| Question about that there London 12:33 - Dec 19 with 3034 views | Illinoisblue |
Anyone been to the Borough Market? Daughter saw a tik tok about it (specifically a market stall offering chocolate-dipped strawberries) and wants to visit. Worth a look? |  |
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| It’ll be total chaos…. on 16:40 - Dec 19 with 687 views | hoppy |
| It’ll be total chaos…. on 15:18 - Dec 19 by Illinoisblue |
17th century coaching? Is Allardyce the landlord? |
He's not that forward thinking. |  |
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| Question about that there London on 16:41 - Dec 19 with 685 views | crouchendyachtclub |
I Like La Tua Pasta at Borough. You can but it in M&S and at farmers markets but they tend to have a bigger range and fresher stock because they get the turnover. |  | | |
| Question about that there London on 16:48 - Dec 19 with 661 views | solemio |
Decades ago I used to walk past Borough Market each day on the way to work. In those days it was a genuine vegetable market, not open to the public.
Oldies may remember the great boxer Henry Cooper. His family bought and sold veg there, and sometimes I saw Henry, except that I realised it was probably his twin brother. Eventually one day I saw them both chatting outside, so I had seen 'Enery! | | | |
| Question about that there London on 16:58 - Dec 19 with 650 views | vilanovablue |
Our office is behind Borough Market. The food choices are staggering. Shout out to Ginger Pig whose sausage rolls are fab. I would say it does get very pricey, crammed with tourist and a bit pricey but definitely worth a visit. |  | | |
| Question about that there London on 17:10 - Dec 19 with 629 views | Bluespeed225 |
Overrated now. Victim of its 90’s success. Worth a look if you’ve never been, but as said, the surrounding pubs are alright. | | | |
| Question about that there London on 17:28 - Dec 19 with 606 views | factual_blue |
| Question about that there London on 15:37 - Dec 19 by The_Flashing_Smile |
No, they do bao buns. The clue is in the name. |
I assumed that was an abbreviation for Bangers Are Overpriced |  |
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| Question about that there London on 17:37 - Dec 19 with 594 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
It's a Market that has it's own cookbook.
And some of the stalls have their own cookbooks.
A really good way to get a snapshot of all the current food trends, and everyone can sample what they most like the look of.
So, in spite of the queues, a very savvy investment for a tourist who is cash rich but time poor!
If you are time rich and cash poor you could just buy your daughter a twenty quid chocolate fountain from Groupon, and she can chocolatise strawberries to her heart's content!
Or just melt some chocolate in a bowl resting on a pan of boiling water and dip fruit in that! | | | |
| Question about that there London on 17:50 - Dec 19 with 588 views | Churchman |
Last had a wander round it in the summer before meeting some chums for dinner. It’s always good fun. It’s expensive if you buy anything, but you can get some unusual stuff there. I like it. As has been suggested, avoid the Market Porter. It’s very much a ‘tourist’ pub and priced accordingly.
There are plenty of pubs around there but if you want to drink just off the market, I’ve always found The Wheatsheaf ok and not far from BM is The George - real proper old 17c coaching inn. The Barrow Boy is ok for a drop of London Pride. Lots to do in that area. Plenty of places to eat on the river front too.
If you like your cathedrals Southwark, next to Borough Market, is interesting and you might even get to meet Hodge the cathedral cat! |  | | |
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| Question about that there London on 22:07 - Dec 19 with 537 views | factual_blue |
| Question about that there London on 15:38 - Dec 19 by Horst3000 |
Chocolate dipped strawberries?
I bought my daughter some of those last wednesday here in Berlin at the Alexanderplatz Christmas Market.
6€ for three strawberries. Everytime she took a bite I was calcultaing how much it cost me...
Still it's Christmas and it made my daughter happy; in fact I even took some home for her sister and a chocolate covered banana for my son.
This has turned into quite a ramble hasn't it? |
Your son's chocolate-covered banana is not an image I want to see. | |
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| Question about that there London on 09:19 - Dec 20 with 471 views | Horst3000 |
| Question about that there London on 22:07 - Dec 19 by factual_blue |
Your son's chocolate-covered banana is not an image I want to see. |
You silly sausage |  | | |
| Question about that there London on 12:41 - Dec 20 with 434 views | Coastalblue |
| Question about that there London on 17:10 - Dec 19 by Bluespeed225 |
Overrated now. Victim of its 90’s success. Worth a look if you’ve never been, but as said, the surrounding pubs are alright. |
Not sure I agree with that, I'm relatively local and while yes it's expensive I think it's still a decent place to visit.
If you fancy tapas there's a fabulous place on Maltby Street Market which is not far away, good tapas and some nice reds. |  |
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| It’ll be total chaos…. on 13:49 - Dec 20 with 390 views | stonojnr |
| It’ll be total chaos…. on 13:11 - Dec 19 by hoppy |
Or just across the road, The George is quite an interesting historic 17th century coaching inn... although it is a Greene King pub, so may not have the absolute best range of beers. |
The George is a very interesting pub, good book on it here though very debateable it was Shakespeares local though Dickens certainly visited
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shakespeares-Local-Centuries-History-Extraordinary/dp/0
But unbelievable to think it's barely a quarter of the size it originally was
And yes a Greene King pub, was ok last time I went, they're not restricted to GK beer alone, but there are better beer pubs nearby imo, it's worth a visit to look around the
place, they sell more lager I think so cask is left for the tourists and can be great, can be abit tired. | | | |
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