Tour an Authentic Caribbean Food Market | Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
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Since arriving in Trinidad almost 9 months ago we've settled into a routine of visiting the Central Market in Port of Spain every weekend to shop for fresh seafood, meat, herbs, fruit and vegetables. There's a huge range of fresh produce and many friendly vendors that we're got to know throughout our time here.
So many of the yacht cruisers who pass through Trinidad have vouched for it being one of the best fresh market's in the entire Caribbean, so we decided to show it off and do a walk through of the market, introducing you to some of our favourite vendors.
At the end, Telicia breaks down exactly what was bought and how much it cost in USD and TTD, keeping in mind this is almost our entire grocery shop for a week!
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0:00 Intro
1:08 Food Court
1:41 Meat & Seafood
4:36 Fruit & Vegetables
7:36 Lovely Vendor!
9:44 Central Building
11:58 BEST Chicken!
13:44 What it Cost
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Well done lady as a trini I have to say well done. You represented like if you are a trini
Very high praise! Thank you 😊
Love Trinidad from 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Hello to Jamaica! Who knows, we might end up there at some point 😁
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Happy to see such a positive review on my country's central market. So much more to see and EAT! Enjoy!
Glad you enjoyed it! You are so right about the food 😅
Love yuh work in dis video. Thanks fuh showing the good work my people are doing at Central Market.
Glad you liked the video! According to all of the international yacht sailors in Chaguaramas it's the best market in the Caribbean islands 😊
Its the biggest market in the eastern islands and in Trinidad its also a wholesale and retail market with Caribbean Thursdays vendors from Grenada,st Vincent etc comes to trinidad second biggest would be the Chaguanas market in Central Trinidad third would be Trinidad's second City in the south San fernando market fourth may be Arima market or Point Fortin market
Trinis markets are clean and organized Tobago as well every Boroughs, towns and City has a market
Although i never been to Central Market in POS i usually passed it from the highway great video put up the good work......🎉❤😊😮
Glad you enjoyed it! 😊
Yachties do discover our central.mkt vibes and enjoy it as world travellers...i was just surpised that given u are aussie u fiund it so inspiring witj quality farm to table litetally expereinces.
We trinis often take these for granted so its nice to remind us how lucky we are in many respects..
Trinidad west coast chaguramas is well knowm safe spot for glibal yachties during carubbean hurricane season...as we are out of the hurricane belt
Nice to know yachties still supporting our indigenous economy.❤
The market is a big hit with yachties and has developed a reputation as one of the best places to shop! We have smaller butcher stores and farmers markets in Australia, but it's nowhere near the size of the Central Market - most Australians just shop at supermarkets that are the equivalent to Massy or PriceSmart.
Amazing video I can’t believe the prawns were so reasonably priced. Now I will have to visit Trinidad
That's for the big ones too! The smaller ones are about 35TT per pound 🍤🦐
I watched your Short on this! So glad you decided to do a full length video 😁
After doing the Short I decided I wanted to do something full length to really try to do the market justice and share how great it and the people there have been :) Happy you enjoyed it!
Love this and am getting ideas for my upcoming visit to Trinidad in February. Thank you for sharing your experience ❤
Glad to help :)
The market is stilll the same as when i was a child love going to the meat section
The meat is so good too, much better than alot of what's at the supermarket!
Clean,wish Jamaica had market's at least clean as this
I have always loved going to the Central market to buy vegetables and other stuff. I sometimes went to the San Juan market to the Tunapuna market. I've been know to go as far as the Chaguanas market. My wife always found that I bought too much! Your video is so enjoyable and I'll be in Trinidad for about 2 weeks mid May 2024. I'll surely look for Jerry's chicken and Jessica. Your video just brought back memories. Thank you so much. Great job.
Glad you enjoyed it! :)
good tour thanks for sharing, cheers Paul.
Glad you enjoyed it
Really enjoyed this video
LOVE THIS
Thank you! :D
My favorite place to visit and shop for food very clean
It's a great setup 😄
Great video.
Thank you!
Central Market is the best❤
Agreed! 😄
Thanks for the video, watching from ny, from carribbean,❤
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Omg, i enjoyed this vlog so much. I felt as though I was on holiday on the island. Please do more vlogs of island life in Trinidad. Can you do a supermarket vlog?
Glad you enjoyed it! There will be more to come on Trinidad :)
I'm a Trinidad 🇹🇹 youtuber love your videos
I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
Very lovely video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video ❤
Thank you!!
Nice dog. he/ she looks like a very happy calm dog. I’m really liking its color, so cool.
Thank you! She is a great dog 😊😊
Hi I just love watching you I’m a first time subscriber you are beautiful I’m from Trinidad I goes to the tunapuna market there you would also get everything fresh and now our fresh pigeon peas are in season enjoy your stay in Trinidad take care bye.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video, I'm hoping to release more about Trinidad moving forward :) I just searched the Tunapuna Market - it looks like a great spot!
Thanks for sharing. I would’ve purchased the meat towards the end of the shopping so that way it stays fresh.😊
Glad you enjoyed it! I initally planned to do that but unfortunately some things run out because they're so popular - I missed the big prawns this week! 😭😭. To compensate I bring the cooler bags and ice bricks with me which does the trick 😊
Hi, just stumbled across your channel and I love your videos about my country, Trinidad and Tobago. Hope you are staying to experience Carnival.
Glad you like them! It looks like we will be here for Carnival so any tips for things we shouldn't miss would be appreciated 😄
@@travelsketch you need to go to the Kiddies Carnival on 10th February, Canboulay Riots and the Parade of the bands on Tuesday 13th Feb
@@travelsketch. Go to Panorama. The finals is on the 10th of February. At the Queens Park Savannah . It should be a treat!
Such a beautiful tour of the market. What day of the week did u visit the market? The produce was really fresh .
We usually go on Saturday or Sunday, depending on what events are on 😊
Really cool I live trinidad I cycle that area every weekend
We were surprised how popular cycling and mountain bike riding is in Trinidad! Glad you enjoyed the video 😎
@travelsketch yeah road riding is powered yes love the videos keep it cming u should try u pick breakfast its in tucker valley right in chaguaramas
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Welcome!
Hey great video we should do a video sometime soon if you’re in Trinidad still
I didnt see any lamb... do they have it? I guess its an island so maybe not.... The prawns looked so yummy 😋😋
Most of the lamb I've seen imported from Australia or New Zealand, you will find goat though 😊
@@travelsketchyou would get lamb mainly in the supermarket and in other partts of the country with more of an indo muslim presence in those towns and villages.
Yep, I often get mine from PriceSmart (The Australian lamb leg tastes like home!) or somewhere like Massys or West Bees when it's on super sale. One thing I am on the lookout for is lamb chops 🥩
@@travelsketchCorrect🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹
You could buy those prawns in Australia, they would just be 4 x more expensive and frozen.
So different to shopping in NZ! Where does the beef come from?
The beef is local and butchered by the guys selling it. It's a very different experience to Australia as well - much more enjoyable this way!
I think it comes from cow or bull
I have a beef factory. I put the bull, not cow, into one end, start the machine and beef comes out the other end. The good thing is that, if I don't like the beef, i reverse the machine and the bull comes back out at the beginning. And i send it back to the field.
I don't use cow because for some people, it is their mother. But the bull can't be their father. So I use bull.
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Wow this is amazingg Are you living here .
No, just long stay visitors wanting to share some of our favourite parts of Trinidad!
Wowww, where you at now so cute
I enjoyed the video but meat is to expensive but I love the fruits and vegetables
Glad you enjoyed it! The fruits and vegetables from there are great - we find it lasts so much longer than the supermarket produce!
How is the boat work going?
Unfortunately it's still ongoing - we're going to share an update on it very soon
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Do they have local milk, pork and lamb? Thank you.
There are a couple of pork butchers who go every week. Occasionally there's some local lamb/goat (the beef butchers are the guys to talk to about that), but I've found most lamb in Trinidad is imported from Australia or New Zealand. We do buy the occasional Aussie roast lamb from PriceSmart (similar to Costco). No fresh milk at the market, but I have seen it at the Massy Supermarket. Milk (Fresh & UHT) is one of the items that tends to be more expensive.
Thank you so much. Love your videos. @@travelsketch
Thank you, we're happy you enjoy them! 😊
Lamb and mutton are not widely eaten, so other than a few farmers most is imported frozen
@@user-qq6rr2je4q most people in TnT do not eat lamb regularly because it is very expensiv.
Hi madam,I am watching from Burundi,and I want to move to trinidad,so can you help me to come and get work?
Hi how are you
What I would like to say is did you not black vendors you only see one grope if people and see the other grope in a nother way
try curry
Had a goat curry last week at Couva River - It was so good I could have eaten it for a week straight and still wanted more!
The kinds of videos you guys should have been doing if the boat was built to a decent standard.
Hi beautiful
Affordable??? Everything in the market is way cheaper than the United States.
We haven't spent much time in the US but have heard from other cruisers how expensive it has become! Our previous locations were Spain, Gibraltar, Croatia and Italy; some things are cheaper there than in Trinidad, but the fresh market produce in Trinidad is way better value than any of them 🇹🇹🍍🦐
@@travelsketchcouple years ago the prices were like 50% less, it was ridiculous we really had it good here...after Covid everything exploded..some things seem to be coming down these days but still fluctuate upwards regularly...I gather it's a world-wide thing.
Talking to people back home prices in Australia have risen too - what I pay for Australian lamb here from somewhere like Blooms Import is pretty much what they're paying in Australia which is crazy when you consider how far it travels to get to Trinidad!
@travelsketch was actually wondering about the lamb prices in Oz..Oh and you can get Lamb cheaper at Food Basket Supermarket Champs Fleurs, and they have all the cuts, .they're more East, your maxi-taxi men should be able to sort you out..probably 15-20 mins from Central Market up the Highway if the roads are clear..OK, keep well..
@Trinavara Thanks for the tip!
You do not look Trinidadian. My mom and dad are half trinidadian - my mom and my dad are half black trinidadian
How much of the video did you watch? Just so I've got some context to answer this one.
The local do not like to go to the central market
Where do they go? Why not?
@travelsketch Massy stores and places like those where the groceries cost are high and they complain.
They afraid they get rob. I keep telling them CM and NAMDEVCO market are the safest places to go.
We do go, either very early in the morning or on various days. 😊
What's the best day to go to this market? Like to get fresh produce.....
@@travelsketch this is false and over exagerated