Hi everyone welcome to Goodland's market great place to come as a day trip if you're traveling
in the north there's so much to see and you can experience a real taste of the culture
if you're living here in Mauritius or staying for any longer term
this is a great place to come and get your fruits and vegetables on a budget
so come with me we'll show you around it has been here for a while and they are building a new one
a lot of the vegetables you're gonna find here are actually locally produced
so this is more of a local place than when they get the imported stuff
nice coriander and mint
so I think what you have to do is walk around a bit to see what the prices are
and then decide which one is the cheapest one 15 a pound or twenty
it is quite chaotic here it is a Saturday and that's the busiest day
but they're vegetables all over the place here and lots of other things you can get these carrots
are even cheaper and they're the little ones you can actually get for five rupees a pound
so tomatoes
15 rupees a pound oh there's some over there that you can scratch it for 10 rupees a pound
only that's a good price in the supermarket it's a lot more when the price goes down as the time
goes on but you risk missing out if you come too late it might be taro leaf not 100% sure you'll
have to let me know here's a chili seller and what they do is they gather the chilis in a group like
that and that's the price for that group so you pick which group you want same with the ginger
so 10 rupees for that whole pile of ginger it is huge like I said it is very very big it carries on
for a long way down there you'll walk down there and you actually get a vision of how big it is wow
this isn't a little dried shrimp smells incredible oh wow they actually have
these they look beautiful and you can get three four hundred rupees
that's actually pretty cheap english cucumbers 10 rupees wow you got your imported fruits and
local ones as well there is a smell in there that i recognize but there must be salted fish
some oh here it is here it is so this is the salted fish this is what I'm actually
smelling and it's making my mouth water wait a second that's a salted octopus a dried octopus
is 700 rupees a pound oh and look look little shrimp things tiny little dried shrimps this
is the bigger shrimp and this is the slightly smaller one the ones with the shells still on
and of course you can't get made food at the market as well Riki mentioned that you're
smelling some rotis and here they are cooking them they actually mix them here roll them out
and onto the fire cauliflower Mauritius
40 rupees a piece do you grow it here
from Mauritius, ok from Mauritius not imported
i suppose you know which guy is going to be your guy that supplies what things
if you want to get this you come to this guy you learn the people that you like
a lot of people selling the same things at the same price but they all look like they're busy
okay here's something interesting a piece of fresh coconut for 10 rupees that's cool and your lemons
this is specifically immersion thing these are small limes one has 20 rupees three or fifty
loads of fruits all looking beautiful I haven't seen this before fresh strawberries so this is
something you see quite a lot of because you obviously can't buy a whole massive pumpkin but
you can buy this whole piece for 15 rupees very cool I don't know if I showed this already but
five rupees a pound for tomatoes five rupees these are cooking tomatoes but they're only five
rupees these will make a great sauce for sure five rupees a pound which is like 10 rupees a kilo
lift them up and turn them into a nice pasta sauce curry this is where the salted fish is
there's tons of it here whole salted fish and more octopus yeah
five rupees each for eggs nice do you buy the eggs or do you have chickens yeah all right chickens
it actually smells quite nice so we're about at the halfway point of the market
there's loads of it extending that way but
wait let me spin you around a bit and we're about to go downstairs into a whole other section
30 rupees per quarter pound for these nice big green chilies
but you can still get some some other things there are some cheating products that you can get as
well and of course street snacks market snacks there's some beetroot 15 rupees or 20 rupees a
pound is that coriander coriander five repeats wow this is actually ingredients for boulette
wow and you can come here and she actually makes it herself here wow oh and that looks like haiken
nice spices and also there's some shoes so you can get some shoes
Tuesday Friday is clothing and Wednesday Saturday is the vegetable section every other
day closed every other day closed don't come at the back end of the market is where the meats are
it's not a big meat section this is some fish and she's actually chopping some at the moment
wow very professional you can get fresh chicken
is actually prepping a tuna steak it'll actually come and chop it up for you
and just give you the meat so no skin on it that's how you chop a tuna in half
how do you still have all of your fingers that's great skill this is some fresh chicken it is
generally completely fine to buy foods and everything from the market because everybody
here has to have a food handler's license and be trained in food safety so if you fancy a bit of
a day out or day away from the beach pop over to Goodland's market and experience a little
bit of local culture get some street food support the local farming working community
and when you're getting thirsty alouda and fruit juice nice and cold you can get some noodles for
20 rupees and they come in a pound I've never actually seen this but this is actually fresh tofu
15 rupees for one and the guy makes it himself right here okay so you can occasionally take a
break from the hustle and bustle inside and skirt around the outside to get to quicker to another
area of the market here's some actual fresh fish and also some prawns this thing here behind me is
the actual market this is the actual market area but outside there are always it always attracts a
lot of other things to be sold so a lot about the stand noisy motorbikes all sorts of interesting
things being sold the market is quite easy to find this is the main road that runs through Goodland's
and the market is just off there so if you can find your way to this complex you can't actually
go through so right through there is another way into it so there you are shortcut into the market
and if you don't want to eat on the go there's some nice little snack places all around the
market with places to sit and eat food if you don't want to eat any of the street foods but
you're just coming for the experience and still want to a cave see there is a KFC right here if
you can find the KFC you can easily find the market it's just across the road this is the
Mauritian pestle and mortar grinding your spices and coconut and things making chutneys this is a
briyani guy and he's my favorite guy in the whole of Mauritius because he's got a sign above him
vegbiani vegetarian hey chicken biryani and chicken briony and obviously people are hungry
you can actually get deer at the market as well hunting season for deer is from
June to September so between June until the end of September you can come get fresh deer
at the market 175 one pound that's a very good price yeah fresh plants little mini succulents
everything this is the Goodland's bus station bus terminal place where buses come and people leave to
go to places and the market is just right through there these are the toilets very easy to find
but they have weird opening days it depends on when you come it's all right here at the bus stop
for accessibility I wouldn't recommend coming in a wheelchair with a pram there seems to be a lot
of steps and uneven ground everywhere if you're coming by car the best parking is right here
uh but it is on dirt and it does full up and make sure that you park so you can
get out because people do park you in look everyone they're building a new sugar mill
no this is the home of the new Goodland's market coming in February 2022
Goodland's market a great place to experience local culture buy some fresh veggies or just have
a great day out I just like to say thanks for watching and we'll see you next time