Over the weekend at was the time to make a visit to the vegetable market. As veggies and fruits seem to be priced high at the near by super markets a weekly trip to the market proves to be a saver.
Crossed the main area of Nairobi on the drive towards the market. Got further glimpses of the city and its huge buildings.
This market is at a distance of about kms from the main area. All vegetables are available just like what one would witness back in India. It was fun to hear a Kenyan shopkeeper call out vegetable names in Tamil. No wonder there were many Indian shoppers around.
Greens very fresh and inviting. Fruits too were available in abundance. Due to ban on plastic bags, all these had to carried on a large hand made bag. Bargaining happens here too.
Headed straight to super market to full fill the provisions demands as well. It was huge and stocked up with huge variety of items. Name it and it's available as long your wallet can afford. You can't help calculating the Indian rupee conversion.
The Indian community here have various organizations for the benefit of the expatriates. One such South Indian organizations had a food festival in the nearby school ground. There were separate stalls for Tamil, Kannada, Kerala and Telugu regional foods. Telugu stall had pesarattu, pickle, Kannada had neer dosa, bisibelebath, Kerala stall gave parotta while Tamil had dosas and biryani.
Today's outing gave an insight into the livelyhood of Nairobians. Good experience in deed.
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