Here’s a hard truth: your mum will not like street food. She’ll eye that bao bun like it’s a grenade. So compromise. Go to Borough Market, but get her a warm doughnut from Bread Ahead first. Then coax her into trying a truffle risotto ball. New rule: one safe snack, one wild snack per stall.
Our London Family Vacation | Stroller in the City
If she’s a fish-and-chips purist, skip the tourist traps. Take her to Poppie’s in Spitalfields. It’s got vinyl chairs and malt vinegar on every table. She’ll feel like she’s in a 1960s time warp—and she’ll love the mushy peas. Probably. Don’t ask about the jellied eels. Just don’t.
Sunday is for Columbia Road Flower Market. Buy her a bunch of anemones for five quid. She’ll carry them around all day like a trophy. Then have a lunch of pie and mash at a pub called The Royal Oak. Bonus: the pub is dog-friendly, so there’s always a golden retriever to coo over.
