The old food market is probably one of my favorite food and veggie markets in London just because it is massive, has all kinds of fruit and veggies as well as: (examples)
- milky hot chai (from Scratch)
- Best Coffee Ever: Monmouth Coffee
- Fresh oysters that are shucked for you and that you can eat at the stall
- Garlic Prawn wraps
- Pork roasts
- Thai food
- Beautiful veggies and fruits
- German Food
- exotic burgers (ostrich, buffalo, wild boar, venison, etc.)
- Spanish chorizo sandwiches
- Butchers
- Farm Fresh eggs
- Vegetarian Food
- Best Cheese Raclette sandwich
- 100s of varieties of cheese
- 100s of varieties of chocolate and pastries
- British meat pies
My favorites are the garlic prawn wraps, the chorizo sandwiches, and the pork roast sandwich with cracklin. The raclette sandwich is so good - but so rich that you can really only have it twice a year.
I could go on - but I mean, if you are in London you just HAVE to go to Borough Market. A lot of the stalls take credit cards as well as cash, but it's better to have cash on hand just in case. You can get really great deals on fruit and veggies there if you know where to look. Once you are done eating and shopping, you can take a stroll towards the river as Tower Bridge, London Bridge, and the Shakespeare Globe theatre are all close by. Also - the Bombay Sapphire room at Vinopolis http://brilliant-london.com/tag/bombay-sapphire/ is pretty amazing if you like gin and a great event space.
I'll leave you with some pictures -
