Welcome to the Salcedo Saturday Market

Hello hello hello!

How did your week went? Mine.. well... mine was full of checklists but enough about that. I thought I'd take you on a tour today... being sunny and all that. It even feels like it's still summer. 

So what are we going to do today? We'll visit one of my favorite places in Makati, the Salcedo Saturday Market. 

The Salcedo Saturday Market started in 2004. Several neighborhood residents thought of putting up a number of stalls every Saturday selling fresh produce, native delicacies, homemade goodies in the hopes that it would motivate building dwellers to go out, see other people, and sample the best of what the market has to offer. 

The market indeed has a lot to offer, the best maja blanca ever (Ginang Bukid), the tastiest baklava (Anatolia's),  the juciest barbecue in town (Ineng's)... the list is endless but what you will see below is the Salcedo Saturday Market from a cupcake baker's perspective.Things that could inspire a baker into a cupcake baking frenzy. Let's start? Yeah!!!

We often see strawberry, blueberry and mango jellies in groceries. Here, we can find jellies made from local fruits... like guava. I like guava jelly with peanut butter in a sandwich. I can probably eat three in one sitting, yup... three.

Rizal Dairy Farms has a stall here, they sell fresh mozarella, ricotta, milk among others. And if you are making red velvet, you can buy buttermilk here too.

Aside from locally produced fruits such as mangoes, jackfruit and suha, the market's fruits stall sells cherries, nectarine, pears, persimmon and plums too.

Pretty rolling pins for cookies and chopping boards for mise-en-place. Cool!

Ate is too shy to smile for the camera... here are some locally grown nuts - peanuts, pili nuts and cashew nuts.

The Spices and Flavors stall sells different kinds of salt. I've been looking for a vanilla flavored salt... too bad they don't have it here. Or maybe I can make one? Hmmm...

Craving for champorado? (sweet chocolate rica porridge) Here are some tablea - pure cacao. Then, all you need is some sticky rice and evaporated milk and your good to go.

Ahhh... sugarcane juice. I always make it a point to buy some every time I'm at the market. So refreshing especially if you are a late riser and you're at the market at when the sun is at its hottest. 

And ohh.. here are some Himalayan pink salt. I am definitely starting to develop a fascination with salt... I have fleur de sel and pink salt. They make great sprinkles for extra sweet cupcakes. They kind of counter balance the sweetness - just use it sparingly.

Hope you enjoyed our little tour! Next stop, Cooks Exchange.

And oh, while you're at it you may want to revisit our previous tours :)

Gourdo's World Market and Landmark Makati

Happy Cupcaking, 

Aikko

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