By Anvaya Stays · May 10, 2026 · 1 min read
Local markets of Goa: a food lover's guide
Mapusa on a Friday is not a market so much as a weekly reunion. Everyone's aunt is there. The chouriço man knows your chef by name, and the bananas come in six kinds, none of them the supermarket kind.
Start with the spice aisle
Buy the kokum. You don't know what it's for yet; your chef does. That's the point of a staffed kitchen.
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Go beyond the postcard. The best of Goa isn't always on the map. Let our local team take you there.
