This weekend we visited the Earth Fair Market in Retreat (hidden in a warehouse behind Hi-Fi Corp). I have to admit that I’m probably not the greenest person around, but I sure love those hippies’ food! It always feels good to eat something that feels like it just came out of the ground (or in the case of the incredible Prego Roll I bought, just came out of the cow).
There are all sorts of other offerings too, including fresh vegetables, herbs (I bought a sickly looking corriander plant, we will see how that turns out, my thumbs aren’t terribly green either), cheese, biltong (best chilli beef biltong ever!), local beer and even these funky looking Buna Shimeji mushrooms (apparently they are full of nutty flavours, but at R25 a punnet I think I’ll stick to my Pick ’n Pay buttons).
The market is open from 9am – 2pm on Saturdays and 3pm – 8pm on Wednesdays (when it is apparently more about eating and drinking than buying fresh produce).