With only one full day in Montreal, my girlfriends and I intended to make the most out of it. In order to help with our food ventures and of course to see a bunch of places in Montreal within a short span of a day, we figured that buying the one day pass was the best bang for our buck. For $7 each, all of Montreal was accessible complete with the added bonus of the ticket being good for a full 24 hours from the time of purchase! With tickets in hand, we ventured far north on the metro line to our first stop the Jean Talon Market.
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| Lots of vendors with food to sample & buy! |
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Yes, you're seeing clearly!
That entire bucket (smaller ones) of roma tomatoes is $5!! |
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| Rows upon rows of fresh vegetables & fruits. |
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| hot hot peppers!! |
After touring the market for a bit we started getting hungry. With the rain coming down faster, we quickly ducked into a place where a number of people were eating. Since, I hadn't paid attention to where we had gone, I quickly realized that we were in one of Montreal's well known bakeries -
La Première Moisson. This is not just any bakery as they had fresh breads, pastries and cakes to buy, charcuterie, sandwiches and salads. They even had a tasting station!
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| Charcuterie, meat, pastries and desserts to purchase. |
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Their lunch special that day was your choice of half a sandwich,
a salad, and a soup or dessert with a hot drink for $11.51.
Pictured above is half a ham & swiss with a side salad. |
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I went with the dessert as I had heard so much about it.
Strawberry shortcake. |
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| Another 'salad' option to accompany the sandwich. |
Marche Jean-Talon
7070 Avenue Henri Julien
Montreal, Quebec H2S3A3
(514) 277-1588
Wow! $5 for all those tomatoes!? That's awesome! Your strawberry shortcake looks GOOD! Hope you're having a great time!
ReplyDeleteI love this market - I was there just before I started blogging... I went to two in Montreal - this one, and then by myself on Saturday morning to a gourmet one way out somewhere by bus and metro, I went - and it was divine. I do not recall the name, but I recall every other detail. Wonderful markets.
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Thanks for the memories.
Valerie
I recently visited Montreal (2 weeks ago) and had a fabulous time! I loved the city and the people! I only spent two full days there and wished I had had one more day! Unfortunately I did not have the chance to visit Jean Talon market. We were two couples who went together and there was not enough time for everything! Thanks for sharing the pictures, I will enjoy them until I get to visit the market in person!
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