To market, to market to buy a fat pig.

Markets and London are synonymous with each other. There are websites available for tourists to pick and choose their neighbourhoods, their needs and their wants. Looking for food? Antiques? Flowers? There's an app, I mean, market for that.

Today was my third full Saturday in London and I was wanting tasty, tasty food. Cheese, meats, desserts. It was all to be had at Borough Market today. Little tip: go early, get out early.

Enter Borough Market and you have incredible cheeses from small farms in England and France. Samples are thrusted at you and let's be honest, you don't want to say "no, thank you."

Organic vegetable retailer, Turnips, showed their best with amazing heirloom tomatoes and purple carrots.

Giant meringues seem to be quite popular in London these days. I've seen them at a few different bakeries around town since I arrived. Perhaps they're like cake-pops back home and just a fad. You can only eat so much at a time as they're super sweet and make such a mess (not that I would know anything about that..)

What might be considered quite shocking in Vancouver would be the amount and type of game and animal that is eaten in Great Britain. Even more so is how it is presented in a markets. I think that shopping at Asda's, Tesco's, Safeways and Save-Ons have created a disconnection between ourselves and the food we eat. Don't get me wrong, I don't think we need to kill, skin and bleed out our animals (just like we don't need to build our own homes out of mud and hay - there are specialists for this.) But being we should recognize that the chicken breast we're eating in fact comes from an animal that was once living and breathing. The vendor at this stall proudly showcased his items for sale:

Finally, the best carrot cake and icing that I have ever had, was devoured today. I would like to thank 'cakehole' for my newly formed addiction. The tiny, inconspicuous stall may have you asking, "Really, this place?" My response, "Really. This. Place." I highly recommend the carrot cake with lemon mascarpone cream cheese icing. I'm sure any other cake will do but this one knocked my socks off.

Next week: Portobello Market. It's known for antiques but where there are crowds with money to spend, there are food vendors.