A new public market has been built on the Castries waterfront, with the old market building renovated and turned into a craft market. Wire World, booth 3, charming figures by the award-winning Paulinus Clifford, T4538727, also at Pointe Seraphine, he and the next artisan, Augustus Simon, a potter, T4521507, will craft to order. To make hot chocolate, put two tablespoons of grated cocoa in a pan with half a pint of water and boil for 15 min, strain, then add dry milk, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg to taste. There is a new Fisherman s Co-operative Market on the John Compton Highway at the entrance to Pointe Seraphine. Many fishermen still sell their catch wherever they can.
Fish is cheap and fresh.
Sat 0800-1600, bank next door, fair range of goods, also supermarket on the William Peter Boulevard. Wholesale meat from Chicken Galore behind Shell station on Manoel Street. Julian s Supermarket, open Mon-Thu until 2000, Fri, Sat until 2100. Next door is a delicatessen with a choice of frozen and defrosted foods. A few doors away is the Sea Island Cotton Shop, the outlet for Caribelle Batik clothes.