Snapshots from London: Good Eats At Borough Market
Borough Market; pigs from Northfield Farms; Celia Brooks Brown. [Photos: Carey Jones]
Borough Market
8 Southwark Street, London, SE1 1TL; map); +44 (0) 20 7407 1002; http://www.boroughmarket.org.uk/
Getting There: National Rail/London Underground to London Bridge station; 381, RV1 bus routes; parking located on the corner of Southwark Street and Southwark Bridge Road and on Snowsfields
Hours of Operation: Wholesale Sun.-Fri., 2 a.m. to 8 a.m.; retail Thur., 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Fri., 12 p.m. to 6 p.m., Sat., 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
We've written about Borough Market, once upon a time. But a single post cannot do justice to the absolutely mind-blowing array of farmers, chefs, cheesemongers, butchers, fishers, and purveyors at this incredible emporium of food.
It's a bit much for a visitor to make sense of (or, more to the point, eat!) in a single visit. So after a good wander on my own, I took a tour with London food writer Celia Brooks Brown, recommended by the fantastic folks at Visit London. Currently a writer for the Times (London) and a professional guide, Celia is an undisputed expert on the Borough Market vendors, and a few hours with her got us acquainted with the people behind each incredible stall.
The new-and-improved photo gallery, with a few of Celia's favorite vendors, after the jump.
Carey is over in London thanks to Visit London, the city's official tourist organization, in connection with Virgin Atlantic and the Intercontinental Park Lane.
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6 Comments:
I once spent a good amount of time in Neal's dairy yard sampling a collection of cheeses with a good friend, at which occasion I realized I had developed a taste for strong cheeses. When we tried one, my friend and I responded "too weak" and "ick, too strong" simultaneously.
Also, the sangria and Pimms is worth the trip, perfect guilty pleasures!
veggieout at 5:18PM on 11/03/09
Favorite parts of Borough Market from when I went EVERY weekend during my 4 month back and forth business trips a few years back:
Stand selling freshly sliced comte cheese, (first introduced to comte there and all others I've found here pale in comparison), falafel stand across from awesome raclette stand, freshly shucked oysters, more varieties of olives in a single stand than I've seen in almost all of Manhattan, meat pies from the butchers, baguettes...
I could go on and on. I must get myself back there soon! :)
Jacquie at 5:48PM on 11/03/09
I spent the better part of a day there in September. It was wonderful, with an amazing variety of vendors and many, many creative, unusual dishes. I loved especially the Spanish pork sandwiches (I'm forgetting the name, there was a really long line) and the huge variety of dairy products I'm hoping New Amsterdam grows into something like this in New York.
gingerngin at 8:41PM on 11/03/09
Had my first ever raw oyster there in May - it was sublime and the Market has a gorgeous array of products. Next trip I shall visit early and stock up on some tasty things!
tahitian at 9:57AM on 11/04/09
The Spanish deli is Brindisa (awesome chorizo sandwiches) but one of the best (British) things to eat is a sausage roll from The Ginger Pig butchers. I wouldn't go to the market for the fruit and veg (I don't personally think the prices are worth it) but there are some great things to try. I particularly love the Cool Chile co and Monmouth for coffee. There are also a few places to eat outside of the market that are worth a look too.
masalha at 11:27AM on 11/04/09
I'm going back to London in December, and I absolutely cannot WAIT to explore the Borough Market - I somehow managed to miss it when I was studying there for a semester in college. Shame on me.
katieelby at 12:02PM on 11/04/09