I was just in Prince Edward Island, and treated myself to a little bit of time at the Charlottetown Farmers’ Market. A wholly different experience from the Halifax market. It caters more to prepared food—with African, Asian, Indian and Canadian food stalls peppered throughout the small building—but also has lots of wonderful local produce, art, crafts, coffee and preserves filling up the other booths.

A blur of activity at the Farmers' Market
There is something really joyous about finding all kinds of foods that you wouldn’t expect to find elsewhere in PEI; the samosas and curries are especially delightful. But, ultimately, it’s the great local treats like Medallion smoked salmon and coffee that is roasted in Murray River, that makes me want to keep going back. And that’s exactly what I ate when I went there last week.

delicious smoked salmon, eventually shaved super thin for an awesome breakfast sandwich

The beautifully sliced salmon is plopped on top of a swath of cream cheese, and sprinkled with red onion, capers and a finishing touches---a squeeze of fresh lemon

Perfection!!!
Last year there had been news of an expansion of the Market or perhaps an additional Charlottetown space, and I’m admittedly ignorant on what is going on there, but I have to say that as much as it does seem like someone squeezing into an outfit that is two sizes too small, I find the market charming and engaging, and part of me would hate to see it change.
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Andrew 8:27 am on April 9, 2013 Permalink |
Whomever organized these dinners ought to have started with Tickets and graduated to 41°. The order would no doubt contribute to the disappointment because Tickets is more like lighter, whimsical fare in casual tapas bar format (in Adrià sophistication, of course) and 41° is essentially elBulli Lite.
MB 11:22 am on April 9, 2013 Permalink |
The windows for reservations are brief enough that we took what we could get when we could get it. If the reservations were easier to get, I would have definitely scheduled it differently. As it is, I just feel lucky that I managed to go to all three. And, frankly, no matter the order, my disappointment in some of the dishes at Tickets would have been unavoidable. Some of them were simply not great.