After having gone to Borough Market a couple of times, I was looking for an alternative, and Notting Hill Farmers Market fit the bill. Don’t get it confused with the nearby Portobello Rd Market. This is a small market with everything you need and not too much to distract you with. There’s that community feel, and best of all, prices are quite reasonable. Same as the supermarket, so why wouldn’t you buy straight from the farmers? We picked up:
- Milk (£1.49 for 2 pints)
- St George Goats Cheese (£21.99/kg)
- Apples and pears (£1.80/kg)
- Brown California sourdough (£2.70)
- 6 mince pies (£1)
- Pain au chocolate (£1.45)
- Leg of mutton (£10)
- cabbage (£.50)
- 2 English spinach for £1
Since we were so closed, we decided we should check out Portobello Road Market, so we joined the hordes and hordes of tourists heading the same way. The police handing out beware of pickpockets at the entrance to the markets was a bad sign, but the market was quite charming. Lots of antiques (not sure if they were real antiques or jus for show), lots of colour and noise. If it wasn’t for the huge crowd, this would actually be a lovely day out.
To get away from the crowd, we actually got some decent coffee from Coffeeplant. The cappuccino (£1.60) was most definitely more than passable. We were tempted by the street stall seller shouting out “6 tiramisu for £1”, but as expected, the tiramisus were really bad. We also picked up some King Edwards (£0.25/kg) before heading home.
Info
Notting Hill
Every Saturday 9am – 1pm
Car park behind Waterstones, access via Kensington Place
junction of Kensington Church Street
W8
Website
Portobello Road Market
Every Saturday
Portobello Road
London
W11 1LU
Website
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