Another gorgeous sunny day in Seattle with hot temperatures in the low 80's, clear skies and amazing views of Rainier and Mount Baker from Lake Washington. A perfect excuse to take 520 to Bellevue and see what's new at the market.
In our basket: sweet and juicy yellow Baby Doll melons from Pedro Esquivel's Wapota farm. These melons are so amazing they alone are worth the drive to the Eastside.
Buy two at least or a week's wait is bound to feel a bit like torture. I've never seen these before and now feel their honeyed yellow flesh is something I can get used to very easily. Dangerous!
Woodring has a brand new (it's been out for about a month) Lingonberry preserve that is the embodiment of everything that's yummy about these Swedish berries, a staple around these parts. One taste is all I needed to know I had to take a jar home.
We also found Jaune Flamée tomatoes (yay!), Lemon Basil, fat blackberries, plump golden beets, dessert sweet onions (better than Walla Wallas, the farmer said), what we were told would be just about the last of the Rainier cherries (they should be gone by next week) and fresh cheese (Jalapeño cheddar) from Golden Glen Creamery.
To send us off with happy tummies we are sitting in the shade enjoying icy cold lemonade from Sasi's Café and two scrumptious tamales from Hermosa while a Cuban marimba player does his thing nearby. Bliss!
I'm already counting the days to next Thursday.
