A World of Food

Years ago when living in Atlanta one of our favourite food destinations was the Buford Farmers Market. We used to drive an hour across town to shop and soak up the atmosphere, a noisy bustling, and fascinating place.

Once you step through the door you know you are not in your typical Atlanta supermarket......the sights, colours and smells and languages all hit you at once.

On our recent Spring break trip we took a little detour to the market.

The vast fruit & veg section is first, followed by dried fruits and nuts, then the bakery and endless aisles of refrigerated items.
Next up is the meat section, where the meat cuts are designed for the Asian customers. Moving on you come to the fish market where there is an endless selection of the freshest seafood, with a very busy team of guys cleaning and cutting up any order.

Every aisle is interesting to me, there are cones and balls of brown sugar, flakes of coconut floating in drinks, dried squid and little fishes, and preserved duck eggs. The Japanese food is fun to see, with lots of pretty packages and more than a few mystery items.

Eventually you come to aisles of Indian foods, followed by Arabic and European sections. There is an aisle of teas from around the world where I looked for Greek Apple tea for a friend. I didn't see any, it was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

The delicious cakes, Russian ice cream and all the cookies* tempted my sweet tooth, but we ended up in the hot/cold takeout food section where we picked out boxed lunches.

At the exit we picked up a bag of hot little egg shaped Mexican street food treats -kind of like a pancake batter with a soft center.

With our cooler/chili bin loaded with mangoes, some fresh squid we would cook for dinner, and tiny Japanese drinks we continued on the road.

* My daily Eiffel Tower