Campeche Fish Market

Campeche is a town on the Gulf of Mexico that is rich in sea foods, and I was hoping to eat many sea foods during my stay in this town.

So I asked my friend to take me to the local fish market. In Sweden, sea food is expensive and hard to come by. I love octopus, so I went to the fish market thinking that it would be nice to findand eat fresh octopus.

It was a hot and humid day, and we went to the fish market in the heat. My friend led me to the town's fish market, which was filled with fish caught this morning. Some of the fish were not easily seen in Japanese fish markets.

I was especially surprised to see sharks being caught and sold together with other fish. In Japan, sharks are also eaten, but they are usually ground and mixed with other fish, but in Mexico, sharks are sold as they are, not ground. I wonder how they eat it?!

When we arrived at the fish market, there was a person who looked like a salesman pulling people in, saying, "Look at my sales floor!" My friend, overcome by his enthusiasm, went to the fish counter of the person who was pulling him in.

There were many fresh fish for sale, and to my surprise, they were selling octopus as well 😄 I had not eaten fresh octopus since I went to Barcelona last year, so I was eager to try it and negotiated the price.

In the end, I bought 3 fish and 2 octopus for a total of 250 pesos. I didn't know if the price was high or not, but I was very satisfied with the delicious looking fish and octopus.

カンペチェはメキシコ湾に面した海の食材が豊富な町で、この町に滞在している間はたくさんの海の食材を食べれたらと思っていました。

そこで友人に地元の魚市場に連れていって欲しいとお願いしました。スウェーデンでは海の食材は高価でなかなか食べることは出来ません。わたしはタコが大好きで、タコが食べれたらいいなと思いながら魚市場に行きました。

この日は蒸し暑く、熱気に包まれながら魚市場に行きました。友人の案内で着いた町の魚市場には今朝とれた魚でいっぱいになっていました。日本の魚市場ではなかなか見かけない魚も中にはいました。

特にびっくりしたのが、サメが結構捕れていて他の魚と一緒に売っていました。日本でもサメは食べますが、だいたいの場合は擂り身にして他の魚と混ぜて食べられるのですが、メキシコではサメを擂り身にはせずそのまま売っていたのが印象的でした。

魚市場に着くと、売り子の引き込みみたいな方がいて、「俺の売場をみてくれて～」と言って、引き込みをしていました。その熱意に負けた友人は、とりあえずその引き込みの方の魚売場へ行ってみました。

新鮮な魚がたくさん売られていまあいた、そして、なんとタコも売っているではないですか😄 新鮮なタコを食べるのは昨年、バルセロナに行った以来で是非食べたいと値段を交渉してもらいました。

結局、魚を3匹、タコを2匹買って合計で250ペソでした。この値段が高いのか、相場なのかはわかりませんでしたが、とりあえず美味しそうな魚とタコを買えたことにとても満足しました。

Let's eat fish 🐟 together 😆🍻🇲🇽

We went to Campeche Fisk Market to get some good fish. I wanted to eat some octopus 🐙 which is very difficult to find fresh ones in Sweden 🇸🇪

Luckily we found some octopus 🐙 as well as very fresh fish 🐟. And we decided to buy three pieces of fish and teo octopus 🐙

My friend also invited to his in laws to have lunch together. It was very fun to have lunch with them and it seemed that they really enjoyed the fish and the octopus.

They have been very nice to me since I came to Campeche, so I was very glad that I bought the fish and they enjoyed it so much.

Thanks to my friend who cooked these fish and the octopus. 😄🙌🇲🇽🇯🇵