Paloquemao is the real deal when it comes to Colombian markets. It's loud, messy and has almost anything you can imagine. Go early in the morning to get the best picks of produce and catch a glimpse of the flower vendors unloading massive boquets before they're gone.
Farmers Market in Cali
For our very first travel post we want to share a few great finds at a farmers market in Cali, Colombia. Here's a picture of a young Guambiano girl with blocks of panela melao that her and her family made. Panela melao is softer than traditional blocks of panela because it is has a higher moister content. The Guambianos are an indigenous group from Cauca.
Here's cheesemaker and goat farmer, Beatriz Navia. She was sampling the three different types of cheese that she makes: fresh, aged and ricotta. Each has that tart, earthy, distinctly goat flavor but the textures were super unique. The fresh was our favorite, it's texture was more like Queso Fresco, less like Chevre.
