I have not had a lot of weekends off since moving to London last November. A few weeks ago, I threw caution to the wind and took a Saturday for myself. It was very cold and very rainy (and very London) and we decided to be brave London dwellers to spend some time at Camden market.

I don't need a lot of convincing to visit a market. It is one of my favorite parts of travel. We started with something warm from Eden Ethiopian coffee - I had the spicy coffee and my sissy had the chai tea - both were phenomena. Then we moved on the cheese wheel in hopes of trying the hand-rolled pasta - the line was too long. Instead, we order some halloumi fries topped with mint and pomegranate - it was delicious.

We barely got through our order of halloumi fries when my eyes caught the menu for the Venezuelan spot. The guys cooking up Latin America favorites were fun to watch as they blasted music while serving up tasty Venezuelan meals - we ordered some plantain and cornbread - so good ! 

At this point. we were stuffed and decided to head over to the shops around the markets - antiques; jewelry; leather shops where they made a belt on the spot and then on to the vintage shop clothes shop. After an hour trying to figure out if the Burberry overcoat that caught my eye at the vintage shop was the real thing, I was ready for more food. I return to the hand roll pasta shop and the lines were still wrapped around and I was not having it. I went for the posh spice mac n cheese from The mac factory - creamy mac and cheese topped with srirarcha sauce; chorizo and fried shallots - the best ! We wrapped up the day out with jelly-filled donuts and cronut. It was the perfect (rainy) day in London.