PA Cha Farms

This is located on the main level (street level) when you walk into Pike Place Market (right hand stalls). There are a lot of good and grocery stalls in Pike Place, however, what intrigued me about this market is that this is the first time in which I have seen purple carrots in person. I’ve been looking for years in Vancouver markets, however, didn’t think that these things existed. I simply thought that purple carrots were a thing of legends like trolls and or unicorns in the forest. Purple carrots have even more beta carotene than their orange cousins, and get their pigment from anthocyanins, these pigments act as powerful antioxidants that protect key cell components. Of course there are other ways to get this nutrient but it was awesome to see it in carrot form. I bought around 3 and ate it raw since there was no way for me to prep the carrots in any sort of fashionable culinary form. The price was $$ not ’cause it was the market but simply ’cause of the import origin. It was a very healthy indulgence. The people there at the market were really really nice. I even got an extra apple slice on the way out :)