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06 September 2008
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St Patricks Day Food Market

When
15 March 2008 -
16 March 2008

11:00-18:00

Where
Covent Garden Piazza

Nearest Tube
Covent Garden

Cost
Free

Age Restrictions
n/a

This St Patricks Day you can truly indulge your foodie side as a fabulous Irish food market comes to Covent Garden.

With a whole host of gorgeous food and drinks to sample, the St Patricks Day food market is set to be a fantastic tribute to the Irish patron saint. Eat and drink your way around the cuisines of the Emerald Isle and experience some of the best in Irish traditional food in the centre of London.

The Irish food board is sponsoring the Irish food market at Covent Garden meaning that there will be cuisines from all over the country to try and buy. For those that love soda bread, Colcannon, and a drop of whiskey, there will be plenty to get your teeth into at the St Patricks Day food market.

Green is the colour most associated with the Irish, and in this case it's not just about the colour of the shamrock and the country itself: at the St Patricks Day food market plenty of the foodie delights will be organic and environmentally friendly. Organic porridge oats, smoked salmon and some of Ireland's famous farmhouse cheeses will all be on sale for the green minded types over the St Patricks Day festival weekend.

Delicious Irish oysters, organic smoked salmon, sausages, dry cured rashers, butter, pickles and a whole range of creamy and crumbley farmhouse cheeses will be there to make your mouth water. Home baked breads, pies, desserts, sweets and chocolates round of the selection of truly scrumptious Irish food on offer this St Patricks Day weekend.

These artisan foods are of the highest quality and sure to feature highly on your most tasty list are the freshly baked breads, oils and chutneys too.Christmas may be long gone, but there is a real feast of delicious goodies on offer at the St Patricks Day food market. With everything laid out to taste and try, shoppers are likely to be struggling home with enormous amounts of Irish food to share with their friends and family after the festival weekend.

Along with the street enertainments and face painters, those in need of more sustenance can indulge in a hearty bowl of Irish stew as they take in the merriment and craic of the St Patricks Day food market at Covent Garden.

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