borough market
we were meeting an old schoolmate (now residing with his family in london for his sabbatical) for early dinner this evening at burger & lobster on 29.4.2017.
millenium bridge
so the idea was to explore borough market, sample the famous street eats.
and afterwards to walk over to the beautiful pedestrian millenium bridge linking tate modern on the south side of the thames to st pauls across the river.
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i bought some milk, eggs & granola earlier. as we were having street eats then early dinner, a light breakfast would do, so we had a hard-boiled egg & a bowl of granola with milk each. 🙂
then we set off.
IFO – identified flying object
we had the pleasure of viewing the art piece? IFO – identified flying object in broad daylight..
IFO – identified flying object
bird cage?? haha…anyway…quite nice la..
st pancras clock tower
my photographer friend could not resist a shoot of the st pancras clock tower, constructed between 1866 and 1873…
st pancras clock tower & king’s cross station
how about sleeping in a £5m apartment for a night via airbnb?
maybe next time?
st pancras clock tower
a magnificient building like to capture on camera…
king’s cross st pancras to borough market -london bridge station
we took the tube to london bridge station, and borough market was just round the corner of the block.
going up london bridge station escalators
we all had the oyster card, will travel.
exiting london bridge station fare gates
like old london pro…
borough market
we were early at 11am. borough market not yet crowded & congested.
folks were having an early morning beer
folks were having an early morning beer, a great bazaar atmosphere.
interesting ambience
a rather interesting ambience.
fresh seafood
fresh seafood
cured items
among the first stalls we saw was the fresh seafood stall, and some cured items.
large freshly shucked oyster – £2 each
we were drawn to the oyster stall – large freshly shucked oysters for £2 each. this size oyster sashimi would be like S$12++ in a japanese restaurant in singapore.
short queue to get oysters
no short of people queueing up to sample the large, plump, sweet oysters, no metallic taste.
a herb chicken dish – quite nice
opposite the fresh oyster stall was the herb chicken (furness foodhut advertising malaysian curry chicken).
i tasted, was quite nice with the herbs, not sure how it is malaysian curry??
my friends weren’t keen..they were fed too much chicken on the MAS flight….
bomba paella
at the same stall was bomba paella.
i tried that the last time i was here. didn’t think it was good.
boma paella
more crowd now..
ROAST sandwiches stall
i stood in line for the short few person queue for the must-have roast sandwich.
Roast crackling belly pork sandwich
we decided on the crackling belly pork sandwich.
my 2 friends though this was the best food here. pork was sweet, tasty & moist. actually the skin was NOT crackling enough & so slightly tough. & the baguette was not that great. the brioche i had previously at the duck confit stall & at maltby market were much better.
ROAST restaurant
Roast restaurant is just atop on the second level. can consider trying it sometime but not a priority.
stall selling duck confit salad or sandwich
next we went to try the duck confit.
stall selling duck confit salad or sandwich
we decided not to have bread, so we ordered a salad.
duck confit salad £6.50
today the duck confit was not so good too.
the flavour still there, but it was a bit stringy & the texture a bit dry & tough.
duck confit salad £6.50
the greens complement the dish a bit. overall it was passable but not great.
borough market shard building behind
from this side we could see the shard building behind. 🙂
borough market
borough market
more crowd milling around the market.
chorizo shop
my friends weren’t keen on another sandwich though the chorizo sandwich was good from my last visit here.
we went into the shop, tried the iberico cured ham (prosciutto) & bought a packet.
strawberries, cherries, fruits
we looked at 2 fruit stalls, one opposite the duck confit.
strawberries, cherries, fruits
we decided to buy from the stall on the outside.
we bought packet of strawberries (i think 400g) for £2, and cherries for £1.
green market (part of borough market)
we walked past bomba paella to the other side.
there is the green market, selling fruits, vegetables, cheese etc.
getting crowded around 12pm
it was now very crowded.
we walked to the back of the market. wanted to take a cuppa, but the stall was quite crowded.
likewise the monmouth cafe at the other side (duck confit) we were on earlier also had a long queue.
we decided to start walking over to the millenium bridge & pick up a coffee along the way.
c.h.e.f andy
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Borough Market
Address:
Borough Market
8 Southwark St, London
SE1 1TL
Tel: 020 7407 1002
Opening Hours:
| Monday | 10:00 – 17:00 | Limited Market |
| Tuesday | 10:00 – 17:00 | Limited Market |
| Wednesday | 10:00 – 17:00 | Full Market |
| Thursday | 10:00 – 17:00 | Full Market |
| Friday | 10:00 – 18:00 | Full Market |
| Saturday | 8:00 – 17:00 | Full Market |
