Real Food Market at King’s Cross

Crosstown doughnuts, thank you for being here. I’m not sure I taste the sourdough, but I do know this is what a simple sugared doughnut is meant to taste and be like. The texture of doughnuts is so often just wrong, but this is oh so right. Thanks for breakfast, much appreciated.

Last Thursday, I had just gotten off the airport bus, returning home from a week long holiday, and decided (luggage in hand) to stop at the Real Food Market. I was carrying a suitcase full of yummy cheese, canned fish and preserved meat (can’t beat a trip to Spain) and thought it would be nice to pick up some crusty bread to eat for lunch with some of my souvenirs. As it turns out, I got the crusty bread and much more.
This small version of The Real Food Market (a larger version used to exist on the Southbank but this has recently been replaced by The Southbank Centre Market). When it was on the Southbank, the Real Food Market had many stalls with prepared food. This market isn’t zoned to serve hot food so all of the stalls are either selling raw ingredients (cured meats/​fish/​cheese, sweet and savory baked goods) or cold meals (scotch eggs/​savoury pastries/​pies). Being that it is very near my house, I find myself
Favorite retailers:
Crosstown Doughnuts– the crème brûlée doughnut. enough said.
The Flour Station-​huge selection of delicious sourdough bread and other baked goods
Outsider Tart-​amazing brownie bar concoctions (see separate review)
Cannon & Cannon Fine Foods– tasty charcuterie (see separate review)
Also:
The guy selling meat pies (the sausage rolls look delish too)
The guy selling smoked salmon (it’s heavenly but too expensive)
I will mark this market down a star, only because all the vendors are far more costly than I would normally shell out for their goods. The exception to this is the few prepared food options for lunch available – they’re pretty standard at around a fiver for lunch. But given that it’s so close to home and convenient, I know that I end up caving and paying up at least one day per week of this market’s Wednesday/​Thursday/​Friday run.

Lovely little open air market opened on Wed/​Th/​F on kings Cross plaza. It’s perfect to grab a quick bite for lunch (the sausage rolls are divine) and a visit to Bad Brownies or Crosstown doughnuts is always a good idea in my book!

A cute little market open Wednesday to Friday between noon and 7pm.
I’m only giving three stars because it is quite small, so perhaps it’s not worth a separate market-​browsing trip like many of its larger counterparts.
However, if you work/​live nearby or are passing through King’s Cross area, it’s definitely a pleasant place to stop by and stock up on some delicious ingredients or a quick lunch.
I saw at least two good looking fromageries, a mouth watering charcuterie (with ready to eat portions on display too, so you can stock up your pantry and have a quick lunch at the same time), a stand with tasty smoked salmon, and other standard market evergreens like quiche, baked goods and pastries galore.
My favorite find was a stand with a lovely lady selling unique marmelades and jams from various tropical fruits. Grab a sample and give them a try.