New Trader: Fever Tree

Fever Tree Toffee is a small family owned and run business making delicious traditional English toffee and dessert sauces. Handmade using only the finest ingredients and no preservatives. 

Made the old fashioned way, slowly.

"Made with real dairy our toffee is soft and smooth at room temperature and "hard crack" when enjoyed straight out the fridge. Our decadent toffee sauces are made with the same delicious ingredients and finest dark cocoa. Enjoy on ice cream, pancakes, waffles, cheesecakes, fruit, or straight out the jar with a spoon!"

Welcome to Durban, Lady Bonin!

We are very pleased to welcome Lady Bonin's Tea parlour all the way from Cape town to our sunny shores. 

Lady Bonin’s Tea Parlour has adapted loose-leaf tea drinking to suit a modern lifestyle, making tea an accessible, fun and tasty adventure. It provides an alternative to coffee without compromising on quality, cost, experience, sustainability and the health benefits of the products. 

Lady Bonin’s Tea Parlour has a transparent value system and honesty that resonates with its customers, evident in its goal to inspire people toward positive change and conscious living by providing tools for life betterment.

Lady Bonin promotes sustainable farming practices, sources organic wherever possible, hand blends her own loose-leaf recipe’s and is environmentally accountable.

“Purveyor of imported loose-leaf tea and herbal infusions, hand blended and packaged in Cape Town.”

Find Lady Bonin's Tea Parlour at I heart Market this Saturday.
Made with love. 

Meet the Makers: Col'tempo

The father and son team of Col'tempo has taken their passion for the age old art of cured meats and turned it into a thriving business. 
Their products range from Bresaola, a dry cured, spiced and salted beef, a range of different types of salamis, to pancetta, coppa and their latest addition called 'Nduja' which is a delectable jar of salami spread that can be added to your favourite sandwich or as an interesting addition to a pasta sauce. 

Col’tempo salumeria is a family run business based in Durban, South Africa. It all started with a passion for food and the search for a real challenge. Hylton started experimenting with cured meats around 2010 after selling his successful jewelery business. His hobby grew and when his son, Paul returned from living in Italy they decided to test the salami on the public. The response was amazing and they were encouraged to carry on. "Four years on, the business is still growing we have a clear vision to stay proudly local while applying the centuries-old Italian tradition mixed with new technology and innovative processes.Remaining true to our name, everything is made 'Col'tempo' (with time)."

"We make all our cured meats in the traditional Italian way. Which means the salami and the whole meats like coppa are aged/seasoned for anything between 1-3 months or longer  in  a very controlled environment, in fact we go as far as to replicate the seasons found in Italy so that we ensure the product cures properly. We find that most of the local salami that is being sold as “Italian” salami is actually smoked or chemically cured which allows butcheries to skip the aging process and instead of the two months that it takes us, they make it in two days. But we find that the smoke flavour overpowers the delicate flavour of the meat."        

Breakfast the Col'tempo way

Baked Eggs wrapped in Col'tempo Coppa

• Pre heat the oven to 220 degrees.
• Coat a muffin tray with olive oil.
• Place 2 or 3 pieces of coppa on the inside of each tray.
• Crack an egg into the muffin tray.
• Place in the oven until the egg white turns opaque and the yolk is still soft. About 10 min. (It will carry on cooking out of the oven)
• Gently remove the egg cups with a small spatula.
• Serve with toast soldiers.
• You can also fancy it up with some grated parmesan and fresh thyme.
• Enjoy.

With love  

Col’tempo

www.coltempo.co.za 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/coltemposalami 

Twitter: @coltemposalami

Instagram: Coltempo Salami

Cupcake Taste-off!

Mel Hobbs from Take the Cake who has been selling her delicious cupcakes at the market for about 4 years. She is moving on to the greener and colder pastures back of the UK and so we had an opening for another cupcake stall.
Now we get numerous application every month for cupcake vendors and so we dedicated last week, Friday as the day in which we receive cupcake samples and do a comparative tasting.

Cupcakes of all tastes and sizes were delivered and with a small panel of judges, we dug into the treats.

A big thank you to all the cupcake vendors who participated - Cupcake Mom, Baker Belle, Cupsy Cakes and Smith's Bakeshop. As you can imagine, it was a hard decision to make.

We decided that Smith's Bakeshop with their delicate balance of flavours and textures, the use of good quality ingredients and perfect cake to icing ratio were the winners. They also do a savoury butternut and pecan cupcake with sour cream and chive 'icing' topped with BACON JAM! That blew our minds.

Welcome, Smith's Bakeshop to the i heart Market family!

New trader: ERA ice cream

Penny Fitchet is a history teacher with a passion for ice cream and she will be joining us at the i heart market this month with her delicious ERA ice cream.
Each flavor is named of a different historical figure from Vladimir Lenin's Vanilla to Marie Antoinette's Apple and Cinnamon and not to mention Chelmsford's Chocolate Orange.
They are delectable and are available in 125ml cups to eat at the market or 500ml/1 liter tubs to take home.

Yum Yum!

We found this delicious blog post from Cuizine blog featuring all the lovely i heart market food. 

Go take a look see and salivate! 

Shop, Sip and Savour

It's been a long and leisurely weekend for us here at I heart market. But, we are super excited about our Suitcase Showcase at Spiga on Monday, Family Day public holiday. 

Nestled in the village square-like courtyard at the back of Spiga we will be having a gathering of great craft and fashion, delicious Spiga take away treats, great tunes, a cupcake decorating area for kids (young and old) and general all round good family fun.
We are also having a photo competition called Capture the Heart.
Capture a photo of a heart wherever you find it.... in a shadow, cup of cappuccino, fabric.... wherever!
Instagram it, tweet it or FB it and tag both @SpigaDurban and @iheartmarket and automatically stand a chance to win an awesome hamper. 

We hope that we will be seeing you there!

See more about I heart Market and our traders on Facebook and follow us on twitter. 

Marvelous March Market

A bright and sunny day

Last weekend the clouds parted, the sun shined and the eager wait was over as we welcomed another exciting I Heart Market. It was a hive of activity with trendy folk, foodies and family outings - what better way to spend a Saturday than surrounded by trinkets, music and tasty delights!

Once again it was a grand success. Traders showcased their creativity with an old school record playlist in the background. It was a day of laughs, good food and style created by the traders and those who visited. We can’t wait for the next one!

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Tasty Tagliatelle

Bella Jo
These deli products will make your heart sing! Homemade pastas and olive oils, infused with tantalizing flavours. A true taste of authenticity.

Based in the Midlands, free range farm eggs and local flour is used to create these Italian inspired products. Made by hand and air dried, the pasta is streets ahead from the rest and the oils are infused using old family recipes.



http://www.facebook.com/bellajopasta10

Hey muchachos and senoritas

Taco Fresh Mexican Food

Taco Fresh is a combination of healthy food and a casual, festive eating experience.

We were all waiting for someone to give a greasy Mexican food a makeover, lose those overcooked enchiladas and relaunch it with a refreshed style that accentuates the delicious Mexican flavours we love. Taco Fresh is a taste bud delight with marinated char-grilled chicken and beef celebrated with other fresh Mexican ingredients. March yourself over to their stall at the market and dive into that freshly made salsa. Ariba!

In the Spotlight

I Heart market was recently showcased as a true star attraction. The Weekend Witness, the stage.

This feature shares the market’s story; our history, our present and our future.

It's a must read!

 

 

Deer Deer Tea hunters.

We've got a fabulous new stall joining us at the market tomorrow. 

Introducing Deer Deer Tea hunters! 

An off shoot of the Colombo Tea and Coffee merchant fame, Deer Deer has made up delicious infusions of herbal teas mixed with fresh fruit syrups and herbs and spices. 

Try their Sweet Cranberry with apple, cinnamon and rosemary or their Vanilla Chai made with full cream milk, masala chai and black vanilla tea. 

They are delicious! 

Qhuma Pops!

We would like to welcome Qhuma Pops to the market. 

The perfect respite for this Durban summer heat!

Qhuma Pops was born out of one woman's love of putting fresh ingredients into the blender and seeing what emerges. When Stephanie lived in Florida, her children clamoured for the frozen treats on hot days. Stephanie began freezing smoothies to have healthy snacks on hand, often based on the tropical fruits native to Miami. When she moved to the warm climate of Durban, South Africa, she brought the tradition of cool, refreshing and healthy treats with her.  In Durban, Stephanie continues to create these sweet concoctions. Qhuma means pop or explosion in Zulu, and we hope that when you sample one of our pops, you experience a little qhuma of flavours in your mouth.  

Flavours range from the Hluhluwe Pop with pineapple, lemon juice, brown sugar and cayenne pepper to the Durban Pop with mango, nectarine, cinnamon and agave nectar. 

We love waffles

We would like to welcome We love Waffles to the market. 

They make delicious sweet and savory waffles. 

Take a look for yourselves. 

 Ham cheese and mushroom waffle

Banoffee waffle

Coronation chicken waffle

Choc mousse and vanilla ice cream waffle

Afro's Braai'd Chick'n

We are very amped to welcome aboard Afro's Chicken to the market. 

Tasty chicken burgers and handmade chips served from the ubercool black trailer, come with either YOH! (hot) or KOEL (lemon) sauces for not much ZAR at all.  

And if you have an Afro then you get a free burger...

I heart market Video

Look at these lovely feel-good market vibes from Moses Mabhida Stadium!

Luscious Old School Lemonade

It seems like everyone is going completely bonkers over the 

fresh old school lemonade

at i heart market.

And they are now making delicious Rooibos Iced Tea. 

You cannot be at the i heart market without a glass of this in hand! 

Chop Chop

We are super excited to have Mooki Noodles at the i heart market this month. 

Here is a glimpse of what they will be serving...

Asian style spring onion pancakes with -

Pork fillet in a honey, sesame and oyster sauce and wasabi mayo

or

Chicken breast with a savory mushroom, green pepper and coriander sauce and yakitori sauce

Egg fried thai rice with -

Smokey bacon bits, spring onions, carrots and sesame oil 

or 

Shiitake mushrooms, basil, peas, spring onions and chinese 5 spice

Make sure you come the market with an empty tummy... 

we have tasted all these dishes and know that you are going to love them!

Scrambie bambies.

Well, it seems like Tom's new brekkie stall went down well at the market. 

Checkout lovetoeat365's blog to see what she had to say about it. 

It does look good!

Food Glorious Food!

We found these gorgeous pics of the food at the market on the showme.co.za website:

We nicked a few to get you salivating

And do yourself a favour show Moses Mabhida Stadium how much you love them by

 liking their facebook site.

They are giving away loads of prizes!