Visiting a healthy gastronomic market [ESP/ENG]

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Hello everyone, I hope your Saturday was fantastic. I tell you that around here very early in the morning, we decided to go out to do some medical errands. However, after that, we decided to visit a place that although it is a bit far away, it is quite special because of all the things it has to offer. It is an organic market and as you can see, its name is similar to "Merka Orgánico", where you can find everything from healthy products, to restaurants, bakeries, chocolates, salumeria, liquor store and a lot of other things.

Esta sede está ubicada en el centro comercial El Tesoro en Medellín y les cuento que es bastante amplia y con una gran variedad de productos. Algo que me gusta de este lugar, es que en toda la entrada del mercado, encontramos a personas dando degustación de algunos de sus productos y lo mejor de todo es que en cada oportunidad es algo diferente. Por ejemplo hoy tenían torta Maria Luisa y por otro lado, yogurt griego con granola. Si me lo preguntan, ambos estaban deliciosas, en mi caso no pude resistirme y les dije que si me encantaría probar y al final termine pidiendoles el nombre de la torta para disfrutar un trozo con un delicioso café en la panaderia interna.

This venue is located in the El Tesoro shopping center in Medellin and I can tell you that it is quite large and has a wide variety of products. Something I like about this place, is that at the entrance of the market, we found people tasting some of their products and best of all is that every time it is something different. For example today they had Maria Luisa cake and on the other hand, Greek yogurt with granola. If you ask me, both were delicious, in my case I could not resist and I told them that I would love to try and in the end I ended up asking them the name of the cake to enjoy a piece with a delicious coffee in the internal bakery.

Primeramente, nos encontramos con el mercado saludable. Allí estuvimos valorando algunos de sus productos. Por ejemplo, lo primero que vimos fué, esos chips de papa de oliva y romero que si observan en su tabla nutricional son bastante saludables. Estas papas no contienen azúcar y tienen un bajo contenido de grasa. Además de eso, sus ingredientes son solo papas, aceite de oliva, romero y sal, definitivamente una maravilla. Por otro lado, observamos las achiras de sagú, que como les he contado en varias oportunidades, es un producto que me encanta mucho aquí y que hemos dejado de comer porque no es tan bueno como lo sabe, pero estas lucen bastante buenas y económicas.

First, we met with the healthy market. There we were evaluating some of their products. For example, the first thing we saw were those olive and rosemary potato chips that if you look at their nutritional table are quite healthy. These chips contain no sugar and have a low fat content. Besides that, their ingredients are just potatoes, olive oil, rosemary and salt, definitely a marvel. On the other hand, we observed the sago achiras, which as I have told you on several occasions, is a product that I love a lot here and that we have stopped eating because it is not as good as it tastes, but these look pretty good and economical.

Nuestra próxima parada dentro del mercado, fué la panadería artesanal. Allí pudimos ordenar un trozo de torta Maria Luisa que para nuestra sorpresa, no había la tradicional puesto que ya se había terminado. Sin embargo, no queríamos irnos sin comernos una merienda así que ordenamos un trozo de torta de la misma pero rellena de arequipe, y una taza de café con leche de almendras para compartir. Debo confesar que me encantó, el arequipe no era tan dulce por lo que no resultó repugnante y el café no contenía azúcar y su sabor estaba bastante fresco. En esta deliciosa parada pagamos un total de casi 20.000 pesos colombianos o lo que es aproximadamente unos 5 USD.

Our next stop inside the market was the artisan bakery. There we were able to order a piece of Maria Luisa cake, which to our surprise, there was no traditional one since it was already finished. However, we did not want to leave without having a snack so we ordered a piece of the same cake but filled with arequipe, and a cup of coffee with almond milk to share. I must confess that I loved it, the arequipe was not so sweet so it was not disgusting and the coffee did not contain sugar and its flavor was quite fresh. At this delicious stop we paid a total of almost 20,000 Colombian pesos or about 5 USD.

Otra cosa que llamó bastante mi atención fué la chocolatería, allí vimos la gran variedad de chocolates que venden. Además de eso, tenían muestras de café con sus diferentes métodos a la venta, que a mi parecer deben ser bastante buenos los de su marca puesto que a nosotros nos encantó el que nos tomamos con leche de almendras. Todo estaba de una manera bastante organizada, con sus nombres y explicación. Esta definitivamente debe ser una parada obligada cuando se visite este centro comercial ubicado en las palmas.

Another thing that caught my attention was the chocolate shop, where we saw the great variety of chocolates they sell. Besides that, they had samples of coffee with their different methods for sale, which in my opinion must be pretty good, since we loved the one we had with almond milk. Everything was quite organized, with their names and explanations. This should definitely be a must stop when visiting this mall located in Las Palmas.

El lugar es maravilloso, fresco y bastante bonito. Hay muchas cosas a la venta, lo cual es increible para aquellas personas que somos compradores compulsivos. También se contaba con un restaurante en el área de salumería, donde consigues comida deliciosa a buen precio, además de algunos productos para comer. Este lugar es para volverse loco. A mi me encantó y espero volver pronto. Por otro parte y finalmente, había una especie de licorería donde podias disfrutar de diferentes tragos, vinos, mojitos y otras bebidas alcohólicas más que lucian bastante bien para compartir con amigos.

The place is wonderful, cool and quite nice. There are many things for sale, which is incredible for those of us who are compulsive shoppers. There was also a restaurant in the salumeria area, where you get delicious food at a good price, as well as some products to eat. This place is to go crazy. I loved it and hope to come back soon. On the other hand and finally, there was a kind of liquor store where you could enjoy different drinks, wines, mojitos and other alcoholic beverages that looked pretty good to share with friends.

Me encantó el lugar, espero volver pronto y poder disfrutar del restaurante para probar algunos de sus platos que lucen bastante bien y un tanto saludables. Además quiero volver para comprar algunos de sus productos saludables para comer en casa en esos días que tenemos antojos. Esto fué todo por hoy, espero que les haya gustado. Nos leemos en un próximo post. Un abrazo

I loved the place, I hope to come back soon and enjoy the restaurant to try some of their dishes that look pretty good and somewhat healthy. I also want to come back to buy some of their healthy products to eat at home on those days when we have cravings. That's all for today, I hope you liked it. See you in a future post. Best regards