Ridley Road Market, Dalston
Ridley Road Market
Dalston E8
Date of Last Visit: Saturday, May 16, 2009
The Victim: Me
The Damage: None. That was the beauty of it.
The Background: I just spent a good 30 minutes fondling the goods at The Turkish Food Centre. To get TO the TFC, I had to walk through Ridley Road Market. It was almost so cool (as in awesome, not cold) that I refused to look or stop or stare. I wanted to save it for my walk back.
Because Ridley Road Market is fantastic, and there's not a Spanish tourist in sight. (I love Spain and its people and their cameras, which are often quite nice. But sometimes…) In Ridley Road, it's me and the tripe. Just the tripe. I have never seen so much tripe in my entire life. EVERY BUTCHER.
And these…I want to say they are goat…but I could be wrong…I seriously want to dare @hollowlegs and @eatlikeagirl to do something with these. And the tripe.
And then there was this couple, with their egg stall. An EGG STALL. I thought this was pretty awesome. I found this great write-up of the market, and they talk about the couple who run the egg stand and their eggs. Neat.
Apparently, they also have a 24-hour bagel shop that I missed. Mr. Bagel. I checked out the menu online (can't find it now) and still no salt bagels to be had. Damnit. Somebody hook me up. Please.
The Verdict: Just one more reason why I need to move to Dalston.
May 22, 2009
i walked through for this first time on the same day, and was also astounded by the quantities of tripe! i spotted cow foot which i haven’t ever seen in a british butcher’s shop before. i can’t say i bought anything, but i didn’t really have time to stop. i will have to go for a longer visit next time!
May 22, 2009
I am offended that you wouldn’t dare me to do anything with the mystery meat Krista…;)
May 22, 2009
You asked for it! I triple-dog dare you!
May 22, 2009
Oooh – the gauntlet has been thrown…
May 25, 2009
this certainly reminds me of barcelona’s food market. =D
May 27, 2009
The 24hr bagel shop is really not a salt beef kinda place, more a doughnuts the size of car tyres kinda place. But the fact that it’s 24hr makes it beacon for anyone caught wandering the market after hours.
May 28, 2009
Looks like cow foot to me…
May 28, 2009
I’m not even going to ask how you know that! But yes, I went back this past
weekend and confirmed…definitely cow foot.
May 29, 2009
From personal experience, Mr. Beigel really isn’t worth the detour. A friend working on Shacklewell Lane (around the corner) also advises that a lot of the fish at this market “hasn’t seen the sea in a long time…”
May 29, 2009
Yeah, I dropped into Mr. Bagel last weekend. My bagel was OK. Service was
surly. Atmosphere was awful!