Borough Market

 

Borough Market

VOX
Six for a pound of Avocados! Five for a pound of Mangoes!

VO
Borough Market is a must do alternative to the supermarket if you want an authentic taste of the country without leaving the city.

IV
First of all at Borough Market we've got specialists, people who actually know, intimately, about animals, or food products or olives, we've got that passion, that care. And when you come into the market, you can't help getting this feel of the smell, the touch, the feel.

VO
And with its easy access to the Thames and the railway, Londoners have been enjoying Borough since the 1800s, when it was the city's principal food market. Quality produce is what counted back then, and its still what counts today.

VOX
I like Borough Market, because there is a variety of food that's being sold here, especially the fruit and veg, they look really fresh and they taste a lot nicer.

VOX
From us, you can buy fruit and veg that you may not see in the supermarket. And you can pick something up and say, well, I don't like that, I'll have that one. If you don't know what the product is, you can ask someone, and they'll say, you can do this with it, you can cook it this way. It's more of a shopping experience.

VOX
We tell customer, what type of olives is in there, and the time of the harvesting, ways produced and why it might cost a bit more because the olives are harvested by hand.

VO
The prices at Borough Market may seem a little on the high side, but the traders say this is because of the time and effort that goes into making their produce stand out.

VOX
What you have to understand is, I've given that animal, that wild boar, dinner, bed and breakfast for one and a half years. I've cured the ham for another 12 months. So there's nearly two and a half years before we actually get it to this place.

VO
Borough's also a great place for city workers to pick up delicious lunch time snacks. The market's gradually been expanding its specialist foods and now attracts everyone from celebrity chefs to discerning visitors.

VOX
I can find foods here that I can't find anywhere else in London that remind me of home.

VOX
I went to different market in London and this actually is the best one.

VOX
I just come here at lunch time and the quality's fantastic.

VO
To sample all the delights of this gourmet paradise for yourself, you'll need to get down here on a Friday after twelve or brave the crowds on a Saturday from 9 AM when the market expands for weekend visitors.