A guide to London’s Borough Markert. Come with us as we explore the tastes, aromas and electric atmosphere of one of the capital’s hottest spots.
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00:00London's Borough Market, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the
00:05capital and also a hotspot for locals working nearby to grab some lunch. When
00:12you enter the Borough Market from the London Bridge station side, you're
00:15greeted by almost artisanal stores from bagel shops to sweet stands selling all
00:20kinds of licorice. It's difficult to get past all the amazing looking pastries
00:25and looking at all the amazing kinds of fudge on offer, but all these stands
00:30don't even scratch the surface of what's on offer in Borough Market. As you
00:36venture deeper into London's version of a bizarre market, it's a sensory overload.
00:41Everywhere you look you see different food stands, the aromas are almost
00:46overwhelming. One of the first places you see is the world-famous Fish and Chip
00:52Stall, an award-winning stand selling a British staple. Definitely more popular
00:57with people on holiday, but opposite is a new stall taking the market by storm
01:02selling mushroom risotto. The mushrooms are cooked in a large skillet and slowly
01:07added to another huge pan filled with risotto. It really did look incredible.
01:14Talking of big skillets, a little further in is the ever-popular Paella
01:19stand. Huge batches of sweet crusty rice are being cooked and queues down an
01:25entire row for this one. It's definitely one of the most in-demand dishes in the
01:29market, but back and next to the mushroom risotto is a bakery and the donuts here
01:35are supposed to be the thing to try, so I had to. There really were just too many
01:41choices from creme brulee donuts to Nutella, but I decided to try a lemon
01:46curd donut, an underrated flavour in my opinion, and it was amazing. The bread was
01:51really light, the curd was sweet and sharp, it was definitely spot-on. I'd
01:56recommend it. But coming up the other side of Borough Market you see fruit
02:00stands, veg stands, salt beef sandwiches and butcher shops, but as you follow the
02:04windy paths outside you approach the iconic seating stand. Out here is where
02:11the savoury options come into their own, with anything from Iraqi dishes to small
02:16plates of Japanese food like gyozas and ramen. There's also Indian street food, a
02:23Tel Aviv market and sandwich shops. This particular stall is a big favourite for
02:27Londoners on their lunch breaks. Borough Market is a staple of London's culture,
02:34so much so that records of the site date back till around the 12th century and
02:39over 800 years later it's still going strong. But up until a few decades ago it
02:45was purely a wholesaler's market and these days it's open to the public and
02:49now it's one of the most popular destinations in the capital. For more
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