Salim Jega, Stall staff, Vanilla Blanc
Describe Old Spitalfields Market in five words.
Exciting, challenging, multicultural, youthful and multigenerational.
Fashion food or flea market?
We sell home-based diffusers – anything with fruit or flowers.
What was the last web page you looked at?
I was reading an article about history. I’m very interested in ancient societies and the middle ages.
What is your chosen tipple?
I don’t drink but I like a malt drink in the summer, or a chai tea.
What is the best piece of advice you have ever been given?
Have belief in God.
What has been your best market find?
The food. I like Cafe Caribbean and Jollof Box.
What’s on your bedside table?
I like to read but I recently watched a great documentary about pollution. That was an eye opener.
What’s are you listening to right now?
I stopped listening to music so much because the lyrics were no longer talking to me. I was listening to a lot of rap and found it becoming too violent. I do like the old school tunes though. Like ‘Imagine’ by John Lennon. It’s timeless.