Ballaro Market, Palermo Sicily, Food, food and more food

Oldest market in Sicily, Ballaro Market

I've seen this on TV but never experienced it. It felt like I was in the tv clip. People singing there sales pitch on there produce like the three tenors singing the opera! Fish flying through the air to customers. Vendors trying to lure you to there booths, giving ladies strawberry's (he gave me one also) with whipped cream to coax them to buy there produce and all done with passion and belief that there produce is the best, There were many scents in the air like, espresso, fried artichokes, fresh seafood (i did try the baby anchovies). All in all it was what I expected, what my thoughts had conjured up before this day. I have played this in my daydreams many times. Now its a memory I will cherish. 

So, on to my next memory making adventure.............enjoy the pics!

Master with the knife

Fresh Marlin

Seafood salad

Muscles muscles muscles galore!!!!!!!!

Cheese up the wazooo!

Clams still in sea water

My snack was fried artichoke

These were live octopus

Cooked seafood right in the market

Nice garlic stacks

Who likes Fennel? I do

Hope you liked the show.............................. See you in the next post

Ciao Ciao

Mal