Borough Market, the place for foodies
Those of us who return from time to time to the English capital know that each journey is as random as tempting fate with the Euromillion: either he touches the boat (see a blue sky) or you go home with what you are wearing (and with your wallet in balls). Factors such as the company, the chosen airport, the weather, a few well-spent pints and the geographical origin of the meals acquire in London a supine importance.
In our London today, the March sun illuminates organic markets, thirds of craft beer, flavors of the east (in the east of the map) and those Thames fish that feed on alligators . A London for the uninitiated.
Facade of The Railway Tavern Ale House
DRINK: BLONDES, LONDON AND ARTISAN
Coach and Horses (27 High Street, Barnes) On the street of Dalston's posture the facades seem freshly painted on the ground floor of red brick buildings, pedestrians dominate the urban catwalk and some fishmongers display goods that are not of this world. Their neighbors: Pakistanis, Indians, Orthodox Jews, Jamaicans, and pales. Dedicate yourself to the trade of signing the panorama at one of the outside tables at Coach and Horses with a London or Czech pint in hand.
The Railway Tavern Ale House (2 St Jude St) On a quiet residential street in the Islington area, this fifties decor joint and in tune with the world of the railway, it is just that: the home of the ales. In addition to providing Thai food and live music, the bar supplies us with luxuries. There are six taps of ale that change regularly, much of it coming from London microfactories: Candem Pale Ale, Redemption, Brodie's or the cult beer Bermondsey from The Kernel Brewery.
Treat yourself at Hackney Flea Market
The Kernel Brewery (Unit 11, Dockley Road Industrial Estate) And speaking of the King of London... It is possibly the most interesting microfactory in the City. Located in Bermondsey, it produces 3,000-litre batches three to four times a week. Its distribution and consumption is eminently local, although they also arrive with drops to our country: La Contenta (Plaza de Chamberí, 1) .
What really interests us is that throws pints to a delivered public every Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. His store is swarming with Londoners who know malt and realize double Kernel Table Beer, India Pale Ale or Imperial Brown Stout. And there is more. Aledaña, a top Italian delicatessen Stock up on the best Parma ham, burratta and Parmesan.
**The Love Shake** (5 Kingsland Rd, Shoredich). Literally the shake of love. This lucky fifties diner It is lavished during the day with breakfasts and snacks. The afternoon falls with afterwork Londoners (he is worshiped here) who drink drinks to the rhythm of blues, rockabilly, jazz and rock until dawn. In London they also love Johnny Cash
The Love Shake, Shoreditch
BUY: LIVING ORGANISMS AND JEWELS FROM OTHER DECADES
Borough Market (8 Southwark Street) We feel devotion to these places. If this is not your case, give your palate a chance and lose yourself in this network of stalls from the best of the London pantry and beyond: cheeses, teas, soups, meats, dumplings, earls' and princesses' sausages... In the heart of Southwark, the busiest market in the City opens Thursday, Friday and Saturday to the public.
Beyond Retro Dalston (92-100 Stoke Newington Road) It is the queen of vintage shops. With eight locations, divided between England and Sweden, Beyond Retro recreates past times with a pantry overflowing with garments that fulfill a premise: They all have a story to tell. They are treasures and trifles from other decades. Beyond Retro effectively goes further: their garments are sold online to the whole world.
Beyond Retro, its headquarters in Dalston
** The Rough Trade ** (Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane) If you think vinyl is a format for bearded eccentrics, get lost in The Rough Trade (two locations in London and a brand new one in New York). They say of them that they are absolutely disconnected from the mainstream media effect. There are indie oddities and museum-worthy gems from the alternate universe here. Opened in 2007, Brick Lane store offers sessions of its artists in flesh and blood. Regulars are Metronomy, who presented their latest album here.
Hackney Flea Market (73rd Stoke Newington Church Street). The ideal and phenomenal Stoke Newington's Church Street hosts, once a month, the Hackney Flea Market, which it thrives on small creatives and high voltage vintage stuff. Saturday and Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., the unique pieces and crazy objects are digested with DJ sessions and delicious soundtracks, like their coffees, hot chocolates and homemade food.
Rough Trade East, the best vinyl store
EAT: EASTERN EXPRESS
Anh Dao (106-108 Kingsland Road, Shoredich) In addition to the authentic Indian, genuine Turkish and genuine Chinese offerings, the Vietnamese kitchens in London they accurately reproduce what is cooked in Hanoi. On his menu, XXL soups full of his well-known noodles, wok recipes with seafood or vegetables in spicy sauce and pork with herb vermicelli. You will understand that “spicing is an art”.
Abney Park Cemetery, Dalston
19 Numara Bos Cirrick 1 (34 Stoke Newington Road) It may not be the hippest Turkish joint in gentrified Dalston, but it's one of the most authentic options when it comes to the ocak grill (a hot griddle over burning embers where endless skewers of meat are prepared) . The hot pita bread, its aubergines, the wonderfully seasoned beetroot salad and any of their lamb dishes deserve to come back, repeat and bless.
Brick Lane, or eating in India. If you have been lucky enough to give yourself a tribute in the Asian subcontinent, You won't be able to hold back your tears at any of the Brick Lane Indians. The korma tastes like korma, paneer is not a substitute for mozzarella and the curry stings like its dead in the Spitafields area. In this Little India there are almost as many alternatives as there are portals.
Brick Lane, Bengali neighborhood (and now also modern)
WITH GREEN AT THE HEELS
**Abney Park Cemetery** (Stoke Newington High Street, Dalston). In England there are two unique conditions that make their cemeteries in great posthumous museums: the impudence of its greens, which paint and cover the sea of tombstones, and the free access to the divine precincts. Abney Park is part of the Magnificent Seven London (cemeteries). In the heart of modern Hackney, Eastern Territory, the now converted public park still houses 19th century tombs. Until the year 2000, a total of 196,843 slabs were recorded.
Its true charm is shared between the **abandoned church so Yellow King ** (True Detective), the infinite tenderness of some fresh flowers on what remains of a grave and some geeks on route plan Iker Jiménez.
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