Madinat Zayed Fruit and Vegetable Market

Location: Behind the Gold Center next to the Madinat Zayed Shopping Center

While much smaller than the Fruit and Vegetable Market in Al Mina, it had a similar selection (though fewer vendors) and is a lot more convenient for us. It might not be the cleanest by Western standards, but an impressive array of fresh fruits and vegetables, considerably cheaper and tastier than what we've seen so far from the local supermarkets and grocery stores. The big Carrefour in Marina Mall and the Lulu Hypermarket in Al Wahda mall have a similar selection at reasonably similar prices (I didn't do a close comparison) but lack the ambiance of a true fruit market.

Yesterday we got an extremely sweet watermelon for 2.50 AED / kg, some tangerines which were a little sour, and some great Wasana (sp?) dates at the store in the back corner for 30 AED / kg (they have cheaper dates there of course, but that variety is very sweet). As we try more items, I'll post reviews and prices, but let me know what you think.

PS. The fish market had unfortunately closed by the time we got there (21:30), but we are looking forward to trying that soon.