Borough Market

We had such a lovely time at Borough Market on Saturday. I made R go quite early, as by 11 it is so busy that it isn’t fun anymore. We haven’t had a trip there for ages, and it reminded me why I like it so much.

We started with coffee from the Monmouth Coffee Company, which as ever was great. I have pretty much stopped buying from the high street coffee places (my previous choice being Nero) because the quality of this is so clearly higher. I’d rather drink tea than bad coffee.

We then wandered around a bit getting our eye in, and tasting loads of things. We needed to buy the ingredients for a big family Sunday lunch (which R was cooking), so at least we had a focus. Obviously we bought a lot more as well! We had a happy time in Neal’s Yard, Ginger Pig and Brindisa, as well as many of the other stalls.

Finally we came back with Brindisa chorizo rolls with rocket and peppers for lunch, potted shrimps and calves liver for supper, and a big shoulder of lamb for lunch the next day. We also bought some yummy cheese - Stichelton, Montgomery’s Cheddar, and a choice of the man in Neal’s Yard that we promptly forgot the name of! Also the most enormous celeriac that I have ever seen, which to date has made celeriac remoulade for eight (with salmon for a starter), mash combined with potato for six, and there is still half of it left! The final thing to mention was a bag of cherries, which were macerated in kirsch to serve with chocolate torte.

A lovely way to spend the morning, and we were home before twelve so there was still plenty of the day left.