The food markets around the world I've been to over the years

When we are still literary young people, most of the time on weekends, spent in lectures, music LIVE, cafes, bars, friends party wandering around, but rarely rarely go to the food market.

I once read someone say, "the best way to ground yourself is to buy food, you enter the food market, you will be able to feel the fire of the people come ...... watching a bunch of people working hard for life, you have more pretense and pretense will fall on the ground. Then, live well."

Later, I felt that the food market is a kind of "love of life". One evening, my friend and I walked under the streetlights in Sanlitun, she has been to different niche cities in the world, she said, "Every place I go, my favorite is to go to the city's food market to see, because that's life." I heard that and remembered it right away.

Today's piece, from food writer Big Dish. It's a super favorite piece I've dated. Having a food market complex, she's been to food markets all over the world and really put her heart and love into them. After reading it, I just feel that food markets possess more life and vibrancy than landmarks.

"Every strange place, I am more interested in the local food market than the scenic area, if the time schedule allows, must go to see, see will inevitably buy back a pile of souvenirs, always feel that the local food home can be copied over the same, of course, did copy some to entertain friends to show off the results of the trip, and most of the rest! The local specialties have changed in the passage of time, but this does not prevent me from facing the booming food market, the kind of inhibited excitement, and now go out has rarely shopping, but the food market in those vitality and abundance, to see also let a person satisfy." -- Big Vegetable

The vegetable market is not only a place to sell vegetables, but also my childhood memories and a way of life, so that I still miss it as an adult far away from my hometown, but also make me excited about the vegetable market outside my hometown, whenever I go to a place when I am traveling, I always want to go to the local vegetable market to take a look,

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Over the years, I've been to the food market have passed by and also specialized in going to, some let a person surprise and some let a person disappointment. One day, I suddenly remembered to organize the markets I visited, like a philatelist who puts the stamps into a stamp book carefully and then looks through them, full of joy.

Including:

Hong Kong's Wanchai Market

Malaysia's Langkawi Night Market

Singapore's Little India Market

Thailand's Floating and Railway Markets

Australia's Queen Victoria Market in Melbourne

Canada's Lakeside Market

Santiago's Central Market

Chile's Santiago Central Market

Australia's Kyoto Kinko Market in Kyoto

Canada's Lakeside Market

The first of these markets was the Lakeside Market. p>

Nishiki Market, Kyoto, Japan

Mokpo Fish Market, Korea

Borgheria Market, Barcelona, Spain

Morning Market, Ghent, Belgium

Weekend Flea Markets and More, Toulouse, France

Which city would you like to eat today?

Hong Kong is a gourmet city, with countless restaurants and prosperous food markets, every time I go to Hong Kong, I will take time to stroll through the food market, even if you do not buy to see, but also let a person feel the vitality of the people's livelihood and the freshness of the soon-to-be-delicious.

The silver-haired old man in the meat store chopping bones with a knife,

always reminds me of those who are hidden in the city of martial arts masters.

Bloody fresh

A fellow landowner said:

"For him, there must be a barbecue store at the entrance to heaven."

Many of the people who come to the market are old neighbors,

and they have to exchange pleasantries and talk to each other.

On vacation in Langkawi, Malaysia, I heard that there is a night market nearby, so I was excited to rent a car and went there, because I was not sure of the exact location, but also took a lot of trouble to find it, this is a night market to serve local residents, in addition to fruits and vegetables and a variety of inexpensive department store, the most attractive to us is the local characteristics of fruits and snacks.

Pineapple honey

Durian is a specialty of Malaysia,

The local production of the top Elvis Presley durian.

Green papaya salad made on site

Local specialties

Singapore's "Little India" is an Indian community, but in fact, it is also a mix of Chinese, Malay and Arab cultures, colorful, crowded, mottled, messy and vivid.

The colorful flowers on the skewers

Singapore is a multicultural place,

The food is also the convergence of various local cuisines.

Street stores with a mix of architectural styles

Thailand's floating market Amphawa is a lot more ecological than the more famous floating market Damnern Saduak, which sells a variety of local food on boats, food in hanging baskets to the shore, where diners sit and watch as they eat, and the shore is densely packed with a variety of small stores. The market is only open on weekends, mostly for young locals, and nearby is the Mae Klong Railway Market.

Water Market

Mae Klong Mae Klong Railway Market is an interesting place, Mae Klong Railway Station is deep in a huge free market, the railroad tracks are full of vegetables and fruits, whenever the train passes, the vendors on the railroad tracks will not be in a hurry to move away, and then return to the original state when the train slowly passes, it is said that this is the construction of the railroad tracks can not be coordinated with the market created such a *** living state, such a situation, such as this, the market will not be able to coordinate the market, and the market will not be able to coordinate the market, and then return to the original state. **The situation is very common in Thailand.

Railway Market

The Queen Victoria Market is the largest and oldest flea market in Melbourne. It is closed on Mondays and Wednesdays (we've been there for nothing, so check the official website to see what time it's open before you go), but there's a night market, which is not to be missed, even though a lot of people think that the market is just for nothing, but it's not to be missed for those who love to go to the market.

The night market is characterized by food stalls and open-air performances.

There are a lot of food stalls in the night market, there are Spanish, Italian, Arabian and other places of food, see I carry a camera many stall owners are enthusiastic to pose for me to take pictures, this kingchips at the entrance, grilled shrimp is very tasty.

kingchips

Canada's Niagara-on-the-Lake town is a rich flavor of the place, because the British conservative politicians had long been entrenched here so the town has a British flavor, we encountered in the lake town of the open-air bazaar to local artists and designers to sell their works.

Open-air market

This stall sells all kinds of tableware, kitchenware and accessories designed and produced by the stallholders themselves, each of which has only one piece, and I really like those unique tableware.

The vendor and I had a hard time negotiating the price, and I ended up buying a fish-shaped plate, a fruit fork, and a butter knife.

I bought a fish-shaped plate, a fruit fork and a butter knife, and so on.

The Central Market, located in Santiago, is one of the top ten food markets in the world according to National Geographic, but to be honest, this market is not as interesting as I thought it would be, although the seafood is fresh and plentiful, but the restaurants in the market are not tasty enough, and the specialty fruits are not plentiful enough either.

The architecture of the Central Market is very unique, built in the second half of the 19th century, with high vaulted ceilings and glass windows that make the halls look bright and spacious.

The fishmonger who loves to play

A wide variety of seafood

Chilean specialty fruits

Kyoto's Nishiki Market, known as "Kyoto's Kitchen," is a must-see attraction in Kyoto, and it has a long history, with the first specialty store (a fish shop) opened as early as 1311, and a long history in Edo. （The first specialty shop (fish store) was opened as early as 1311, and in the Edo period, it became a prosperous fish market. Later, it developed into the most traditional market for Kyoto people to buy all kinds of food ingredients, less than 400 meters long narrow street spread nearly 130 stores and stores, from Kyono, miso, Tsukuda boiled, egg rolls, Kyokko, seafood, meat, grilled food, takoyaki, all kinds of things, and you can try them out all the way through the walk.

The Nim Market is home to a number of famous miso (pickled vegetables) stores, and the variety of miso dishes is very wide.

Many of the restaurants in the market have a long history and are very famous.

Beautiful handkerchiefs

Mokpo, Korea, is a city by the sea and is rich in seafood, and spotted rays are a local specialty, and even the cars in front of the seafood market are decorated with spotted rays.

Inside the fish market

Inside the fish market, there are a lot of specializing in spotted skate meat, raw spotted skate meat is slightly fermented after marination, the meat is tender and unique taste, some people think that there is a slight odor, but I do not think so after I tasted it. All of the skate meat is freshly cut and sold on the spot. In addition to locally produced skate, there are also imported from various countries.

A lady in front of a store slicing up the manta rays.

The spot skate meat from different countries on display is not the real thing, but just the picture printed on the box, and the price is different depending on the place of origin.

La Boqueria market is the oldest and most authentic food market in Barcelona, bustling with tourists with cameras, but it is also a paradise for local gourmets, and the food produced by the stalls in the market is tasty and inexpensive, so you can experience the charm of Spanish cuisine.

The Borgheria market is always crowded.

The Spanish ham is not to be missed.

The stalls in the market are especially busy and full, with plates of appetizing food being brought to the bar with loud yelling and the sound of iron plates clanking.

When traveling in Ghent, Belgium, I heard that there is a morning market around the church, we purposely get up early in the morning and walk to the morning market, the sun in Belgium in the early morning of September is blinding but chilly, the streets and alleys of the stone road is very quiet, and occasionally there are bicycles riding by, to the market is very lively, flowers, fruits, and coffee to make the morning alive, and if you have the patience, you can also find interesting old goods.

The morning market in Ghent, Belgium, is a combination of a farmer's market and a flea market, with not only food but also antiques.

When I traveled to Toulouse, France, on a weekend, my friends were all market enthusiasts, so I woke up early and went to the market. The Toulouse flea market is very large, with old clothes, shoes, hats, crafts, and a lot of homemade agricultural products, so you can find a lot of treasures.

I got a celadon box for 1 euro, a dress for 5 euro and a shirt for 2 euro.

Thank you Big Dish for bringing back so much flavor from food markets around the world. Next time I'm traveling, I'll be taking a trip to my local food market as well. Or start discovering the food market near my home and buy vegetables to cook porridge.

It's the weekend, will you choose to go to the market to buy some dishes, cook to treat yourself after a hard week, or make a dinner for your family?