Sunshine. Colour. Bustle. And the smell of
bacon sizzling. It doesn’t get
much better than this on a Sunday morning in Sydney and our Lane Cove Public
School Food & Farmers’ Market launched with a bang.
Hundreds of enthusiastic shoppers have started
flocking to the newest foodie hub and we'd like to think it's
already shaping up to be the best around, by far.
With stallholders like Brasserie Bread, Toby’s Estate
Coffee, Over the Moon Milk, Binnorie Dairy, Thirlmere Poultry, The Free Range
Butcher, Sorbello Tomatoes, Watkins Mandarins, Bob’s Farm Avocados, River Flats
Estate Olive Oil, Portland Free Range Eggs, the Bacon & Egg Barn, Jonima
Flowers, Sweetness the Patisserie, Gourmet Gozleme, Saltbush Lamb and Roar
Energy Drinks, it’s no wonder.
Having only traded for 3 weeks since the launch on
Sunday 5 August, Brasserie Bread fights hard each week to keep up with demand
for its artisan sourdough and you’ll be hard pressed to find any of Yuri’s
apples or Watkins Orchard mandarins left at the end of each market. Mental
note: arrive early!
Interest in Sorbello Tomatoes’ show-stopping heirloom
tomatoes and exotic herbs (chocolate mint, anyone?) continues to climb each
week as curious locals engage in long conversations with Sorbello family
members about different varieties of tomatoes, other specialty veggies and
cooking and growing advice. We
suspect this may be the cause of a recent bout of laryngitis in the family!
Those keen to explore more than just button mushrooms
have found nirvana with The Fungi, who has the most awe-inspiring varieties of
mushrooms. His seriously impressive range includes Masterchef celebrities such
as the magestic King George and international mushrooms-of-mystery, such as
nameko, enoki, shitake and shemeji. Fungus never looked so tempting
or sounded so exotic.
The folk from Over the Moon milk receive such a positive response to their question: “Want to try some REAL milk?” that soon they’ll
need to call in the Johnson’s Farmgate cavalry, as shoppers make a stampede for
a free sample of oh-so-creamy non-homogenised milk from happy free-range jersey
cows. Their milk is literally
walking out the front gates, in droves.
The 3 kiddies’ playgrounds are munchkin-magnets and
provide welcome respite for parents keen for a Toby’s Estate coffee and crispy bacon
& egg roll; whilst the smooth sounds of Mike Harvey and his crowd-pleasing
hits provide the perfect ambiance in the leafy courtyard. Sounds like Sunday
perfection to us!
The Lane
Cove Public School Food & Farmers’ Markets are open every Sunday, rain or
shine, at Lane Cove Public School, 145-153 Longueville Road, Lane Cove. 9am –
1.30pm.
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