If you’re a tourist in London, you’re probably going to visit the London Eye. Once you’re done, you’ll be looking for some food right? Well, a couple minutes walk away from the London Eye is the little food market with a number of interesting stalls. If you’re a local or someone who works here, this seems like a decent spot for a stroll and decent food. However, they’re only open on Fridays and weekends. There’s drink spots, bakeries and a number of oriental food spots. There’s Korean, Venezuelan, Thai and Ethiopian amongst many others. We tried a couple of the food spots: a vegetarian Indian dosa spot and an interesting looking Nigerian one.
View their website and list of stalls here.
Nigerian food from Naija High Street
Naija High Street is a stall that does authentic Nigerian street food. Sisi Olonje is behind this concept. We got the chicken box that included tender shredded chicken, jollof rice, plantain and a spicy sauce. Their food is halal. We also got Puff Puff for dessert. I liked the chicken rice box especially with the spicy sauce; it provided a much needed kick to the whole dish. The rice did taste slightly stale, but overall it was fairly enjoyable. My wife wasn’t a big fan of this. The Puff Puff are basically small Nigerian doughnuts. Excellent little bites of joy they are! For the Bengalis, this tastes exactly like Gur Handesh.
Moong Dal Dosa from Horn OK Please
Horn OK do Indian vegetarian food with their prized possession being the Moong Dal Dosa, which is of course what we got. I love the fact that you can watch your dish being made right in front of you. So, basically this is a savoury crepe (dosa) made out of moong bean and rice, which is filled with masala potatoes and then served with chana chaat. The savoury/salty flavours of the dosa along with the spicy potatoes and tart/tangy chaat make for a delicious flavour combination. Definitely worth trying if in this market (they also have a stall in Borough Market).
The first picture below is actually from another Indian food stall that does samosas and biryani. Their food is not halal.
Getting there
Nearest station: Waterloo
Nearest mosque: Southbank Centre has a prayer room – just ask the security. But there is no space for wudhu.
Parking: We actually parked near the Camden Market and took the underground (25 minutes away, 9 stops on the Northern Line).
