Shakespeare and the Borough Market

The creators of my perfect burger

So I should probably mention that I am in fact attending school while I'm here and not just eating everything that I come across, though that does sound like a rather appealing trip if you ask me.  As many of you know, and many of you don't, I've had the opportunity to take a Shakespeare class here in London.  As a literature major I actually can't think of anything that could be more exciting.  So as part of my curriculum we had to do a behind the scenes tour of the Globe Theatre.  Needless to say I have been looking forward to this exact moment since I decided to come to London.  After the wonderful tour, that lasted well into the afternoon, as the nature of my blog leads I needed to eat.  We accidentally happened upon The Borough Market, a place I had been hearing about and desperately wanted to go.  This market was less of a take and go kind of place and more where you go to buy food to prepare at home.  We walked through countless seafood stands and I probably saw every variety of vegetable that one can buy in the UK.  After walking around the stalls and planning my method of attack, I settled on a burger.  Now with all of the delicious seafood offerings before me, one might question why I choose a burger.  That was simply due to the fact I saw the butcher shop connected to this food stand, deliver fresh meat right up to them to make my burger.  It really can't get better than that.  I settled on a bacon, egg and cheese burger.  This meal is definitely going down as one of the best burgers I've ever had.  It had aged blue vein white cheddar cheese, and bacon that clearly was fresh and from a butcher -- not that stuff you buy at the grocery store and can make in a microwave.  It was heavenly.  I had to add the egg, well because I love eggs and as I've mentioned before and will probably say again, the rich creaminess of an egg yolk can transform literally any food.  I would like to say that I savored and ate this burger slowly, but it was too good for that.  I walked around the market and ate this burger in a manner that can only be described as ferocious.  Needless to say I was thrilled when we left.  I want to go back and eat seafood there, so expect another Borough Market post at some point.

The delicious creation

With Shakespeare at The Globe!!!!