Tachbrook St Market

Lovely market my favourite is the Jordanian Cusine
Selling meals from £3.50 — £5.00 but what make him different from others is the freshness, taste and his meals is Oil Free. My favourite dishes is the chicken spinach with pomegranate, Okra with Lamb and the green beans with Lamb All steamed and oil free.

As a long term (42 years!) Pimliconian. it’s incredibly gratifying to see the market thriving again – a long time ago, Tachbrook Market hosted actual farmers selling their produce on Fridays and Saturdays… then for years it went into a sad downward spiral except for the fruit/​veg stall and the fine fishmonger stall – the original owner Mr. Wright passed on his trade to the great young Jonathan, who has evolved the stall from fine to superb… so good it features in a Japanese guide listing the best fishmongers in London. About two years ago, Westminster Council finally poured money into refurbishing the Market and handed the Management over to private company. The current buzz is provided by the likes of the fruit/​veg stalls, Jonathan the fishmonger, cheese and meat from local Gastronomica Italia store, a good Butcher and – as everyone else has commented – lovely street food. Come on down. I shopped there this morning (Friday) and there were queues for all the stalls, from ‘kick ass’ burritos to the superb falafel makers…

Now I was vacillating between 3 and four stars here, bemoaning the lack of a 3.5 star review choice, but you know what, I’m rounding up! Yeah, you heard me, rounding up… because I’m a nice guy.
Now there are markets in London that are bigger and have more choice, there are markets with more eclectic vibes, and there are markets that actually have somewhere vaguely nice nearby where you might want to sit down and eat your delicious purchases. Tachbrook St. Market has none of these, however it is all about the delicious purchases.
First of all let me disabuse you of the notion that this is a farmers market, it isn’t. It only has one veg stall and one (very good looking) fishmongers stall. At Tachbrook street it is all about the lunchtime goodness.
There are a selection of various national cuisines competing for your attention, from a couple of little «Arabic» stalls selling generic (but tasty) Mediterranean goodies, a pretty fine but (for the market) slightly overpriced Japanese stall (the prawn bento box was lovely), a jolly old Greek geezer offering you free samples of his traditional stews (and very nice they are too) as well as a stall selling tasty, (but somewhat meagre) Spanish flatbreads. I can’t attest to the quality or otherwise of the Egyptian or Caribbean stalls as I haven’t yet sampled their wares and I’m sure that there are a couple of stalls I have missed out, but my friends, I have saved the best till last…
The best two actually; first of all is the wonderful Slovenian stall (which is sometimes absent Mondays and Tuesdays) that serves sandwiches, though that does not do them justice, these are huge meaty sandwiches (choice of Slovenian sausage, steak or lamb and beef «Pinches»), served on a slab of bread the size of your head and festooned with a choice of lovely sauces to bring out the best of the salads.
The second of the premier league here is the absolutely awesome falafel stall, just watching these guys preparing the falafel and chucking them into the fryer at a rate of knots is entertaining enough, but the real joy comes from putting those lovely hot golden balls into your mouth, (they will often even give you a free ball to suck on whilst you are waiting for the main event)! Pretty much the best falafel in London, and at £3 a steal! (Oh yeah, and ask for extra pickle).
All in all a great lunchtime spot, if only there were a park or suchlike nearby it would be worth the four stars without my extra generosity.
P. S. Don’t ever get the burritos from the «Mexican» stall they are pretty much the worst I’ve ever eaten (replacing sour cream with mayo anyone?).

I love little street markets and this is tiny but fun, with some £ store items, a couple of vegetable sellers and some street food vendors.
I spotted a fabulous looking mussels in saffron rice at the Egyptian stall with an attractive prawn (shrimp like critters for the USA) salad. I don’t recall what was at the Moroccan and Arabic vendors, but there was a Mediterranean guy with some great looking skewers of lamb and chicken, a delicious smelling Indian curry girl and Gastronomica from down the street had a table full of sumptuous sandwiches masquerading as panini.
Almost everything was in the £3−4 – 5 range, a much better deal than the sad Mickey D’s down the street.

I love buying fresh fruit and veg at the market, and this one is easy walking distance for me, and close enough to other shops (Tesco, Sainsbury’s market, Rippon Cheese and a fab Italian grocery shop) to pick up anything else my cooking session requires.
There’s a great fruit and veg stall selling a huge variety of in season fruit and veg. And not just your bog standard stuff like iceberg lettuce. He’s got lambs lettuce, rocket and spinach too! He’ll tell you if the fruit is ready to eat or needs ripening so you don’t waste your money. I managed to get a huuuuuge mango and i haven’t seen any in my local supermarket. I did quite a geeky thing the other day and compared his prices to Tesco’s and he came up slightly cheaper on all products!
But there’s not just fruit and veg at this market, oh no! There’s not one but 2 fresh seafood stalls! And permanent businesses on the street include a butchers and bakers.
There’s also a few stalls doing takeaway food, including curry. Mmmm… an all round winner.