borough market is always on my london list. this it is not a mere market but a hub. you go there to eat, check out the people and the stuff on sale, take pictures or, you know, just hang out.
it is the perfect foodie destination. or the perfect place to have brunch on saturday.
if you want to visit, check out their website and remember that it is only open wednesday to saturday.
it’s an endless source of fresh produce, seafood, gelato, home made pasta and flowers. for snacks or full meals, you can choose between japanese gyoza, scotch eggs, pulled pork, various baked goods, fish and chips and so much more. mushrooms, rhubarb, italian salumi, kangaroo hamburgers… anything and everything, really. carefully selected and locally sourced.
i would love to be able to visit more often and chill there with friends. i would love to be able to taste neal’s yard dairy entire selection of amazing cheese just like they were books in a library.
put it on your list and work up an appetite by walking there. it’s very close to tate modern, shakespeare’s globe and to london bridge. they have plenty of cheap and really delicious snacks so it’s definitely worth the trip.
thousands of pictures are waiting to be taken.
the market is an open air museum of all the ingredients you have ever heard about. and i’m convinced you will also discover quite a few you have never heard about.
my father loved a good market, being both a foodie and a forager avant la lettre. when i find good markets, i often think that he would have liked them, too!
ps: for a more hipster location, try broadway markte!
photo credits: little aesthete
7 comments
Chris says:
Apr 18, 2014
Yum! Never miss a market everywhere you go! You find out a lot about the locals having brunch and watching people in these markets!
Nice.
little aesthete says:
Apr 18, 2014
indeed! markets are about people first and food second! 🙂
Allie Mackin says:
Apr 22, 2014
Oh this looks WONDERFUL! Reminds me of the Pike Place Market in Seattle and the Union Square and Eataly Markets in NY
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little aesthete says:
Apr 23, 2014
i will post soon about broadway market: a hipster place in east end 🙂
BROADWAY MARKET IN LONDON | little aesthete says:
Apr 23, 2014
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april says:
May 1, 2014
whenever my husband and I travel we seek out markets and basically plan our trip around food. Burrough market is probably the best in the world at what it does- the space is amazing, the variety of people and foods makes it fun, interesting and especially tasty.
I love your blog btw and am so happy to have found it
little aesthete says:
May 5, 2014
borough market is wonderful but i wouldn’t say it’s the best: there are amazing markets out there. boqueria in barcelona, naschmarkt in vienna, the tsukiji fish market in tokyo 🙂 they are just like people, each has a different kind of being special! 🙂
thank you for the kind words and for following! 🙂