Five Borough Facts
Any Top Five list of the best things in London would have to include Borough Market. The perfect day there is spent tasting, sharing, buying, tasting, buying, tasting, tasting and buying. Then drinking a glass of wine.
Which is how we came home with the most beautiful dill pickles, banana chips, the most wonderful ginger root, four seriously big lemons, five kinds of cheese from Neal's Yard, a lump of prunes and walnuts from Brindisa and a gorgeously nutty loaf from Flour Power. Oh, and salami and ham from Gastronomica.
And over a glass of wine at Bedales, we compiled a list of the five things we'd learned on they day's adventure:
-- At Bedales, you can buy a bottle of wine from their shop and drink it on the spot for a £5 corkage fee. Not bad at all. They even have great narrow counter/tables so you sit close to your friends.
-- Olives filled with orange peel are very weird and somewhat tasty.
-- The gluten free cookies sold by Just Biscuits are as good as any regular cookies we've tried, only more brittle (which makes them unique and delicious).
-- Neal's Yard only sells their grilled cheese & leek sandwiches on Saturday. Damn!
-- On Saturdays from 11-4 you can buy your fish or meat from Borough Market and take it across the street to the Banana Store. For £10/head, they'll cook it for you, and supply garnish and seasonal vegetables.
Actually, any day that features Borough Market - even 30 minutes for lunch - is pretty perfect. We stand corrected.
And over a glass of wine at Bedales, we compiled a list of the five things we'd learned on they day's adventure:
-- At Bedales, you can buy a bottle of wine from their shop and drink it on the spot for a £5 corkage fee. Not bad at all. They even have great narrow counter/tables so you sit close to your friends.
-- Olives filled with orange peel are very weird and somewhat tasty.
-- The gluten free cookies sold by Just Biscuits are as good as any regular cookies we've tried, only more brittle (which makes them unique and delicious).
-- Neal's Yard only sells their grilled cheese & leek sandwiches on Saturday. Damn!
-- On Saturdays from 11-4 you can buy your fish or meat from Borough Market and take it across the street to the Banana Store. For £10/head, they'll cook it for you, and supply garnish and seasonal vegetables.
Actually, any day that features Borough Market - even 30 minutes for lunch - is pretty perfect. We stand corrected.
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