Food in Nelson ...

Continuing with my trail of living in nelson. The past couple of posts and this one are primarily for a friend and his family who will be in nelson while we are off travelling the world (see the next blog post for details)

It is good to go a bit early to the Nelson Saturday Market. On a good summer day it gets quite crowded and makes it a bit less fun. We try to get there by 8:30 am or so at the latest. Our friends Nilakshi, Alec and Tameko are typically done by 8:30 am!. So most locals get there quite early. Here are some of our favorite stalls (the stall are not named, so you'll have to look around and find them)

• There are quite a few good organic veggie and fruit stalls. We typically pick what we are in the mood for and whats in season. The good stalls run out of fruit/veggies by 10:00 am
  
• Fresh Organic whole salmon or salmon fillets from the Marlborough Sounds farm
• Mussel and Oysters from the stall next to the salmon stall
• Eggs (from belgrove farms) / Half baked baguettes from the stall on the other side of the salmon stall
• Small / Family sized pies from the My Pie cart
• Billtong (dried south african jerky) from pete (next to mussels)
• Pears/apples from poppy's pears
• Cheese from Cheesemongers
• Great walnut-raisin Bread from the stall next door
• Cannon bars / Teriyaki Sauce / Satay Sauce / BBQ sauce from Carl and Shannon
• Ciabatta, Whole Wheat, Chocolate Chip Cookies from Artisan Bakery
• Salad mix from stall behind artisan bakery
• Manuka honey from mountain valley honey
  
• Whitebait sandwiches
• Olive oil from kakariki
• Cashews/Almonds snack pack
• Great coffee from divine coffee cart
• Good crepes at Kaffay. Good olleberry (donut) from stall next to crepe(s)
  
• Sausages and german meat products from doris
• Smoked Fish / Salmon Pate from Nelson Nature smoke
• Sheep cheese from Neudorf Cheese
• Good wooden toys from Limpopo

We get most of the stuff at the market (as evident from the list above, and i suspect i missed a few of our favorite vendors). For the other stuff

• Meat from O'Neills Butchery and Deli in Richmond Mall
• Fish from Guyton's at Richmond Mall or Haven Road
• Atomic Coffee for Plunger (kiwi term for french press) from Morrison Cafe
• Bulk items (rice, lentils, cereal) from Bin Inn (Richmond or Nelson)
• Fresh Choice, New World and Woolworths are the grocery stores we visit (typically decided by what park we are taking the kids to). All the grocery stores pretty much carry the same range of items