Friday, August 20, 2010
Food & Life Korean tacos and lavender-peach jam
Posted by Cliff Bostock @cliffbostock on Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:00 AM
I stopped by the new Intown Farmers Market Tuesday. It's located at 563 Ponce de Leon Ave., next to Cactus Carwash. The market is open 3-7 p.m. Tuesdays only.
Nostalgic Midtowners will recognize the location as the site of the old Phoenix Cocktail Lounge, quite possibly the sleaziest bar I have ever entered — and, believe me, that's saying a lot. Now it's been demolished and in its place is a monument to good health in the form of a collection of what looks like five large trailers. They turn out to be greenhouses in which hydroponic lettuces are grown and sold at the market.
On Tuesday, there was actually only one produce seller at the market — The Veggie Patch at Bouchard Farms. But there was plenty else there. Here are some snapshots.
This is the market manager, Pam Farnsworth, whose day job is advertising. She was selling sauces from Zocalo, as well as bags of mixed baby lettuces grown in the greenhouses on the site. If you have questions about the market, call her at 404-484-0944. More after the jump...
The Yumbii food truck was on hand, vending its fusion of Korean, Mexican and Southern street food. As has been widely reported, Yumbii is the first street food vendor to receive a license to freely roam Atlanta's streets. I tried one of the pork Korean tacos — delicious, although it could have been spicier to my taste. I dribbled it all over my shirt, as Pam had done too.
This is Cori Walls of Seasonest. That's her grandfather, Charles Jamison, behind her. He created the spice blend that Cori's mom, Crystal Peterson, markets. Check out the different blends on their website.
Here's Amanda Averill of Gemini Jams. The former school teacher makes exotically flavored jams with local ingredients. One of them, pineapple-habanero, is the basis of a cocktail at the Sound Table. I want the lavender-peach. Amanda works out of Irwin Street Market, by the way.
Also at the market this week was Moto Bene Pizza with its portable wood-oven grill and Loretta Belles Cakes, whose poundcake may be the best I've ever tasted, seriously.
Incidentally, Moto Bene received a very positive review from Daniel Zemans of Serious Eats after his visit Tuesday. ( Zemans also raved about Holeman & Finch's burger, as Besha recently reported.)
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