A quite, peculiar and truly good market

It’s more than a year that everyone is speaking about this awarded market, basically created by the farmers as an alternative to the busy and overcrowded Borough Market.

This street characterized by the arches of the railway is now the new foodies destination for a special Saturday market experience. Packed with farmers and little producers this truly great place give you the time and all the fun you can have in discovering niche and unique products. From amazing sweets, to spanish ham, from smoked salmon to fresh oysters and flowers, you can really comeback in time.

In Italy for example every area has its weekly market, something very common and never, never, so full like the few very famous ones here in London. To go to one of this you really need to be motivaded and ready to spend the day between lots of people. In Maltby street instead is more the market that guides you in the exploration and you can only let it drives you, like when I was a child and i was going to the market with my mum.

The smell, the  beauty of the products, the peace under the arches can only make your Saturday morning better and even the past Saturday when all London was gray and miserable, there it was sunny and warm.

After a nice stoll, a little shopping and a beautiful coffee in Monmouth I then camback to the center passing by London bridge, but when I saw the amount of people, I just rememberd. For me the tranquillity of this place and the good vibe of the shops and the people was a really nice discovery.

Do you want to know what I bought? You will need to wait my next recipe… soon on the blog.

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It's out now with lots of tips.

 
Written by Rose Prince columnist for the Telegraph and expert of food, markets and gastronomy, the Good Produce Guide 2012 it's really a little treasure... especially for someone like me, coming from abroad and with almost no knowledge about english traditional producers. I can tell you one or two things about italian food and typical regional products but it's not the same for the english ones.
 
So I really enjoyed reading through the various categories of this book from markets to deli, from butcher(always hard to find here) and bakery or artisanal producers.

I mean I have already my faithful italian delis ( Melograno and Foodinthecity ), but is always good to know where else you can buy good food if you are in the other side of the city!  And I have particularly appreciated for this reason the map that comes at the end of the book ( that I would just divide in color to make it easier to read) and that can guide you in the different areas of London and UK.
 
And what to say about the list of seasonal english products and the festival calendar? Great! And if in the future i will visit some other english place I'll easily bring this with me or i will check before to go to discover all the best food from the nation.

So yesterday i put the guide under test and I had a look at all the places around Covent Garden, where I was and I found not 1 but 3 great places for a really good cup in the afternoon: these were Drury coffee near Leicester square, the Tea palace in Covent Garden Market and finally Monmouth Caffe that I listened lots of time but that I actually never tried yet! So I went there and it was great: fresh coffe beans and great pastries… irresistible!

Do you want to pick the best of what UK can offer, or you just want to have good food that you can trust in... Let this guide inspire you! And if you are looking for a 100% italian and artisanal PGI pasta, don't forget us ;)

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The last Saturday of every month for all the food lovers

I hope you are not going away just yet, and I also hope that you are going to be free this Saturday, because we have been preparing a nice surprise for you all and we are sure you will love it.
 
Next Saturday, the 30th of July, there will be a new special market opening up in London and precisely in St John’s Wood, North West London.
From 10am till 5pm, you will have the chance to find fresh food, olive oils and vinegars, sauces and gourmet products used by the most famous restaurants in London, beer and wine tastings, cooking demo and even premium food for your pets. 

 
The market will be beside the popular Pub in 96 Clifton Hill and it will be held in conjunction with Food in the city , importers of gourmet and organic food from around the world: spicy sauces from Australia, pasta from Gragnano and fine chocolate from this sublime online larder that is a favorite of many top chefs!

The Clifton, famed for its food, fun atmosphere and of course great beverages have invited many of its suppliers to offer their great produce to visitors. So you'll soon be enjoying artisanal breads , the best of English and French cheeses plus chutneys and relishes, and a great variety of the finest products from Andreas fine fruit and vegetables.

Finally and with great pleasure we will have the honor to offer you some finest italian PGI pasta Pastificio dei Campi Spaghetti , from Gragnano with San Marzano tomatoes naturally seasoned by the crisp Italian sea air, and cooked by a really special guest !

Are you curious to know who will cook our great pasta? are you interested in taste the real Italian pasta with San Marzano tomatoes? You know where to go next Saturday then!

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