I love the hustle and bustle of a busy market. It reminds me of home. I love the diversity. I love how fresh everything is, from the flowers/plants, fruits, vegetables, food and even the people. They are small farm owners, small scale business people and your everyday common folk who want fresh and cheap produce. :D (like us!)
Here are some photos I took from last week and earlier today. The kid had so much fun people watching and eating her pupusa. :) My Mom enjoyed the cheap fruits and vegetables. We bought a bunch of yellow peaches, mango nectarines, dinosaur egg nectarines, kalabasa flowers (squash flowers), ampalaya (bitter melon), sitaw (string beans), patola (gourd), lemon grass (for making tea!), tomatoes and a bag of peanuts all for $17!
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| THE PUPUSA STAND: I ordered (1) Chorizo and Cheese (1) Chicken and Cheese and (1) Spinach and Cheese all for $8; it came with a pickled side salad, salsa and sour cream. They cook it right in front of you in a grill. Amazing deal, amazing flavor. The kid loved it and she ate the salad too. (well, she likes vegetables anyway) |
They do have a lot of other options for a quick lunch and snack. There was a Thai food stand, tacos, Blazin' J's kettle corn (I want to try this next after reading all the great reviews), Hawaiian barbecue, crepe stand and a lot more.
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| My Mom taking ampalaya buying too seriously. |
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| Chilis! This one is for my brother Ray. :) |
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| Love, love this fruit stand! This is where we bought most of our fruits that day. |
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| FREE TASTE! |
Weather was great and how else do we end a beautiful, busy morning? By grabbing a quick lunch!
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| My plate! :) |
This market is right smack in the middle of a busy intersection, bus and train station. Part of its charm is that it's also in the middle of a small business center (the Wilshire Center). There's a Chase bank, Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf and small boutiques all around it. It just looks like it doesn't belong there! LOL.
But I'm lucky to "discover" it last week when the husband and I were practicing my bus route to work. On our way back, there it was! It just appeared out of nowhere! :P The guy who was selling pupusas said they are only there on Fridays from 11am-3pm.
Too bad they are closed on the weekends, because I think it's one of the city's best kept secrets. :)
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Wow! omg i'm staring at the drinks/mango juice in the first photo.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to buy one but didn't have cash anymore lol
DeleteLovely! Good to know you can go a farmer's market every week. We used to go one in Salcedo Village, Makati. Kaya lang when Gino had a very bad experience with the parking (our car was lightly bumped by another), hindi na kami nakabalik ulit. Hehehe.
ReplyDeleteSis I love places like this kaso sarado sila sa weekend so pag wala lang akong pasok ng Fridays ko sya mapupuntahan. Mura sya talaga and organic pa. I know hassle talaga pag panget ang parking, ito rin sa side streets lang ang parking, mas maganda pa kung mag commute na lang. Hope to start a small pot garden sa balcony I will consult you for questions. Plan ko bumili ng small calamansi plant para bongga sa sawsawan ng inihaw na isda. LOL!
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