Broadway market is a Victorian Street Market that runs every Saturday in Hackney, London. It is open from 9-5 and it offers so much from flowers to gluten free meringues. There are also loads of cute shops and restaurants running along side it. It is honestly such a bustling and enjoyable place.
The closest station to get off at if you are coming in from London would be London Fields. The market is just a short walk away through the park from London Fields station. We got the tube to Liverpool Street and then the overground to London Fields, it didn't take too long.
I thought I would put together a few recommendations from my visit to share with you all. It is a must visit!
Eat n Mess
Eat n Mess is honestly a must visit at the market. Their range of gluten free baked goodies is amazing. From cookie pies to smores cheesecake slices. It is gluten free heaven! I was so stuck with what to choose because it all looked amazing. I eventually chose the smores cheesecake, chocolate orange cookie pie and a peanut butter and jam donut. I have tried all of them since I visited and they are all heaven. The flavours are just incredible, proper melt in your mouth moment!
They also have a cafe in Sevenoaks in Kent if anyone is local to there or visiting.
Floris Bakery
Meringue Girls
They also had some large meringues but I just went for a small one as I had already eaten a lot!
The Bach
The Batch is a cafe at the bottom end of Broadway Market. I visited here after lots of recommendations from other people who have visited, and I am glad I did!
It is the perfect brunch spot, it is quite small but there is a few tables and seats outside as well which would be lovely when it is nice weather! So it can get full really quickly and they do say to try and go before 11am as it gets busier after then.
Their menu has plenty of gluten free options on and they are really clued up on allergens. Again, with plenty of choice it was so hard to pick what to have!
I decided to go for the gluten free cheese and ham toastie with tomato chutney and it was delicious!
I was so surprised because I literally got two toasties instead of one!! It's fair to say I couldn't eat it all but I did give it a good go!
Makatcha Eats
Makatacha eats is a fully gluten free indonesian curry stall. There were three different types of curry available on the day and I decided to try the vegan one as it looked sooo good with the mushrooms, chickpeas and rice! And I was right in what I thought because it was sooo delicious! I would never usually go for a vegan curry, I love a meaty curry however this one really caught my eye. It was slightly spicy but was great because I was full of cold at the time!!
Other places I found but did not try:
1. Galettes stall
I also found a galette stall that offered gluten free galettes. I don't think they were all gluten free so there is a cross contamination issue for me there as they make them on the spot. So if you do want to try them, I would recommend speaking to them about allergies first.
3. Osu Cocunuts
Osu Cocunuts are a pancake company and their pancakes are 100% coconut based and gluten free. They were offering Berry Mad pancakes with berry coulis, coconut caramel sauce and date syrup. The other pancake that they offered was banana choc which had caramelised banana, peanut butter and chocolate sauce. They both sounded absolutely delicious however I was so full again, I could not stomach a pancake!
However, with it being 100% gluten free, I would try it next time I visit!
So there we have it! That is my gluten free guided to Broadway Market in London. I would highly recommend visiting if you haven't visited yet, it is just amazing!
