Borough Market in London

I was able to head to the Camden Market the last time I was in London many years ago. Since I didn't have much time, I had to choose and decided to go to the ones that I have not been to before. So another market that I checked out and consider worth visiting is the Borough Market and yes, it's accessible by the subway. What I suggest is you get a good map from the subway station (one of those small foldable ones). Have the places you want to go and find out which stations are the closest to the market. Only tricky part is sometimes they change the route and you will find out when you head to the subway station itself but it's usually not a problem. And when truly lost, just ask around.

If I had two days, I probably would head to Borough Market early as well and have breakfast and lunch there. By the time I was there, it was after lunch time but there were still things for me to see and do. First thing I came across was a stall selling plants. Love them and I wish I could have carted some home for my Dad. You can also get fresh produce like veggies and fruits, but you have to be there early to get the best buys.

There are different sections to the market so just walk around. The chocolates were attractive with such a variety. Bought some to take home of course. And yes, munched on a few as I was walking around.

You can also get fresh meats and seafood (see later below) and for meats, all sorts of cuts for you. Basically you can get anything here. Also, you can get cooked food and I saw some yummy eateries but since I had lunch, I just had some organic juice, chocolates and some ice-cream as I walked around. Kinda hard to take pictures while I ate but I managed.

At the outer part of the market, you can get lovely combinations of bread like the ones below. I mean, no way I could get such lovely breads here in Singapore *sighs*

And if you want cheese to go for your bread, loads available. Whatever kind you want, you can get. And you could also grab a bottle of wine, buy some strawberries, yeah ... you get the picture ya *winks*

I just had to take this picture of the Stichelton Cheese. May not look as appetising but I am sure cheese connoisseur would appreciate this and the other spreads that they had.

And yes, for those of you with a sweet tooth, you can have ice-cream or some of these yummy pastries below. There were still some left but I could just imagine if I had been here earlier, there would have been heaps more!

Hope you're drooling while you look at the pictures cuz I was drooling when I saw and smelled how wonderful it was all. I guess this is what I miss because we don't have such markets here in Singapore and I do wonder why.

I had to get away from the yummy food before I buy more so headed inside to check out the fresh seafood and see which I recognised and which I did.

Close up of the seafood stall. There were some already cooked seafood like crabs and shrimp. At times like this, I wished I knew how to cook!!

I was curious when I saw this long queue (there was also a long queue for freshly made ice cream). Like I said before, they have everything for everyone, whether you're a vegetarian, or carnivore like me, totally into organic food ... they have it.

After several hours of walking around, I decided to head off and the last shop I saw was this florist and I could smell the flowers even before I reached the shop. It was just awesome and they have the loveliest flowers there for sale.