27 February 2012

AVONDALE MARKET & WING BEANS

The Avondale market is a total must-do for anyone seeking Asian vegetables and herbs, plus a host of other vegetables at wonderfully low prices.

Yesterday was a sunny warm day and folks were out in their hundreds to gather up fresh produce for the coming week. Every imaginable Asian herb, including perilla, holy basil, Vietnamese mint, amaranth, crysanthemum, purslane, curry leaves, kaffir limes and leaves, lemon grass, ginger, turmeric, galangal and more were there in dewy fresh bundles.

Vegetables included shiitake, daikon, bamboo shoots, chinese cabbage, bokchoy, chillis in abundance, bitter gourds, fuzzy melons, snake beans, aubergines, including the small round green Thai variety and so much more.

And ta-daa! Wing beans. I had searched very vegetable market in Sri Lanka last year to track down wing beans and yes, that's what those are pictured. Who would have thought I would have to find them here, rather than in Sri Lanka? Our wing beans were fabulous steamed last night with spinach and chilli on noodles with touch of soy sauce.