Borough Market this weekend
Richard Dixon
Borough Market en route. What a joy to go at 9.30am when everything's up
and running but there are very few people there (although enough to make an
atmosphere).
Ended up buying a large back of very tasty (and ripe) baby plum tomatoes
for a quid, a mini ciabatta, some home-made butter and mushroom pate from
the "Pate Moi" stall.
As well as a bacon sandwich to take along the way to work...
Richard
Saxman
Something I've always wanted to do! Sounds like you would recommend it
then?
myrtle
wrote:
It is lovely, although I wouldn't go every weekend. Give it a try!
It's time we went again. Haven't been for around 2 months.
Bruce
Now would be a good time to go, as within a few months, part of the
market will be cordoned off for a couple of years while work proceeds
on the new "Thameslink 2000" railway line which will cross part of the
site. I'm not sure of the exact timings.
After the work is completed, Borough Market will be restored mostly to
its current state. But in the interim, the unique atmosphere will
inevitably change as heavy construction work takes place above.
In the original scheme for "Thameslink 2000", a substantial part of
the market would have been closed permanently. A strong campaign
ensured that the plans were changed to minimise the effect on the
market in the long term.
myrtle
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Ah yes. I remember signing the petition on-line around a year ago
then forgetting all about it. We have had a problem with Barnet
Market being moved whilst refurbishments were taking place and Jane
warned me in this ng at the time to keep an eye on things. She was
correct - a petition is now in place to keep the market, which is a
thousand years old. Thanks to Jane for the warning. I hope the same
doesn't happen in Borough Market.
Bruce
>
>Ah yes. I remember signing the petition on-line around a year ago
>then forgetting all about it. We have had a problem with Barnet
>Market being moved whilst refurbishments were taking place and Jane
>warned me in this ng at the time to keep an eye on things. She was
>correct - a petition is now in place to keep the market, which is a
>thousand years old. Thanks to Jane for the warning. I hope the same
>doesn't happen in Borough Market.
The latest information I have is that the work at Borough Market is
due to start in January 2009.
Saxman
> It is lovely, although I wouldn't go every weekend. Give it a try!
> It's time we went again. Haven't been for around 2 months.
I've heard that the (real ale) pub opposite is OK as well.
Mike......
>> It is lovely, although I wouldn't go every weekend. Give it a try!
>> It's time we went again. Haven't been for around 2 months.
>
> I've heard that the (real ale) pub opposite is OK as well.
theres two or three pubs at least, The George is worth a visit for its
architecture.
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Richard Dixon
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>> As well as a bacon sandwich to take along the way to work...
>
> Something I've always wanted to do! Sounds like you would recommend
> it then?
It's a nice time - so long as you get there before, say, 11am before it
gets swamped with tourists (and London-dwellers). You get a pleasant murmur
from people wandering around.
I've not been for 3 months to properly nose around - probably for the best,
given the amount I typically spend...
Oh - and stop for a pint in the Market Porter!
Richard
Richard Dixon
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Replied without seeing this - yes the Market Porter has plenty of ales on
tap. If you end up standing outside, just try and give in to the sausages-
on-a-spit from the shop next door!
Richard
congokid
Dixon <rdng...@yahoo.co.uk> writes
>Replied without seeing this - yes the Market Porter has plenty of ales on
>tap. If you end up standing outside, just try and give in to the sausages-
>on-a-spit from the shop next door!
When I was having a drink with friends outside the Market Porter in
April I was very tempted to have some sausages and they even gave us a
free portion, but we were eating later at Black & Blue and I didn't want
to spoil my appetite so I abstained.
They place big bunches of rosemary underneath the sausages as they roast
on the spits, which provides a nice flavour as it smokes. I wasn't
paying that much attention, but I got the impression that these got
rather scorched, soaked up lots of fat, and then got dumped on the
pavement afterward - possibly to cool down before they could be binned.
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Richard Dixon
news:EQSJfJBO...@congokid.demon.co.uk:
> When I was having a drink with friends outside the Market Porter in
> April I was very tempted to have some sausages and they even gave us a
> free portion, but we were eating later at Black & Blue and I didn't
> want to spoil my appetite so I abstained.
Ditto here - maybe it was the same afternoon ! Very tasty although I've had
a couple of gristly moments from their sausages.
> They place big bunches of rosemary underneath the sausages as they
> roast on the spits, which provides a nice flavour as it smokes.
They certainly do a roaring trade, be it from Market-goers or Market Porter
drinkers...
Richard