The incredible Borough Market

Today, rather than go back to the Ealing Farmer's Market, we decided to make our way to the Borough Market. Getting there was so easy: hop on the Central Line until the Bank exit, walk about 10 minutes including crossing the London Bridge and we are there!

Picture of the Tower Bridge taken from the London Bridge on the way to the Borough Market

Since we were famished by the time we got there, we shared a few items, including a Scottish Roast Beef sandwich on baguette, a duck sandwich (one of the best sandwiches I have ever had) and finished with a chocolate eclair from a French pastry stall.

The little Duck Sandwich stand made basic sandwiches with a little mustard, roquette (also called arugula) lettuce and of course, a huge portion of duck meat, with both tender and crispy pieces. Yum!

We wandered for a few hours among the multitude of butcher stands with free range and game meats, the aromatic cheese booths, the shops specializing in so many things from olives to mushrooms, from flax seed to tea and just about anything else edible one can think of.

Focused on cutting very thin slices, this butcher is taking apart a leg of Iberico ham.

This stand offers quite a variety of mushrooms, and the owner is happy to make recommendations on how to cook them.

This farmer is selling raw milk that he milked from his cows this morning. In fact, we could order milk for delivery from his farm, Hook & Son, though it is quite costly. The milk from his free-roaming cows is delicious!

After tasting a few different types, we ended up settling on a mix of different olives and also picking up some cornichons.

Some of the foods we ended up bringing home with us: organic apples and pears, avocados, 3 different saucissons (green olive, duck and red wine), flax seed, cornichons, olives, a raw goat's milk blue cheese, a milder Italian cheese, some black truffle duck pate, smoked bacon and bacon-wrapped pheasant stuffed with chestnut stuffing.

So far, whether prepared in restaurants or bought the local store/market, the food here has been amazing both in diversity and in quality. It is possible that food in England is not impressive (yet to be verified first-hand). But when it comes to London, the cultural diversity, the ease of importing from close-by countries and the focus on sustainable and natural foods contribute to making this city an incredible destination for epicures like us!