Actually, the New South Gate. I found this market, which is close to my office and my gym, the usual way - by walking in the opposite direction of people carrying bags of food. It is bigger, busier, and dirtier than the market in my old neighborhood.
Fresh noodles in different lengths, jiaozi skins, and made to order chao shou (wontons):
Beans, chilies, garlic and ginger, eggs, and fermented chili and bean pastes:
Preserved and marinated vegetables:
I prefer buying chickens and rabbits here rather than at the big grocery stores because you are buying fresh animals from the farmers rather than mass produced meat, though in the summer I am leery of carcasses that have been sitting in the unrefrigerated case all day. A bird usually includes the head, feet, and internal organs with any partly formed eggs. Sellers will cut up your purchase as you request, though no matter how many elbow-chopping motions I make I have never been able to convey the idea that I want it cut at the joints. I always tell them to keep the head. When they hand you your change, it is often damp from the meat.
Bigger animals are displayed on hooks, and you tell the seller which part you want and they chop it up for you. Below is pork; beef is also sold here and once a severed goat's head advertised that goat meat was available.
Soybean products - various types of tofu and bean sprouts:
This month, oranges are the main attraction at the fruit stands.
