Mercadão, the Municipal Market of São Paulo (Brazil)

in Market Friday11 months ago (edited)

Hello friends!

It's Friday and we can go around and discover another market, one of those places where the life of a city is truly palpable, a meeting place where everyone finds themselves in search of those wonderful, desired and sought after products, whether food or other objects. And we can share that experience later with others here, thanks to the wonderful #MarketFriday initiative by @dswigle

And this week I am with a monograph on São Paulo, the huge Brazilian city, and I have already shared something of its central streets, of some characteristic neighborhood and we have even taken a comforting walk through its green lung, its great park. Now we are going to visit the main city market.

The Municipal Market of São Paulo

Called by all “Mercadão” (big market) because it is really like that, big and full of people. Before arriving through the surrounding streets we are surprised by too many citizens who walk around, are they all going to the market?

The market is also located in the historic center area, on Rua da Cantareira (street), but very close there is another popular street, Rua 25 de Março, where one and a thousand stores are gathered, of everything, stores full of objects and things, of everything you would want to buy and more. They say if you can't find it there it doesn't exist but I don't know how something can be found among so many crowds.

But we managed to get around the mass of people and get to the market. A cluster of color and flavor. The exotic fruit market par excellence, fruits that it would be very difficult for us to see or find in other places, in Europe for example, there is everything here, there are many, there are more than we thought.

Thousands of strange and striking fruits, with curious shapes and bright colors forming pyramids, placed as if it were decoration.

Also other more discreet fruits, dried fruits, also a multitude and variety, everything you want and more...

More people in crowded corridors, step by step we turn around, looking over the heads to see those beautiful stained glass windows, suddenly it looks like the market of any Mediterranean city, where even that modernist style is glimpsed. But customers and sellers do not pay attention, they think about buying and selling, but also some about eating.

Because you can also eat in there, it's almost a tradition, many typical dishes but one stands out, a local friend will always recommend that you order the mortadella sandwich, because it's typical, because it's the usual. So without clashing we ask for it, we have to taste it!

And the sandwich reflects all that same environment, full and stuffed, not with fruits and people but with mortadella, the good kind, that tasty Italian (those influences are also Italian, there is an Italian area and a festival with spaghetti and also this city fusion you eat a lot of pizza, a lot and good). Well, the sandwich is abundant, with many slices, one on top of the other, and a lot of cheese, because here any sandwich and many things go with cheese, also in excess, and the flavor is intense. This is Brazil, colorful, tasty and intensity.

We are satisfied and ecstatic with many aromatic, visual and, of course, taste sensations. We liked it, any visit to a market like this becomes a total sensory experience, all our senses on high alert, and the enjoyment is unique. In this way, the visit can become a memory, a living memory, because we remember it as a moment full of color, flavor and life, really full in all senses.

Thanks for reading! Have a good and delicious day.

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Wow, that is a very lively and beautiful market, what makes me distracted is that they also sell passa bananas, this is my favorite processed banana

Yeah, and I think we can find for sure many favorite and delicious food in there 😋

Looks stunning, more so very clean and structured. My favorite fruit & veg market places so far are in Barcelona, Dubai and Kuala Lumpur.

Yes surprisingly very organized, just the bar zone was more chaotic jaja but still despite the crowd it was a nice visit, watching weird fruits and eating😅... Ah in Barcelona the famous one is La Boquería, the others don't know, here in Valencia it's also big and modernist, somehow similar to the market in Barcelona, same type more less, in Arab countries those are different, also charming.

Yes, the famous La Boqueria 👍 Been there three or four times as I love the freshly prepared paella they serve. So good. Have never been to Valencia; I'll need to visit the place. There are so many amazing places on this beautiful planet one requires several lifetimes to visit them all 😉

That's true so many places that are worthy to be visited!!! At least we see some 😅

Excelente entrada, como siempre.
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¡Muchas gracias Xavi! Bueno aprovechando aquellos maravillosos años en los que iba de un lado al otro a lo loco jaja así lo rememoro un poco 😅 Feliz Sábado, ¡a disfrutar!

But whoa, you found a pretty place there. Those fruits and different kind of product is worth to see. They are beautiful and colorful ,🤤

Yes really very interesting I saw fruits that I have never seen in Europe, all full of color and all seem to be very tasty😋. Thanks, happy Friday!

If only they have free taste of each no, hahaha. If only.

Wow what a busy and crowded market! I haven't been to a market in a while. Seeing all the photos you shared is pretty refreshing. All those fruits and the food that can be bought there. Mmmm, what a good way to celebrate #aliveandthriving indeed. Thank you for sharing this with us :) Enjoy your weekend!


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Yeah crowded and full of colorful fruits, it was a great experience!
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I'd be as interested in tasting the fruits I don't yet know as I would collecting and growing their seeds! Brazil is such an amazing place! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙



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Too many different fruits, it was an amazing discovering! Some had names that I have never heard before and with no translation, really authentic, a great experience... although I didn't eat all of them, just some. Happy Sunday! ☀️🙏💚

Ah, yes, I'm sure! What were your favorites of the ones that you tried? Thank you! Happy Sunday, and new week! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙



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The most weird the Pitahaya (Dragon fruit) it's pink and inside white with black spots. Very beautiful and sophisticated and different flavor. Also well others more known and popular like papaya or chirimoya. And many times some mixed in delicious natural juices!😋

Ah, yes, dragon fruit are gorgeous, and there are so many different colors! We have those here too. They're cactus fruit. Good papayas are divine. Lots of those here too. I've heard of the chirimoya, but I haven't tried it yet! I love mixing things, and oh my goodness are there some glorious tropical fruit blends! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙



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I see the beautiful goiabas, pink and yellow🐣. But prices in São Paulo are shamefully high. 15 reais per kg, what a shame😖. Minimum salary families cannot think about😓. But wonderful article🍉/Vejo as belas goiabas cor de rosa e amarelas🐣. Porem os preços em São Paulo são uma vergonha, tão caros assim. 15 reais por um kg não dai😖. As famílias que contam só com um salário mínimo nem podem pensar nisso😓. Mas seu artigo, maravilha🍉

Obrigada amiga! 🤗 Sampa una cidade cara mesmo... muito mas do que Rio! We checked prices by comparing the price of caipirinhas 🤣

I really love how fruits was organized. This is my favorite part of every market, because I love fruits so much. 🥰

Yes exact there were a lot of fruits and more, but all well organized and that's good because we can see all those marvelous fruits better 🤩 Happy Friday!

Brazil will always hold a special place in my heart (Costa Rica too)! While I am not crazy about the huge crowds, I do love markets like that! Many of those interesting and unusual fruits were have here as well, for which I am very grateful! Thank you so much for sharing your amazing market adventures @duvinca! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙

Thanks a lot! Yeah I do love too specially when we discover different things like those strange fruits than we do not have in Europe. Have a very colorful day dear @tydynrain 💚🙏☀️🤗 !HUG

Absolutely @duvinca, you're most welcome! I so understand! I love discoveries like that too! Thank you so very much! I wish you an equally vibrant day! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙

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I think it's easy to get lost in this market and very easy to forget...why did I come there? :)