Borough Market

The oldest and greatest market in London, the Borough Market has been operating at its current location for 250 years, but was established during the Roman occupation. I went thinking I wasn’t going to buy much, and ended up with an armload of expensive treats.

I couldn’t resist buying a large ball of fresh buffalo mozzarella from Campagna. It is nothing like the fresh mozzarella I’ve had in Canada. I just had a piece accompanied by some prosciutto, a slice of Poilane bread and some lovely lettuce that I found at the market called Brown Spotted Trout (as in the fish, the vendor kindly informed me).

I also picked up some chantrelles, a bottle of artisanal cider and a lemon almost as big as my head.

smoked garlic!

The crowd was starting to thicken and I’d thought I had had enough, so I made a quick exit only to stumble upon Neal’s Yard Dairy on a side street. I bought myself some real butter, straight from a happy cow. Slathered some on a piece of the Poilane sourdough as soon as I got home…delightful. Also got some Neal’s Yard yogurt to go with the english raspberries that are so perfectly ripe at the moment.

"m'am, please stop photographing the cheese"