London Borough Market and Southwark food and history hot spots

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Join LondonWorld on a City Experience Food and History tour around Borough Market and Southwark, hitting up some of the hottest spots in the capital.   Head to LondonWorld.com for more info on City Experiences.

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00:00 Hi, thanks for watching and joining London World on a city experience food and history

00:10 tour of Borough Market and Southwark.

00:17 The tour started at a family run restaurant next to London Bridge with some banging bacon

00:22 and egg baps.

00:23 After breakfast, the tour headed to the iconic Borough Market and were treated to some freshly

00:29 caught oysters from Mersey Island in Essex caught that day.

00:37 After guzzling those down, we stopped at Fish Kitchen for some well and truly iconic fish

00:43 and chips.

00:44 Now after that we were pretty full but there was still room for dessert, especially at

00:48 this place, Humble Crumble.

00:50 And lets say they shouldn't be so humble, it was amazing.

00:53 A marshmallow style topping, yes please.

00:56 Now well and truly full, our guide Becky took us around Southwark and told us tales of Winchester

01:02 geese, pirateers and much more.

01:05 Yeah, awesome.

01:06 So we do a tour of Borough Market and Southwark.

01:09 The tour is to take you around key food stops in and around the market.

01:15 These are places that came in after the market was revived in the early 2000s and so it's

01:19 really good to have people shown around some of our best of British in terms of food.

01:25 The thing I also love about doing these tours is the history and the culture that you weave

01:29 into it as well.

01:30 So it's not just about having a particular kind of food, having your fish and chips or

01:37 having some cheeses.

01:38 It's about the history and the story behind those things.

01:40 It's about the history and the story behind the area as well.

01:44 Southwark has a very long history of being sort of a den of iniquity and sort of the

01:49 seedier side of town.

01:51 So it's nice to introduce guests to a bit of history that they may not learn about if

01:57 they're going into central London where it's all glitzy and glamorous and kings and queens.

02:01 You're getting something a little bit different from us.

02:05 After our true story roundup, then surprise, more food.

02:08 This time we had some Madeira wine, some English cheeses and even a sticky toffee pudding.

02:13 We were well and truly treated to desserts that day.

02:17 And breathe.

02:18 Oh no wait, more food.

02:19 Seriously, I thought I might die at this point but afternoon tea, yeah it would be rude not

02:24 to.

02:25 Then we headed upstairs on the boat to get a view of the famous Tower Bridge, the London

02:29 Eye and the Houses of Parliament.

02:31 For more info on the city experience and city cruises, head to Londonworld.com.

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