What to Wear when Visiting a Market to Buy Fish
How to Dress and Set Out for Buying Fish at a Public Fish Market
Getting up early, 5.30am, 4.00am even to catch a red-eye flight for work may be a familiar occurance. many people can do this. People making an early start to get some of the finest fresh fish, catch of the day at their local, national or state fish markets open to the public , need no less preparation than being prepared to catch an early morning flight.
Layering Warm Clothes for Visiting a Fish Market
Fish markets do have a low temperature. Public visitors are likely to find fish markets open to the public chilly as they stand as buyers near to the merchant's fresh fish samples. The fish market cafe may offer hot tea, coffee and morning rolls which may be restorative. Once the chill had reached "to the bones", as one experienced English fishmonger described the feeling of touring the market floor at Billingsgate Fish Market, London E14, visitors will find it difficult to restore to a warmth for the rest of their visit to a fish market.
When visiting a market to buy fish, warm clothing is best worn layered e.g.
- a thermal vest
- a Helly Hensen base layer
- cashmere wool jumper
- cyclist's fleece
- overcoat
- a wool hat, beanie or flat cap
- plus closed shoes or boots and warm socks
Layering clothes is practical when walking around the fish market to buy as a member of the public and some layers can be removed with ease after leaving the fish market to travel home with purchased fresh seafood to prepare for cooking.
When examining the fish samples for quality sleeve cuffs may come into contact with fish and shellfish on the iced display. Members of the public, buying from a fish market for the first time, may be surprised how fishy the cuffs of their coat and fleeces wil smell within an hour of leaving.
Essential Footwear for Public Visit to Fish Market
Many fish markets, including Billingsgate in London UK, require closed shoes to be worn on the market floor. Public visitors intending to buy fish direct from fish merchants should contact the market public relations, education/outreach office or security department for advice on regulations about footwear on the market floor before setting out in the morning. Buying from Barcelona fish market is likely to be a different experience to buying at Billingsgate fish market.
Visitors arriving early at a fish market, for a 5am start, to buy the more handsome fresh fish samples from the merchants are unlikely to find that there is so much water on the market floor as later on in the public service, 7.30am. Over time the melting ice from the fish boxes will drain onto the market floor. Fish merchants who have had a successful morning of selling fish will have fish merchant assistants hosing down their permanent or temporary pitch on the market floor. Both will add to the amount of water that public visitors will paddle through later on in the morning.
Closed shoes should keep a visitor's feet dry and the nature of the liquid on the floor may result in a white staining to some polished shoes after a visit. Soles of footwear may have a fishy odour after visiting a fish market if not cleaned immediately. Billingsgate Seafood Training School advises students to wear shoes that they don't mind getting damp for market tours.
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