Farmer's Market = Yummy!

The last full day of mom and dad's trip we went to the Japantown Farmer's Market. If you remember from my last post I won a $10 gift certificate so I used it to buy some yummy stuff. I was really excited because they had squash blossoms which I have never seen in a grocery store. We used to grow squash at home so one time Scot stuffed them with cheese and fried them and they were really good, so that was on the menu for dinner! I think my dad was in heaven! All the fruits and vegetables were really fresh and beautiful. We stopped at the Mediterranean booth and bought hummus and olives. We also bought some wax bean, green beans, zucchini, Japanese eggplant, mushrooms, and squash blossoms. Mom also bought some Pecan Sandies and flat breads. There is quite a variety of things at the market and they always have beautiful flowers. We decided that for lunch we would buy some tamales from the tamale cart. The lady that was selling them kept yelling free samples so dad walked over to the cart to try them. There was a plate sitting on the cart right next to a bin of spoons so dad dove right in. After taking a bit a women walked over and picked up the plate and walked away. Apparently, those were not the free samples. It was pretty funny and the women and her wife were laughing about it too! We still bought the tamales and they were pretty good. No Pepe's from El Paso, but still tasty. Here are some more shots from the market.
After the Farmer's Market we went to Race Street Seafood to buy Rock cod and mussels for dinner. Mom and I did the prep work and dad did the cooking (while Jon played with Sandy) and we had an excellent dinner. It was a perfect way to end the trip! Once we finished dinner we played a final round of Phase 10 and hit the sack. The next morning I had to take mom and dad to the airport. It was a great trip and I was sad that it had to come to end. It was really great to have them come visit!