Last Thursday was the Chula Vista Farmer's market which TC and I visited that afternoon. This is an electrical box (I used to call these 'green boxes') on F Street in downtown CV.
This box is on F Street near the Congregational Tower (an old folks home - it was in the news a few years back when this guy went psycho and shot up a few people!):
TC and I actually went earlier, thinking (mistakenly) that the Farmer's Market was open around noon. It wasn't (it opened at 3 pm), so we had lunch at California Sushi on 3rd Avenue. It's right across the street from Buckfutters. I had a side salad with ginger soy dressing on the side. It was blah, just iceberg lettus with a few bits of red cabbage and slivers of carrot and one soggy tomato slice.
We sat outside to people watch. It was pretty dead that time of day. They started having the lunch crowd when we left one hour later. I ordered several rolls a la carte: the California roll.
the shrimp tempura roll:
and the salmon skin roll. Yes, 3 rolls. TC had a few pieces of the California roll, but I intended to save some of the leftovers for Bert's dinner later.
I ordered the Chicken teriyaki bowl for TC. There was way too much food so I only gave her a tiny portion and saved the rest for dinner (and lunch the next day) as well. This was not really good. They put so much sauce that the rice was soggy and the vegetables were all limp (cabbage and carrots).
We ended up going home after lunch and TC fell asleep in her room. When she woke a few hours later, we left the house again to go to the market.
The day was cool and overcast. I kind of liked it. It's nice picture taking weather. No harsh shadows from the sun. I wanted to buy some fresh berries and vegetables that day so we browsed the different booths before making our selection.
I bought some white zucchini (not pictured) from this booth.
I bumped into a former student (and now a colleague because she is now a counselor in the same district) who was there with her mom.
I liked how this jewelry seller used screen mesh in place of glass in this picture frame. It's a neat way to display hook earrings . I plan to use this same idea (with a black frame) so I can hang the frame on my side of our (small) walk-in closet.
I think I'll buy some of these next time. There's a recipe I have where you dip these in a light batter and fry them!
I bought red chard (.75 for one bunch - and I thought Whole Food's $1.49 price was good!):
Fresh raspberries:
and delicious strawberries picked that very morning in Carlsbad:
What's cool about the farmer's market is that you can talk to the people who grow the produce. Most of them are very nice and they also give out samples of their fruit (which TC likes). I'm trying to buy more of my produce locally. Bert really liked these strawberries. They were really juicy and fragrant. Unlike the shitty kind you get at the regular supermarket where they're still unripe, hard and flavorless.
This box is on F Street near the Congregational Tower (an old folks home - it was in the news a few years back when this guy went psycho and shot up a few people!):
TC and I actually went earlier, thinking (mistakenly) that the Farmer's Market was open around noon. It wasn't (it opened at 3 pm), so we had lunch at California Sushi on 3rd Avenue. It's right across the street from Buckfutters. I had a side salad with ginger soy dressing on the side. It was blah, just iceberg lettus with a few bits of red cabbage and slivers of carrot and one soggy tomato slice.
We sat outside to people watch. It was pretty dead that time of day. They started having the lunch crowd when we left one hour later. I ordered several rolls a la carte: the California roll.
the shrimp tempura roll:
and the salmon skin roll. Yes, 3 rolls. TC had a few pieces of the California roll, but I intended to save some of the leftovers for Bert's dinner later.
I ordered the Chicken teriyaki bowl for TC. There was way too much food so I only gave her a tiny portion and saved the rest for dinner (and lunch the next day) as well. This was not really good. They put so much sauce that the rice was soggy and the vegetables were all limp (cabbage and carrots).
We ended up going home after lunch and TC fell asleep in her room. When she woke a few hours later, we left the house again to go to the market.
The day was cool and overcast. I kind of liked it. It's nice picture taking weather. No harsh shadows from the sun. I wanted to buy some fresh berries and vegetables that day so we browsed the different booths before making our selection.
I bought some white zucchini (not pictured) from this booth.
I bumped into a former student (and now a colleague because she is now a counselor in the same district) who was there with her mom.
I liked how this jewelry seller used screen mesh in place of glass in this picture frame. It's a neat way to display hook earrings . I plan to use this same idea (with a black frame) so I can hang the frame on my side of our (small) walk-in closet.
I think I'll buy some of these next time. There's a recipe I have where you dip these in a light batter and fry them!
I bought red chard (.75 for one bunch - and I thought Whole Food's $1.49 price was good!):
Fresh raspberries:
and delicious strawberries picked that very morning in Carlsbad:
What's cool about the farmer's market is that you can talk to the people who grow the produce. Most of them are very nice and they also give out samples of their fruit (which TC likes). I'm trying to buy more of my produce locally. Bert really liked these strawberries. They were really juicy and fragrant. Unlike the shitty kind you get at the regular supermarket where they're still unripe, hard and flavorless.
2 comments:
Great pics, Canine! :) The shrimp tempura roll made my mouth water! Was it good???
Love the raspberry pics! Hey, if you come for a visit, you can pick all the raspberries your heart desires. We've got a crazy amount of raspberry canes on our property. Last year, we were picking and picking on an almost daily basis and we still left a lot for the birds! Every time people would come over, we'd send them home with a few bags of raspberries! LOL!
oh yeah, i forgot to say if i liked the rolls or not.
california roll was eh...standard.
the shrimp tempura roll was good and so was the salmon skin handroll, although i ended up scraping off the bonito flakes garnish on top.
wow, you have raspberries on your property? awesome! i remember picking blueberries and blackberries in bremerton, WA. i swear, if we had stayed there, i probably would have ended up all granola.
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