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Old Posted Apr 14, 2012, 5:47 AM
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National Geographic's World's Top 10 Food Markets

http://travel.nationalgeographic.com...arkets/#page=1

St. Lawrence, Toronto, Canada
Union Square Greenmarket, New York City
Castries Market, St. Lucia
Ver-o-Peso, Belém, Brazil
Mercado Central, Santiago, Chile
Kreta Ayer Wet Market, Singapore
Kauppatori, Helsinki, Finland
La Vucciria, Palermo, Italy
Cours Saleya, Nice, France
Borough Market, London, England
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In NYC, Eataly is to me the most amazing food shopping experience. It reminds me of harrods or kadewe in Berlin.
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Cours Saleya in Nice is very cool since it's literally right next to the beach. You can spend a whole day just going between the beach and downtown, and stopping by the market whenever your hungry.
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no Queen Victoria Market?

this list is shit.

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I have been to Borough Market, and I can't say I was blown away. It was good, but it lacked a lot of produce variety. It did seem to have a good selection of ready-to-eat food options though.
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Silly me, but I'll ask anyway: could someone put forth the objective criteria used and show how each market was rated according to these criteria?
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Silly me, but I'll ask anyway: could someone put forth the objective criteria used and show how each market was rated according to these criteria?
You're incapable of reading the article yourself?
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Where the hell is La Boqueria? Should be easily #1 in the world.

http://www.google.com/search?q=la+bo...J-LD0QHNvq2yDw


Borough Market is my favorite of the ones I've been to above (NYC, Singapore, Nice and London). In fact it's my favorite single place in London.


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In NYC, Eataly is to me the most amazing food shopping experience. It reminds me of harrods or kadewe in Berlin.
Eataly is sometimes crowded in a bad way. Kick out the tourists and move it at least 15 blocks further downtown, and you'd really have something...
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It kind of sucks that Asia is isn't better represented.
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Namdaemun Market in Seoul is a treat. Not just food.
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Greatest (and stinkiest) fish market anywhere: tokyo tsukiji


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more on this wonderful place here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsukiji_fish_market
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It kind of sucks that Asia is isn't better represented.
Everyone knows places that don't use a Roman-based alphabet don't count.
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Old Posted Apr 19, 2012, 5:17 PM
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Greatest (and stinkiest) fish market anywhere: tokyo tsukiji
I haven't been - but is this a "consumer" food market like the ones on this list, or is it more geared toward restaurants buying the day's catch?

The latter, while impressive, isn't the same thing. You're not going to hang out there buying whole tuna.



Another I'd add to the list, though not strictly a food market... the Djemaa el-Fna in Marrakech:


(from klik2travel on Flickr... http://www.flickr.com/photos/klik2tr...57625491392987)
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This market was featured in an episode of Bizarre Foods. Largest food market in the world:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March%C...onal_de_Rungis

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1,698,000 tonnes of products are brought in annually
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^ But that's also a wholesale market. It's not interesting, and you wouldn't want to visit.
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Tsukiji is my single top "want to go to" destination.

10023, it's not a consumer market but there are stalls and small restaurants in the whole area.
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This is what they're building in Rotterdam. Skip to 3:00 for the new development there.

http://www.markthalrotterdam.nl/index.php

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Tsukiji is my single top "want to go to" destination.

10023, it's not a consumer market but there are stalls and small restaurants in the whole area.
Ok, that's what I wasn't sure of. If there are places to buy single servings or small amounts, and prepared foods, then yes that makes an interesting destination.

The Paris one looks like more of a distribution center.
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Silly me, but I'll ask anyway: could someone put forth the objective criteria used and show how each market was rated according to these criteria?
There don't appear to be any, nor should there be, since this kind of thing is pretty subjective. I'm sure they could come up with some numeric criteria, but....what the hell would the point be? Other than satisfying the "debate to the death" message-board crowd.

I suspect the Union Square market made the list because they had to include an American one. But my 2 favorites in North America would be St. Lawrence in Toronto (which they listed) and the Granville Island market in Vancouver (which they didn't).
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Yeah the U.S. doesn't really have a great one, probably because of our inane and pointless food safety laws.

You know, the ones that make it OK to sell whatever the hell is in Twinkies, but not OK to sell real Camembert cheese (because it's not pasteurized).
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