Saturday, May 19, 2012

Portobello Market

Posted by Chee Wei On April - 16 - 2008 ADD COMMENTS

Last weekend was kinda bored so decided to drop by at Portobello market which is located on the West side of London.

Portobello is known to be one of the world’s famous street market. Amazing!!
The market itself was divided into many sections as you can see in the photo below.

portobello market signboard

We got off at Notting Hill Gate Tube Station and there are few policemen giving out liftlets saying “Beware of pickpockets”. I guess its a highly targeted area by pickpockets as there are many tourists. So if you are planning on going there just be extra careful with your belongings.

The market stretches about two miles which took us to Ladbroke Grove Tube Station. So either of the stations could get you to the market.

More photos on the market tomorrow.

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Someone’s Knocking

Posted by Chee Wei On April - 7 - 2008 ADD COMMENTS

When someone is knocking the door at your backyard in the middle of the night…

Backyard Door

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Its Snowing

Posted by Chee Wei On April - 6 - 2008 ADD COMMENTS

Woke up this morning and when I look out my window, I just can’t believe its snowing. I was pleasantly surprised by the weather. Its April, it shouldn’t snow during Spring isn’t it?
However, weather is pretty unpredictable in the UK. Therefore, predict the unpredictable =P

Its too early and quite cold to go anywhere far so I decided to visit my backyard to get some shots.

Snow flakes on the leaves

Hand water pump

Not much snow piling up as most of the flakes melted the moment it touches the ground. Sad to say but at least it snowed :) In case you didn’t know, its quite rare to experience snow in London. Enjoy :)

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London’s Most Renowned Food Market

Posted by Chee Wei On March - 30 - 2008 ADD COMMENTS

More close up shots of vegetables…

Enjoy.

Lovely little raddish

Red raddish. Looks fresh to me.

Mushrooms

These mushrooms do look a little weird. I mean the colour.

Red pepper or capsicum

Red pepper! Looks pretty shinny. They must have put a layer of wax on it.

Potatoes

Why not wax these too? I think shinny potatoes do look good =P

Beans

Healthy beans. Omelette with beans sounds good anyone?

Duck eggs

Duck eggs. I think I rather go for chicken eggs.

Turkish Delights

Turkish Delights. Sweet, nutty, chewy…err what else?

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Borough Market, London

Posted by Chee Wei On March - 29 - 2008 2 COMMENTS

Yesterday, we decided to visit the Borough Market which is located in the south east part of London. The market has been there for 20 centuries and they just celebrated their 250 years of trading. For more information, just visit the Borough Market’s official website.

Its time for some photos.

Borough Market, London

All these fresh vegetables came directly from the farm. Ahhh fresh carrots, leek, cabbage, and so many more. Yummy!!

Dead rabbits

Now, that makes me feel otherwise!! I find it very different to sell rabbits like this perhaps they were trying to say fresh rabbits? Poor little bunnies. Try not to look at the details as you might see things from under the skin.

The Monkfish

A fish stall. Saw many fresh fishes but they all look normal to me except for this one, the Monkfish. This type of fish basically swallows their whole prey this is why they have a big mouth.
“What if its not dead?” – quote, one of my friend =P hehe.

Shiny tomatoes and aubergines

Wow..look at that shiny tomatoes and aubergines I mean eggplants errr…also known as brinjals. Many names huh? Those vegetables do look a little fake to eat but its great for photography.

Cheese stall

Spotted this cheese stall, they were selling tonnes of cheeses. Probably a heaven for rats too. Are you one of them (those who were born in the year of rat :P ) So, as expected I went on and tried one of those cheeses before it gets too crowded. Don’t think, just give it a try! Go on!

Chocolate truffles

Ahh chocolates….they are my favourite! They have normal chocolates, dark chocolates and even the white ones. Wanted to try some of these truffles but there wasn’t anyone there so let’s just assume no testing!!! Anyway, let’s move on.

Come on, stop drooling let’s go.

tomatoes stall

To all tomatoes lovers, they only sell tomatoes. Ranging from tomato sauces to fresh little tomatoes. Red…red…very red…

No rubbish please, reuse rather than recycling

United Kingdom really emphasizes a lot on recycling materials. Of course, reusing is better than recycling at least I hope its only for tasting cups and not toilet papers =P.

olives and artichokes

For those who like olives and artichokes, here you go. Sorry, these are not quite my liking.

Turkish Delights

Turkish delights! What are you waiting for?

Nuts, macadamia, chocolates

They sell all sorts of nuts and chocolates too. Its about £1.79 for a hundred grams of any nuts. I tried the Macadamia coated with honey it tasted really good.

Arabic cuisine

Arabic cuisine! It smells really good, perhaps I should be more adventurous enough to
try on new things.

Fresh farm fruit juices

Fruit juice! Bought 3 bottles of 100% fruit juice, pear, apple + beetroot and apple + cranberry. They really taste brilliant because its made of 100% hand selected farm fruits. Now, carrying a camera bag with these 3 heavy glass bottles (1 litre each) isn’t really a good idea.

German Bratwurst

At last, its time for some food! Bratwurst (Brat – fine chopped meat and wurst – sausage) a German hotdog.

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Daisy?

Posted by Chee Wei On March - 28 - 2008 ADD COMMENTS

I think this should be a daisy, if I’ve not mistaken! haha. Double checked. Thanks to google.

Saw this when I was going through some of the photos I took last year in London’s Regent Park.

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