Best places to buy vegetables, fruits and seasonings

Why to buy vegetables, fruits and spices in supermarkets if you can buy it at a market? You’ll have wider choice, better prices and you’ll also support local farmers and businessmen.

We have several fruit & vegetable markets in Brno. The biggest and the most popular one has been taking place at Zelný trh sq. (“Vegetable market”) every work day since the middle ages.

There are approx 20-30 stands with almost everything that is grown in Moravia (well, I miss gooseberries), exotic fruits, flowers and seedlings.

The stallholders usually don’t speak foreign languages, but that does not matter, you can just point to the goods you want and show the desired amount with your fingers.

If you want to buy some seasonings (spice, oil, vinegar etc.), I recommend “Koření u Sindibáda“. My mother has been buying spices there since the 1990s and I started to do the same when I moved to my own flat some years ago. I think they have at least one hundred spices to choose from, incl. the ones used in my favorite Indian and Georgian cuisines (not speaking about Italian seasonings).

The brand Koření u Sindibáda has two little shops in Brno – first one is located at the top of Pekařská st., the second one can be found in Alfa Passage between Náměstí svobody sq. and Poštovská st.

Tagged as: Moravian cuisine, shopping, Vegetable market, Zelný trh