From weekly farmers markets offering
fresh breads, organic cheeses and recently plucked vegetables to stalls vending
fragrant street foods these food markets are trending and how…take a vigorous
desire for food and a sense of adventure, and this may be the high-point of your
Vacation!!!
WHY FOOD MARKETS?
The
farm-to-table drive is a rage across the world, fetching fresh, local produce,
meat and other food items to restaurants led by celebrated chefs and shops with
local culinary specialties. Food markets across the globe now offer the most
pulsating colours, aromas and visions that will drag you from stand to stand
across. These Markets are expected lures for hungry tourists; a rich, entertaining
experience of sparkly local cuisine, arts and lifestyle. There is adequate room
for interface with locals, the casual to try out dubious language skills and
the appeal of a fresh, inexpensive lunch too. Wherever they are, markets can
offer a frenzied walking tour of local cuisine and culture, and a delightful
way to mark the varying seasons.
ONE BETTER THAN THE OTHER
For
those who do not know ‘Lyon’ is not only the food capital of
France but the world as well and its legendary enclosed ‘Les Halles’ a food shrine
brought in by perhaps one of the most prominent chefs Paul Bocuse (the
father of Nouvelle cuisine);has approximately five dozen booths peddling myriad
of epicurean delights. At les Halles there is even a section to learn cooking
or you can simply enjoy a sit-down lunch of local produce with some delicious
French wine.
Owing to Noma and The New Nordic cuisine, Copenhagen is definitely
on tops for its food trends and ‘Torvehallerne’ is a Gourmet’s
delight , rather than Never-ending
clamours of stalls flogging the same stuff, they have gone for variety than
volume. The multitudes can transport amid the two glass and steel market halls
on opposite sides of the square to grab cheese, candies organic sausage,
artisanal honey, herring, tapas bars, rye bread, and other bounty, both local and international.
And not to forget fortes of diverse areas of Denmark, like the tiny island of
Bornholm’s delicacies are very attractively represented.
At ‘ la
Bouqueria’ in Barcelona, a swarm of selling posts, occupied of beaming
stalls run by resident merchants you will treasure fresh produce from proximate,
there are energetic seafood restaurants and flourishing street food stands,
inspirational fresh juices and alluring tapas bars all around
MOTHER OF ALL MARKETS
At
the outskirts of Paris, Rungis has typical clients and only the freshest,
superlative quality foodstuffs are sold here. This makes it a very remarkable
place to visit for a travelling Chef or a foodie. That said, entering Rungis is
not so easy, and even if you do you requisite a card (And Rungis works between
midnight until the wee hours of the morning); but not unmanageable, you could
opt for a tour from any company devoted to Gastronomic Tourism that deals
tailored tours by Market experts including a Rungis-style breakfast. The tour
begins after slipping on the plastic butcher coats and the chic caps. After a dekho of the Fish Pavilion you move onto
the Tripe where you would be bizarrely spellbound by the plentiful innards and
animal body parts on display. From Poultry to Meat, tiny animals to enormous
ones, the Meat Pavilion has various carcasses. Immediately after the Meat is
the Cheese and Dairy. There are fruit, then the vegetables then the flowers
pavilions. Before you finally stop for breakfast which is as fresh as fresh can
be. Of course, all around Rungis, you will not only observe the market in
action, you will also see proof of the sheer size of the place. Fancy this; the
roads in the market have street signs.
OTHER MUST VISIT FOOD MARKETS
ST
LAWRENCE @ TORONTO, CANADA
KRETA
AYER WET MARKET@SINGAPORE
COURS
SALEYA@NICE, FRANCE
BOROUH
MARKET@LONDON, ENGLAND
PIKE
PLACE MARKET@SEATTLE, USA
MERCADO
CENTRAL @VALENCIA, SPAIN
CHANDNI
CHOWK@ DELHI, INDIA
QUEEN
VICTORIA MARKET@MELBOURNE, SYDNEY
TSUKIJI
FISH MARKET@TOKYO, JAPAN
D’
TALIPAPA MARKET@BORACAY, PHILLIPINES
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