"Borough Market - best food market EVER!" London Local Custom Tip by londonbabe

So you've taken my tips on Tate Modern and Vinopolis? You're in the right part of town for Borough Market, Fridays 12-6 and Saturdays 9-4.
It's at the meeting point for ancient roads into London from all around the south of England, and from across the Channel - the Pilgrims route to Canterbury and Dover passed through here. As a result, records of a market on or near the site go back to 1014!!
Now it still has beef brought from Dartmoor, chorizo from Spain, olives from Greece and tea from Japan. All in a Victorian market setting.
If you're looking for something different for a dinner party, the butcher could do you stuffed pheasant, then get a chocolate tart from one of the pastry stalls, and finish off with a pile of English and Irish cheeses from Neals Yard Dairy. But take lots of cash! :-(
http://www.boroughmarket.org.uk/mainset.htm