I've briefly mentioned the Neighbourhood Goods Market earlier in this blog and had an opportunity to go again this weekend as a dear friend of mine was down from the eastern Cape & hadn't yet been to the market. Special tip....get there early as parking in Salt River is a nightmare....I got there just as the market opened at 9am & took a chance by parking on a yellow line. As sure as God made little apples there was a pink ticket fluttering on my window to welcome me back....I really should have known better!!
Other than that, it is one of the nicest ways to get your weekend in Cape Town started....loads of stalls selling the most delicious looking food - all very tempting!! There are also stalls selling flowers and plants but mostly food and then drink. Foodie mags and various blogs in the UK have been raving about these French macarons & the trend seems to have caught on here in South Africa, so I decided to live dangerously and buy some at the market....
There was a whole range of flavours on display so I opted out of any decision making (having had a fairly late night the evening before with abovementioned friend) & asked the stall holder to choose for me.... and ended up with a box full of very prettily coloured macaroons. I organised a number of taste testers to see what they thought and the verdict was fairly unanimous - the best things about macaroons are the colours. Flavourwise okay.....but nothing spectacular. Reminds of the children's story about the Emperor & his new clothes....but each to his own!
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