Applebee’s Fishbox
Part of the same family business that runs Applebee’s restaurant, this street food stall specialises in wraps filled with exceptional seafood, including garlic prawns and Cajun-spiced fish.
Jack Applebee joined us on the Borough Talks podcast to discuss the terroir of shellfish and how buying from a fishmonger takes the terror out of fish shopping.
Fish! Restaurant
Restauranteur Tony Allan’s Borough Market restaurant serves simple, classic seafood dishes. Produce is delivered each morning from Fish!’s own fishmonger or sourced from other Market traders.
Chef-director Nick Melmoth-Coombs shared with us his recipe for squid, chorizo and roasted tomato bruschetta, a simple, flavour-packed starter or lunch dish.
Fitz Fine Foods
Noel Fitzjohn is an enthusiastic, knowledgeable forager who uses his springtime haul to create an off-beat range of flavoured mustards, pestos and vinegars.
Noel spoke to us about the art of safe, sustainable foraging, including the importance of seeking permission, the need for constant vigilance and the menace of dogs.
Grovers of Borough Market
Grovers, a third-generation family business, is a wholesale supplier of fruit, vegetables, salads and herbs to retailers and producers around the city, as well as many of their fellow traders.
The Grover family’s work provides an important link to Borough’s rich history as a hub for fruit and veg wholesale, which you can read about in our story of 1,000 years of the Market.
Khanom Krok
Khanom Krok sells authentic Thai street food, including the street snack that gives the stall its name: small coconut pancakes made in distinctive dimpled pans.
The stall’s owner, Worawan Kamann, shared her recipe for Thai-style chicken with cashews, a perfect celebratory dish for the Songkran festival which takes place in April.
The London Cider House
The London Cider House sells a wide and ever-changing range of the very finest British and international ciders and perries – by the glass to drink in, or by the bottle to take home.
Tomé Morrissy-Swan heard from the stand’s founders about how the fading art of cider making has enjoyed a very welcome renaissance.
Moishe’s Bagelry & Bakery
Brought to Borough by the team that supplies the bread for Nana Fanny’s street food stall, Jewish bakery Moishe’s creates traditional hand-tied bagels and challah bread.
The name Moishe means ‘from the water’, perfectly describing the traditional method used by the bakers to prepare their bagels: boiled in a pot of bubbling water before being baked until golden.
Oliveology
Marianna Kolokotroni works with independent artisan producers to source exceptional Greek products, including olive oil, olives, vinegars, raw honey, cheeses, dried fruits and nuts.
Via Ed Smith, Marianna shared with us a traditional Greek Easter recipe taught to her by her mum: a gorgeous custardy treat called ‘galatopita’, packed with eggs and dairy to break the Lenten fast.
Tea2You
Run by Ratan Mondal, Tea2You is a specialist importer of fine teas from the best tea gardens of north-east India, including the coveted Darjeeling first flush, which arrives in the spring.
Clare Finney paid a visit to the Gopaldhara tea lodge in the lush hills of West Bengal to watch the first flush harvest and discover what it is that makes it so sought after.
Whisk by JENKI
The Whisk by JENKI matcha bar serves whisked-to-order, ceremonial-grade matcha drinks, as well as functional shakes and homemade matcha bakes.
Co-founder Claudia Boyer joined us on Borough Talks to chat about Japanese matcha production, the factors that determine its quality, and how its slow release of caffeine is meeting a cultural moment.
JUMA
The street food stand run by British-Iraqi chef Philip Juma specialises in traditional Iraqi cuisine, including handmade ‘kubba’: fried and braised dumplings stuffed with a variety of fillings.
Philip talked about growing up in a multicultural household, the widespread misrepresentation of Iraq, and the glorious intricacy of the nation’s cuisine.
