hut, Ben's Cookies was the final destination with the hope, you may see the infamous Ben.
Some facts for ya, as we all love facts if we are being honest. In 1984 the first shop was opened in the covered market. The founder Helge Rubinstein of the now international Ben Cookies, Rubinstein, author also of the Chocolate book. To some the logo design may seem familiar, that is due to the third and final fact, that Quentin Blake (the illustrator for Ronald Dahl) designed it, anyway.
Now it would be impossible to write a review without bias beyond measure, so I'll just talk about why I adore the place. I have not once purchased a cookie that has not been warm from the oven with the chocolate melting over my fingers or the centre being gooey and irresistible. Leading to the reason I enjoy the whole experience, as much now, as my 12 year old self did, your cookie is priced according to weight, giving a sense that you are different to that person behind you in the queue, your cookie is special. The selection of cookies also covers all customers, whether your inclined to more adventurous tastes, or your a straight up chocolate chip.
Enjoy your cookies.
http://www.benscookies.com