I don’t ordinarily send Hideaway Report members beneath a viaduct to eat, but snacking one’s way through London’s Borough Market makes for a refreshing change of pace from the city’s more-formal restaurants. The popular, sprawling market has only a handful of produce vendors nowadays; they’ve been replaced by increasingly upmarket food stalls serving everything from oysters to pasta to duck-confit sandwiches. We spent a delicious couple of hours noshing on whatever caught our fancy.

Visiting the Borough Market, on the South Bank between The Shard and the Globe, requires a little strategy because of its popularity. I recommend avoiding overcrowded weekends entirely. Mondays and Tuesdays see some stalls closed, so visit on a Wednesday or Thursday if possible. Even on those days, the market can be quite busy after 1 p.m. I prefer to start eating around 11 a.m. or so.

Only the gluttonous will be able to gourmandize their way through this entire itinerary. Alas, you may have to make some choices.