Borough Market

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Comment by Feast with Bron on September 6, 2010 at 10:50am

Sad but true it is definitely changing - and not for the better if you like to shop for great ingredients. The Devin fish stall has gone because they were only making money Saturdays and the trustees refused to allow them to only trade for one day. The fish stall that replaced them is seldom there and has much poorer selection. Booths has now gone too - really sad to see them go having bought veg from them for a decade. No doubt they will be replaced by traders selling things in jars. I still shop there every week but am starting to look around for alternatives...

Comment by David King on September 3, 2010 at 2:43pm

Julia.
As a regular visitor to the market, do you feel it has changed? There has been some press coverage recently about disgruntled stallholders, who feel they are being pressured by the Trust to be more fashionable. Others feel they are being forced to leave.
I was there a couple of weeks ago, and it does seem to have become a Tourist Trap.
I also went to Henrietta's Soho market ... but there were only 3 stalls, surrounded by sex shops.
I'd love to have a local market where there was a variety of mostly local food that looked trustworthy.
David

Comment by rute diniz on September 2, 2010 at 9:59pm

is an amazing market,we can get wall diferent kind og feelings and taste when we visit this market...i love it

Comment by Bare Cupboard on February 10, 2010 at 11:07am

Hi everyone, I'm a new UK FBA member, and am lucky enough to live a few minutes' walk from Borough Market. So guess where you'll find me every Saturday morning? Anyway, I thought I'd share with you a few of my favourite stalls.
There's a new fish stall, called simply Devon Fish, which has a small but perfectly formed selection that's brought up directly from some Devon boats each Saturday. As well as lots of beautifully fresh mackerel, squid, whiting etc, a couple of weeks ago, I actually got a sea bass roe from there. Something I'd never come across before. (See what I did with it here...) The stall is at the top of the Jubilee Market area.
Also in the Jubilee Market is a woman who sells the most magnificent eggs I have ever tasted. I don't know the name of her stall, but she sells beef from her farm in Devon, and has a table to the side with a small number of boxes of eggs. If mismatched-sized eggs with bright yellowy-orange yolks are your thing, go and try!
Finally, there is The Flour Station, also in the Jubilee Market. I recently discovered it was another of Jamie O's ventures, and I have to grudgingly admit, another hugely successful one. The muffins and almond croissants are TO DIE FOR! And the tortano bread (made with potato flour) has become a Saturday-lunch staple for me.
Okay, I'm done.

Comment by Rashmi Tewari on December 21, 2009 at 11:23pm

BM is paradise on a sunny winter afternoon! My partners gave a 10 on 10 to the ostrich burgers, the mulled wine is always to die for - I keep debating if it'll taste just as good at home, and the buffalo mozzarella is the most awesome from here! I have to try the Raclette and the veggie table next time!

Comment by Cinabar on October 25, 2009 at 10:31pm

My word - visited Borough Market for the first time last week... what wonderful stuff! I love that they have an information point, somebody actually walked me over to some of the stall I was looking for! <3
I bought all sorts of fine things from chocolates and turkish delight through to beer! I'll be reviewing my purchases very soon over at www.foodstufffinds.co.uk

Comment by Tamara Hawkesford on September 24, 2009 at 12:08pm

I saw this today:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/sep/24/london-borough-market-future-fears

Comment by Rachel Pilling on July 7, 2009 at 12:35pm

I visited Borough market for the first time last weekend...and OMG I have never been anywhere so wonderful! (Perhaps I don't get out much!)

The atmosphere was lovely, and I could honestly have spent many more than the two hours that I did....(Was somewhat 'rushed around' by the people I was with) and much more than the hundred or so in cash!

I followed the visit up by cooking an 8 course feast with all the wonderful produce!!

I am currently planning my next trip...I can't wait much longer, this group will really help me decide on the best stalls to go to!

Comment by Ursule Thurnherr on June 11, 2009 at 5:37pm

Now that the sun has come out again, time to think about picnics and real summer outdoor living.

Comment by Julia Parsons on May 23, 2009 at 8:38am

I did a lunchtime visit yesterday, came back £30odd lighter but picked up:

A dressed crab, destined for this
A bag of mixed exotic mushrooms
Spring onions
A corn on the cob
Duck eggs
A wedge of Parmesan
A piece of Comté cheese
A gorgeous smelling vanilla pod (which I squashed on the way home!)

What I love about Borough is that you can pretty much get anything you need there - all the hard to find things that, certainly I find, are hard to buy locally sometimes.

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