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| - Admittedly I am easily impressed with a good farmer's market, coming from a place where the bar is set very low. I love this place so much I almost came daily during my visit in Montreal.
This market, easily accessible by metro, is rather big, with stalls in the center and shops around the perimeter. The wild strawberries we saw there were tiny, compare to the huge ones I usually see in U.S. but boy, they may be a quarter of the size but pack ten times the flavor. Not just deliciously red looking, they actually taste sweet and juicy, not watery like the ones from supermarkets. There are many other vegetables and fruits on sale too, I just wish I have some way to take them home but alas I was a traveler living in a hotel.
I also found a stall, where the young lady sells cheeses made by her parents on a nearby farm, She also sells wool collected from her sheep. Being a city girl this totally wowed me.
There are cheese shops (where they let you taste a few before you buy), ice cream shops, and bakery serving excellent croissants and coffee. There are many other shops and stalls offering delicious treats as well, I just wish I had chance to try them all.
Highly recommend you to come here for a visit, even if you are just a tourist and not plan on cooking anything in the foreseeable future.
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