Grocery Shopping in China
I went to the grocery store the other day, and I hardly recognized anything. I was at the Ole grocery store nearby. It’s a beautiful well lit, and abundant shopping experience. The store reminds one of the new Fresh Markets in
But it’s amazing that we think of having such variety in the
I can’t even begin to tell you what most of the fruits are. There are so many, that it is truly incredible. And whatever you do, be prepared when you get near that big spiny one that smells so bad! I’m told that they even have bans on that specific fruit from the subway in
The meat section is a real experience. It is more like walking into the back of the meat market than USA Winn Dixie. It’s my understanding that Wal-Mart learned a lesson the hard way in the marketing of meat. They first tried to sell it prepackaged, but consumers felt it was not fresh. They had to switch, so that now at Wal-Mart like any other grocery store in China, it is cut right there to your specification. And they do cut and sell any and every part of most every imaginable animal. Don’t be taken aback when you stumble upon the pig’s face.
Simple potato chips amazed me the other day. Now most everyone that knows me from Ruffton, knows that I grew up on chips, with my father being a distributor for Tom’s Foods. Well, here the bags look like standard Lay’s chips (unfortunately none of the superior Tom’s brand here), but you have to be extremely careful about the flavor you select. I have made the mistake before of assuming a potato chip bag is a regular Original flavored chip. Well, they have a lot of flavors here. It’s proliferated here just like in the States. But oh, are the flavors a little different here! There’s tomato, cucumber, drumstick, shrimp, and wasabi to name a few. Yes, they do have Original and
posted by A Bryson (formerly) in China @ 4:55 PM
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