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Borough Market Eats

London never disappoints…


… whether you are looking for a a quiet street to walk, raucous club to party, or an extravagant restaurant to indulge your taste buds.
If you have never been to or eaten at Borough Market on Southbank, you’ve been missing out on a lot of delicious offerings! I honestly envy people who live on this side of London and can come here any day for their regular grocery shopping. 
There are way too many stands to choose food from, so come prepared, meaning come HUNGRY. I skipped breakfast that day and showed up to the Borough for late lunch, and was able to enjoy the offerings of three different stands. I would have loved to eat much, much more, but my stomach uttered a firm and definite “NO!” to that plan. 


Besides enjoying amazing, fresh and mouth-watering food at the market, there is something reassuring and quietly exciting about talking to food vendors about their products, about the labor that went into growing the mushrooms or squash, listening to stories about proper meat preparation and what is the best technique to feed and then later butcher (ugh!) your cow. 
The stand on my last picture was one of my favorites, but funny enough, I didn’t buy anything there. Why? Because I was traveling back home to the US in a day or so after visiting Borough Market and I knew that my suitcase has no extra space for gallons of oils. My bank account said a heartfelt “thank you” to that, but I, even 4 weeks later after my visit to the market, still sigh and reminiscent about wonderful smells and the food’s galore of this extraordinary place. 
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