Barb wanted to visit as many markets this summer so we could find ideas and pictures for her blog and mine.
Driving down the Don Valley Parkway from Richmond Hill is 1/2 hour more or less on an early Saturday morning. The St. Lawrence Market's south building is in the first Telegraph building in Toronto. The north building on the right has a farmer's market inside as well as booths on the street. We started looking around about 7:30 a.m.
Ready made appetizers at the one cheese booth look good. I bought some Italian hard Parmesan/parmigiano cheese. Barb bought some bocconcini as well as camembert.
There are many meat counters- marinated steak, sausages of all kinds for example. Toronto is very cosmopolitan with foods represented from all over the world. Sausages were Italian, Portuguese and German to name a few.
Seafood of all kinds can be found. I decided on some fresh Prince Edward Island mussels for dinner with a nice canned tomato sauce and spices.
The fresh homemade pasta and sauce looked good but mine is better!!!
One of my favourite parts of the day was buying "the Toronto's tradition peameal bacon on a soft country bun" and then eating it outside sitting on a table to take a little break from walking around the market.
Actually world famous sandwich according to the sign Barb and I saw while eating!
As in Italian tradition, top off any meal with a short espresso. Barb had a cappuccino.
With our purchases in our tote bags, I was ready to leave the market after an hour and 1/2. Barb loved the atmosphere of Torontonians and tourists shopping- families with little children, couples, empty nesters! I was happy to be on the road home as I really do not like crowds. The market allows anyone to buy whatever they need for a real feast.
Saturday dinner was an appetizer plate with the cheese, mussels with tomato sauce and fresh bread, shrimps and small lobster tails from the freezer, boiled new potatoes bought at the market and the fresh lemon and berry tarts for dessert. The fudge will be a treat for Barb's colleagues on Monday.
I definitely will make another trip to the St. Lawrence Market. Perhaps another place to take visitors-especially ones who love to eat!
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St. Lawrence Market
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