There is a big fruits and veggie market in the town in Portvila.

All fruits and veggies here are organic, well I mean everything in Vanuatu is organic anyway.

selling various veggies and fruits 

It is definitely much cheaper than supermarket. The cheapest is on the road, sometime not even people are not around but market is open 7am to 11pm and in the middle of town so we went to this market to shop or eat many times.

carrots 50 vatu       ( A$ 1 = 107 vatu ) 

washing carrots next to the shop 

skewered lettuce ! isn’t it funny way to sell? 

By the way, lettuce here is so soft….

watermelon on the floor

Taro, one of the staple food here are on the ground out side. Interesting way to display the food…

I couldn’t find cucumber in the market and wondering if no cucumber in Vanuatu then I ate cucumber in the market dining area. 

that is right, below is the one. They are yellow and thick not like thin, long and green cucumber I know. 

Cucumber from 20 vatu to 200 vatu!  all depends on size 

I had boiled peanuts in Hawaii but these are all raw. Taste? quite similar to boiled peanuts. I must say roasted peanuts tastes much better…I couldn’t finish boiled peanuts in Hawaii, again, I couldn’t finish raw peanuts…  :(  I also bought roasted peanuts here, it was sooo fresh and nice. Yes, I finished roasted one. 

raw peanuts 

veggie called ” Suzut” that I have never seen or eaten. 

I asked how to clean and cook at the market. 

First, boil with small amount of water then add coconuts milk. it is quite often served as a side dish of chicken. Quite simple way of cooking cut cleaning is bit hard. 

You need to get rid of thick bottom part of stalk and also curly part. Young thin curly parts are ok to eat but thick curly part, you have to remove. As you can see, lots of curly parts…. Even though they said, it is easy to clean but I can tell, it will take long time…. so I didn’t buy. 

I had so much fun in the market and went back many times. Well I must say, I had to go there by myself sometimes because my boyfriend got really sick of going there that often. 

I will write about more about market again !