Lewisham isn’t really a place where people travel to for a night out.  In fact my knowledge of Lewisham extended to the fact that certain buses would terminate at Lewisham Bus Garage.  However this changed a few weekends ago when we decided to check out their newly opened outdoor food market (sort of newly opened, I think it was open last summer also).

Anyway the place was really good fun.  I’d already been to watch my local football team, Dulwich Hamlets, play in the afternoon so after a few beers at the game I was starving.  Luckily this place had an amazing selection of street food.  If i recall I had ribs, nachos, some kind of indian tapas, a hot doughnut and of course a beer.

Luckily the place had a beer that was on the list - the Beavertown Smog Rocket.  I was a bit disappointed when I saw the price of over £5 but as it was on the list I thought why not.  I think my disappointment turned to shock though as I was handed the smallest can of beer I’ve ever laid eyes on and asked to cough up the dough for it.  My shock, which had grown from disappointment now turned to disgust as I actually tried it - a dreaded dark beer.  As previously noted I’m no judge of these treacle like conceptions, i’m sure that people who like this sort of thing must love this one.  However for me it was an expensive experiment went wrong.

The can does come with some nice artwork though which is true of most of the Beavertown selection.

Oh the second picture shows our hot doughnut which I still have warm fuzzy thoughts over.

Apart from the beer I liked the market so much that I tried to take my parents there a couple of weeks after but unfortunately the electricity wasn’t working so we had to stand outside as people milled about inside drinking beer and eating the still warm food.  The guards insisted that we’d get in at some point but we gave up and went to a Bill’s down the road.  Not quite as cool but at least they had paid their electricity ‘Bill’ and could serve us some hot food.