Saturday, February 21, 2009

Broadway Market

London is known for its abundance of outdoor markets which come in all sorts and sizes, selling international food and goods - similar to our beloved Saturday Market in Portland, but much more crowded! Michael and I decided while we're in London, we may as well make the most of checking out as many markets as we can. Thus far, we've already been to:

1. Portobello Road Market in Nottinghill - known for having awesome emerging designers and vintage clothes.

2. Spitalfields Market - it's the cleanest market I have ever been to!

3. Camden Market - reminds me of St. Marks Place in NYC!

4. Covent Garden Market - we went there this past Valentine's Day to have coffee outside and people watch - what a buzzing place!

And today, we went to Broadway Market since I found out (online) that a Vietnamese lady (who married a Brit) had a coffee stand there, specializing in cafe sua da (naturally) and selling weasel coffee! Weasel/monkey/civet coffee is supposedly the world's most expensive coffee, whereby the animal eats the coffee cherries and either poops or regurgitates it! I had to get my hands on some (they make only a very limited amount each year in Vietnam & Indonesia) and she was selling it at a very good price! Meanwhile, Michael got his own hands on some wild mushroom risotto. The market was small compared to the others we've been to, but it was very quaint and great for people watching! We were both kicking ourselves for forgetting to bring a camera (it was actually just me that wouldn't shut up about it :) since it was beautiful day - the sun actually came out in London!

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