Borough Market

I think Borough Market is my favorite place after Hyde Park. And the British Library. And Westminster... Well, it's up there.

Basically, it's an international Costco (free tasters!) but better--olives, artichoke hearts, weird cheese from Wales, falafel, olive oil, candied fruits, honeycomb dipped in chocolate, cinnamon cider... It's a feast for the eye as well as much as anything and the only difficulty is choosing between the potatoes dripping cheese, the piping Cornish meat pies, or fish and chips.

My roommates and I have already been here twice. Lyndi strategically moves throughout the stalls and tastes everything until she's ready for purchases; I follow her until I get impatient with testing and buy whatever catches my eye next. For dessert, I go with the densest brownies on the face of the planet (4 American dollars and worth every penny... or pence) or a bag of chocolate covered hazelnuts and oranges. My advice: stay away from the Welsh cheese. Took an entire falafel to get the taste out of my mouth.