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| eat Ferry Plaza Farmers’ Market, in San Francisco.
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noodles in Singapore, juicy döner in Istanbul or the best-dressed huaraches in Mexico City, markets are ideal places not just to shop—and to soak up local color—but also to eat. Somehow food just seems to taste better snagged from a kiosk or roving cart and eaten on a bench surrounded by a riot of produce. Read on for our favorite bites at the world’s most colorful mercados, marchés and bazaars.
Daniel Patterson’s Il Cane Rosso (Marketplace Shop #41; lunch for two US$25) has terrific fried-egg breakfast sandwiches and note-perfect salads. An outpost of Blue Bottle Coffee Co. (Ferry Bldg. Shop #7; coffee for two US$6) delivers exotic micro-roasts and ethereal Belgian waffles. On Saturdays, local chefs queue up at Primavera Tamales (snacks for two US$18) for organic-masa mole tamales doused with roasted tomato salsa. 1 Ferry Bldg., The Embarcadero; 1-415/983-8030; ferrybuildingmarketplace.com.
San Francisco | Ferry Plaza Farmers’ Market With an unbeatable waterfront location, this is much more than a petting zoo for baby carrots and heirloom tomatoes. It’s also a lesson in sustainable agriculture, drawing some 80 Bay Area purveyors on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Even on non-farmers’ market days, the Ferry Building itself is chockablock with fabulous edibles, from briny Tomales Bay oysters from Hog Island to lavender-flavored chocolates from Recchiuti Confections. Best Bites Chef
London | Borough Market Crammed with stalls, pubs, shops and small restaurants, Borough Market is London’s grazing central. Come early on Thursday or Friday and avoid the Saturday crush. Best Bites At the outdoor grill operated by Brindisa (Middle Market; sandwiches for two £6.80), the smoky chorizo-andarugula sandwiches on crusty ciabatta rolls are well worth the wait. Or perhaps you’d rather indulge in seared scallops on a bacony bean-sprout stirfry from Shellseekers (Middle »
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