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The Usera Market: how to buy like a neighbor
Fish that arrives daily, seasonal fruit at neighborhood prices and the market routine that continues to mark Usera's life. How to take advantage of it if you stay with a kitchen.
In times of ordering everything at home, the Usera food market continues to fill up every morning with neighbors who buy as they have always bought: stall by stall, with a list and with time.
Why go (even if you’re only there for a few days)
- Real fish and seafood: the fish stalls in the Madrid markets receive goods daily; For a special dinner at your accommodation, there is no comparison with the supermarket.
- Seasonal fruit and vegetables at neighborhood prices, chosen piece by piece.
- The ritual: having breakfast at the market bar (coffee with a tortilla skewer) before shopping is one of the most Madrid mornings that exist.
How to shop like a neighbor
- Go around first: compare stalls before buying anything. The neighbors do it like this.
- Ask for advice: “what is better today?” always works; The fishmongers clean and prepare the fish as you need it.
- Go mid-morning: first thing in the morning there is a line of professionals; Lastly, less gender.
- Take a car or backpack: bags are charged and the weight is noticeable.
What to do with the purchase
With fish from the market and vegetables from the neighborhood Asian supermarkets you have a quality dinner for what a menu of the day costs. The complete kitchen of our apartment in Usera is designed exactly for that; If you travel in one of our rooms, the shared kitchen gives you the same game.
And if one day you don’t feel like cooking, remember that the neighborhood is the largest Chinatown in Spain: dinner is just around the corner.
- Usera
- markets
- food
