One of my favorite things to do is visiting fresh produce markets in the morning. The myriads of fresh vegetables, fruits and produce really excite me with the freshness, smell, colors and sheer variety.
A few days ago, I had some time to visit a fresh marketplace located at the Ferry Building in San Francisco. Towards one end of the building lies a exceptional shop selling many varieties of mushrooms and related produce. Thought I wanted to share my experience visiting the mushroom producer.
Far West Fungi, Ferry Building Marketplace, Maps link below.
https://goo.gl/maps/6FjT6fQNAr12
Above: The Far West Fungi shop
Above: The Far West Fungi shop
Above: Thy myriad varieties of mushrooms
Above: Oyster mushrooms are inexpensive, and provides a good base to soak up flavors of other ingredients. Delicious when fried with garlic, onions, olive oil and fresh herbs.
Above: Chanterelles and Chicken of the woods are a little harder to find, and are packed witth flavor.
Above: Seabeans/Samphire are a little salty and tastes of the sea. The lobster mushroom is incredibly meaty and takes on well with higher cooking.
Above: Abalone mushrooms are a larger variety of oyster mushroom and equally delicious. Wood ear mushrooms are healthy, chewy and good for adding for a little crunch.
Above: Cordyceps (not the real thing), haven’t tried it before. Shimeji and Shitake are Japanese varities and are delicious.
There are plenty of other varieties of mushrooms. This is a great place to come for a visit.