The Galway Market

For today’s post I thought that I’d offer my own little celebration of one of Galway city’s greatest institutions- The Market at St Nicholas’s Church every weekend.

Every Saturday the prospect of the finest falafel I’ve yet found, a tantalising chicken teriyaki roll, a delicately spiced vegetarian madras, or some enjoyably fattening fresh donuts, is more than enough to convince me to cut my Saturday lie-in short in order to proceed to fill my belly and my shopping bag with some of the delectables found at the Galway Market.

Sunshine is far from guaranteed, and I can’t say that the prices are all that cheap in fairness, but by heck it sure is nice to have somewhere to go and buy a nice piece of fresh fish, some organic vegetables, and a few nice pieces of fruit to turn into something a little extra special in the kitchen later.

Here’s a few shots of some of the produce and crafts on display that I hope that you’ll enjoy alongside some photos of the dishes that I’ve prepared using food that I’ve found at the market.

A feast for the eyes awaits I hope….

Blooming at the market’s florist…

A nice set of buns…

Vegetarian Madras and chappati…a warming antidote to the Galwegian climate….

Though admittedly not terribly attractive, I can assure you that the fresh fish is quite delicious…

A sea of strawberries announces the onset of another dubious Irish “summer”…

Though at least the chillies are hot…

Free holes with all donuts…

Get your rocks off at the market…

I can’t vouch for the geographical accuracy of this jigsaw, but it sure does look nice…

This is what I do with a prawn when I get it back to my studio…

And here’s some of that fresh fruit looking quite zesty…

My own Heston Blumenthal inspired Lemon Sole atop Galway Bay Prawns in a creamy white sauce- a good recipe to do justice to the fine fresh fish that I obtained at the market…

My Gordon Ramsay inspired Pan Fried Sea Trout and Fricasseed potatoes doesn’t taste half bad either….

And finally there’s no finer way to embrace a rare glimpse of Irish sunshine by a barbequing a nice bit of steak from the market and piling it onto my own very special signature steak sandwich….

Well that’s about all I’ve got for you on the market I’m afraid, well done if you’ve managed to scroll down this far, I’m glad that I’ve managed to hold your attention. Let me know if you’ve got any queries about my photos or food, as I’m happy to share any of my recipes to anyone that’s interested (that is if anybody is interested).

Cheers for reading and hooray for the Galway Market; an example of capitalism at its least appalling, I’m sure you’ll agree.

June 2, 2012 | Categories: city, documentary, food, Galway, lightbox, People, photography, straight photography, Street, tourism, unmanipulated, writing | Tags: church, deli, fish, food, fruit, Galway, goods, Market, recipes, st nicholas, traders, veg | 2 Comments »