Is BOROUGH MARKET Worth Visiting? Sausage Roll, Scotch Egg, Doughnuts, FRESH Pasta!

[@TheGourmetPlate]

Hi guys! Today we're visiting the legendary Borough Market & we're going to try out some foods such as traditional British Sausage Roll & Scotch Egg from Ginger Pig, Filled Doughnut from Bread Ahead & fresh Pasta from the popular pasta spot Padella! In the spirit of keeping us on our toes & continual improvement of our vlogs, here are our thoughts from the technical perspective on our vlog this week: Despite it being a decent-ish video, this is probably our worst vlog in recent memory...the close ups weren't the best & the continuity in movements/transitions aren't good. We've dropped the ball on this episode. This also caused editing this vlog to be a nightmare & the use of music also required more effort to keep the vlog chugging along. Being stopped halfway while filming Borough Market definitely caused our overall footage to suffer as well, not to mention the lack of close ups at Padella...We should recover faster to this type of sudden occurrence in the future. That's it for this week. Next week's vlog will definitely be way better!

[@munchikinbanana]

Glad you took my advice (not that I'm important) about including your wife in the videos and having her present. Her English and her confidence has improved tremendously!

[@doubleHelix51]

Really loved your intro when you were speaking about borough market and rather than blab on you included little snips of borough market! Really enjoyed this little video, the music was perfect addition. Really entertaining, keep it up! Plus I’m excited to see a fellow Asian couple taking on travel vlogs. Well done!

[@TheGourmetPlate]

Hello Regina, thank you so much for the kind comment! Glad you've enjoyed this episode & we hope to see you in our future food hunts! 😋

[@Aninram1985]

I just found your channel and it's great! I'm an American foodie myself, currently living in Tel Aviv, Israel, and the food here is amazing! A fusion of middle eastern cuisine with all sorts of unique twists, not to mention the people are so warm, and there are so many cool places to visit all over the country. I highly recommend you travel here :)

[@TheGourmetPlate]

Hi Marni 👋, thank you so much for the kind comment ☺️! Israel sounds amazing! Will definitely put it on our bucket list hehe!

[@veragunawan659]

I really like how you describe each dish you tried in detail (taste aspects, texture, etc). U guys made good video. Im subscribing!

[@TheGourmetPlate]

Hello Vera 👋, thank you for the kind words & we’re glad you’ve enjoyed this vlog! Welcome on board The Gourmet Plate train 😬

[@Yasin_Affandi]

Thanks for this wonderful video. Happy New Year to u guys.

[@TheGourmetPlate]

Hey Yasin! glad you’ve enjoyed this one! Happy New Year! 🎉

[@Yasin_Affandi]

@@TheGourmetPlate Thank u, u too. 😁

[@lizkeith1356]

You two are my favorite foodies. thanks.

[@TheGourmetPlate]

Thank you for the support Liz, we’re flattered ☺️. Glad you’ve enjoyed this episode 😙

[@bartmaes7308]

Looks great!

[@TheGourmetPlate]

Hi Bart 👋, glad you’ve enjoyed this one!

[@bartmaes7308]

@@TheGourmetPlate For sure, I like that Scotch egg. We have something similar here in Belgium but we eat it mostly with tomato sauce and with mashed potatoes 😋

[@TheGourmetPlate]

Ah! What's it called? 😋

[@bartmaes7308]

@@TheGourmetPlate In Dutch it's called 'vogelnest' which literally translates to bird's nest. It's basically a big meatball from mixed minced meat (beef and pork) with breading and an egg in the middle. It can be deep fried or cooked in a pan and put in the oven 😊

[@TheGourmetPlate]

Omg you’re right, sounds just like scotch egg 😆

[@jiancheng97]

Nice episode! I want to eat all the foods that has been shown in this video so bad. I noticed both of you are wearing "sort of" matching outfit which is very nice and fashionable. 😎 Thanks to the doughnut, sweet expert Quet gets more screen time in this video 😆 See u guys in the next video 👋

[@TheGourmetPlate]

Hi Jian Cheng 👋, nice to see you again! Glad you’ve enjoyed this one & glad we’ve made you salivate 🤤 You’re right on the ‘matching’ outfit, we did wear matching trench coats 😂! See you in the next vlog!

[@PeirsolFan2]

The doughnut rating makes sense to me, but at the same time it seemed low based on how much Quet seemed to enjoy it while eating it.

[@TheGourmetPlate]

Hello, Quet here 😊, rest assured the rating is accurate, I just enjoy cream filled doughnuts in general hehe 😝

[@SaadonAksah]

Well thats a big roll! 😱

[@TheGourmetPlate]

Hahahaha, it's big indeed 😂

[@katrinlausch3078]

If I get a Scotch egg then a real hot one with runny egg yolk, juicy meat covering and crispy breading. What you had was hard to look at 😇

[@TheGourmetPlate]

That’s quite true 😂. We do have another scotch egg in an upcoming episode that looks the part 😉 Hope you’ve enjoyed this vlog & we look forward to seeing you in the next one!

[@fransiscaemilia565]

Pls share for the best pizza & bef steak in London. Thx.

[@TheGourmetPlate]

Hi Fransis 👋! We would love to but we’re no longer in London 😂, perhaps when we next visit 🤤 Hope you’ve enjoyed this episode & we’ll see you in the next one!

[@metalblind95]

Never tried Scotch Egg before, and it’s not what I imagined it was

[@TheGourmetPlate]

It's our first time trying it, it wasn't what we imagined it would be until we did our research too!

[@michaelleong1977]

Didn't try Meimei by Elizabeth Haigh?

[@TheGourmetPlate]

Hi Michael, we were quite full at that point so didn’t get to try Meimei 😂

[@MichaelCorleone562]

They would've had to call the cops cuz I'm filming anyway

[@TheGourmetPlate]

🤣

[@authorjewelallen]

Do you think the others had permission to film? I saw the permission form online…but they didn’t reply?

[@twong6531]

Every time I view this video, I get gian....so this is what I would do....I would book tix & hotel and go to London (& also watch Liverpool FC game!)

[@RonSeymour1]

I have watched a lot of videos from Borough Market and I have never seen one where photography was banned. Did you ask to see her credentials? I would guess that most visitors are tourists and have their cameras out all the time.

[@TheGourmetPlate]

Hello Ron, thanks for dropping by & hope you’ve enjoyed this episode ☺️ Yes, she’s an actual staff of Borough Market 😅. We checked with the office & confirmed it. Perhaps we were unlucky as the shop owners were actually very friendly & welcoming when we asked for permission to film them 😊

[@RonSeymour1]

@@TheGourmetPlate I checked the market website regarding filming. It does not specifically ban filming and taking photographs. In fact, with the thousands of tourists with smartphones visiting every week this would be unenforceable. However, in keeping with every other public place you do need permission to film in a professional capacity. This is to ensure that there is insurance and that equipment does not obstruct or injure people. Perhaps the equipment you were using or the way that you were delivering your blog made you stand out as not a normal tourist. Had you walked around with a selfie stick without drawing attention to yourself, if that is what you did, you would most likely have been left alone. As I said, there are dozens of similar blogs on YT. What is refreshing about your video is that you are not afraid to criticize an item where justified.

[@Semarngiseng]

Scotch eggs must be eaten with a little piccalilli. All parmigiano reggiano is Parmesan. I think you are confusin. with pecorino Romano.

[@TheGourmetPlate]

Hi Marc, thanks for sharing the way of eating scotch eggs with us! We had another scotch egg after Borough Market & it did come with Piccalilli which is a great match for this savoury dish! As for Parmigiano-Reggiano equating to Parmesan you’re absolutely right on the European side. However, unless we are mistaken, Parmesan isn’t regulated out of Europe, which means the cheese can be aged less than 12 months & doesn’t have to come from the specific few regions of Italy. As we struggled to find the sharper nutty sweetness from the Pappardelle, Wei Loon made the comment that it might not have been Parmigiano-Reggiano. Hope that clears thing up & hope you’ve enjoyed this vlog! We look forward to seeing you in the next one! ☺️

[@khoowenglum2511]

Chocolate doughnut iis definitely way better for Bread Ahead as well as their other stronger flavours.

[@TheGourmetPlate]

We were contemplating the heavier flavoured doughnuts while we were there as well, but seeing their vanilla is labeled as their best seller we decided to give that a go 😋

[@legionnairegonk4425]

Four pounds for one doughnut 😂... Welcome to London!

[@TheGourmetPlate]

4 Pounds indeed 😂

[@keiththomas6861]

Tourist trap ....just got back

[@alanjones7040]

Sorry but the posh sausage rolls have way to much meat to pastry ratio , Just a cheap flat sausage roll is enough for me 😎