...any fresher and pigs might fly.
Porter's is a fresh food market, no mistake. The smell of moer koffie and bacon greet you. 'We styled it after old European markets where people come to hand-select fresh produce and catch up with friends,' said Gail Coetzee, the market manager, in a polo-neck jersey with her hair in a pony tail. 'About a quarter of the stalls are organic ' our policy is 'as natural as possible.'' The market is in a woodsy setting that attracts urbanites like flies. It's interesting how we long for Nature and to feel that we are getting out of doors and out of town. But even if it's the new urban shopping trend, and a little bit pretend, it's a positive move. Gail and her restaurateur clan started Porter's 3 years ago when they began having kids and wanted a place in Nature to take them. They leased a field on the Porter Farm in Tokai and put up the infrastructure ' wooden stalls, rustic tables, and a huge sandpit. Today cyclists are having a health breakfast, people are browsing with dogs and children, and everyone is choosing home-made food for a cold weekend.