Craig and I visited the Eumundi Markets, located about an hour's drive north of Brisbane, up at the Sunshine Coast. I really enjoy browsing all the colourful & home-made products of a market. It brings back lots of childhood memories of weekends spent with my mum, buying fresh Asian groceries and various produce for cooking. Eumundi markets is more of an arts'n'craft sort of a market than a fresh fruit & vegies kind, but we saw plenty of strawberries and small green stalls. And the food was pretty awesome.
By the time we arrived at Eumundi, it was nearly 12pm so Craig and I headed straight for the Calamari stall. This is was quickly followed by Dutch profiteroles, which were absolutely delicious with maple syrup and icing sugar. I also stocked up on my supply of soap. Lately, I've been using organic vegetable & oil based soaps, rather than buying the shopping market kind. The smells are divine and it's a lovely treat after a long day of work.
Craig also discovered some fresh coffee beans, so he was in caffeine-heaven. He brought two bags of strong coffee and I have a feeling, they won't last very long! We even tried some Spanish Tapas for lunch. Craig really loved the Spanish chorizo on cous cous but then again, who doesn't? After more browsing (and enjoying the various eye-candies), we happily headed home. Even though it was a 90minute drive from our place, it was such a beautiful Brisbane day that neither of us really minded.
By the way, do you know I've been doing a lot of gardening? We did some major pruning of our hedges and our trees. I've taken off all the old lemons to make room for the spring crop. I hope we get lots of lemons! Also, I've been pruning back the leave-less Australian trees out front and putting aside the branches for a BBQ sometime in the future. I really felt like I was getting in touch with my Irish-Aussie roots as I trimmed and gathered all the sticks, hehe. My herb garden is a huge success. I love using fresh herbs in cooking. It really transforms a plain dish into something that's homely & comforting. I'm even debating planting some lavender down the back garden but haven't quite made up my mind. We'll see.
Anyway, we hope you're all taking care of yourselves.
Love you all,
Demi & Craig.
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