fruit and veg stall

Mains need to be pre-ordered at least an hour and a half early, so someone can dash up the street to the nearby fruit and veg stalls to get just what you want.

I carried on walking past fruit and veg stalls until I came to Arlington Road, and turned right by the Good Mixer pub, a 1960s monstrosity in need of a lick of paint.

During the more reasonable hours of the day, nearby Colaba Market (Lala Nigam St) has plenty of activity and colour and is lined with jewellery shops and fruit and veg stalls.

There's just a handful of fruit and veg stalls run by wiry ladies in hats, and an animated chap with an ice-chest full of freshly caught fish who drums up business by blowing on a conch shell like a Rastafarian Neptune.

If not already laden down with wonderful art from the Dogon region to the east, take Tuareg indigo blankets, pottery from Segou, CDs of Malian music and souvenirs from the Suguni market in the old town and the local fruit and veg stalls.