We take a tour around borough Market to find out why this place is always so buzzing.
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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
01:01selling 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 stand.
01:19Huge batches of sweet crusty rice are being cooked and queues down an entire
01:25row for this one. It's definitely one of the most in-demand dishes in the
01:29market. But back next to the mushroom risotto is a bakery and the doughnuts
01:34here are supposed to be the thing to try, so I had to. There really were just too
01:41many choices from creme brulee doughnuts to Nutella, but I decided to try a lemon
01:46curd doughnut. An underrated flavour in my opinion and it was amazing. The bread
01:51was really light, the curd was sweet and sharp. It was definitely spot-on. I'd
01:56recommend it. But coming out 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,
02:33so much so that records of the site date back to around the 12th century and over
02:39800 years later it's still going strong. But up until a few decades ago it was
02:45purely a wholesaler's market and these days it's open to the public. There you
02:49have it, London's most famous spot when it comes to food, Borough Market. And we'll
02:54be exploring some of the capital's most iconic spots right here on London News.