February 3, 2004: Chinatown Markets 1
The open-air markets along Grand and Mott Street are one of my favorite Chinatown features. It seems like you can buy almost anything in those stalls: fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, nuts, dried shrimp, herbs, congee pudding, household items, pirated DVDs. Sometimes I like to wander along those streets late at night, after the markets have closed. There is something completely authentic about the stench and muck caking the sidewalk.
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those purple vegetables look disturbingly like sex toys. great shots =)
Great colors, Jake. That one of the things that I love most about open-air markets.
Those green apples look like sex toys I use. ;>
Love these.
those purple vegetables are eggplants, right? are those the only fruit in the purple hue family? what about other weird color fruit? that might make a good post.
also, i saw a stand selling durien but the spiky cantelope thing sort of freaks me out.
Jake
First-timer here. Yes, they're eggplant and I was oh so excited to see them. I've been ordering Chinese eggplant and chicken from Szechuan Delight (in Park Slope) since the beginning of the year - religiously. They're amazing vegetables, or are they fruit?
Um, I'm hungry.
Hey Jake- do you have some sort of special MT Plugin for handling/reszing pix?
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