This morning we went to La Cigale in Parnell. By the time we got there most of the fruit and vegetables were gone, though I did get a rather large broccoli and some plums which when tried later turned out to be far too tart. This was the second time I've been to La Cigale, but the first time after going to Taste of Auckland, where we sampled some of Top Shelf's products (more on that here). They may have been there last time and I just didn't notice, but after the garlic and herb marinated feta from Taste, I couldn't pass up a chance to try more of Top Shelf's products. I tried a kalamata olive tapenade and bought some spicy mango marinated feta for $7. We also got a turkish bread from Pukeko Bakery (developing a pattern with the feta + turkish bread...).
From La Cigale we walked to the Domain. We found an adequately leafy and shaded patch of grass to sit on for a makeshift picnic with our Market purchases, spreading oozing feta on wedges of bread:
The feta was good, and I wouldn't hesitate to get it again, but I preferred the garlic and herb version. The Spicy Mango was sharper with a chilli bite, but I wouldn't have known it was supposed to be mango if the label didn't say so. Apart from chilli the other main flavour was thyme.
