Grocery shopping is
(always) a part and parcel of
my travel itinerary
(even if I am not traveling with my dad)
heading to Tesco at 7am is
something me and my mom
do back home on weekend while
my dad rather lazes around
or gets busy at the garden
me and my dad are both early riser
and most sightseeing spots are
not opened that early anyway
and he says he can’t spend the precious time
lazing around so
we must get ourselves going
yet, during post-lunch hour
he always demands going back to
the hotel for a nap
same applies to night time
all we can do is loiter at shopping district
but he would prefer to for grocery shopping
because at least he gets to shop
rather than walking aimlessly or
waiting with dead boredom for me
outside the stores
no!! that doesn’t happen that often,
I swear
on top of killing time
grocery shopping is rather a joy
because you get to see the real local life
what they buy what they eat
and we do buy some food stuffs here
as mini souvenirs
something more practical
as compared to elaborately packed yet
funnily-taste food gifts at
tourist stores
since we were staying at the middle of
East Nanjing Road
the heart of shopping district
without any residential area insight
there’s no major supermarkets around
except little convenience stores
so we actually took the trouble to
catch a train to go for grocery shopping
and we did it, not once
not twice
there were 4 trips in total!!
1 x RT-Mark 大潤發, Taiwanese based
1 X Carrefour 家樂福
2 X Tesco 樂購
the name of Tesco in Mandarin is
just so appropriately given
Le Gou, literally means
Fun-Shopping
so is Carrefour,
Jia Le Fu,
Home-Happiness-Prosperity
awww…
my sis was asking us to
buy her some car models
there were some lovely one at Tesco
and they are reasonably priced
but I was secretly hoping that
she didn’t like these because
transporting these is definitely an issue
and we were seriously considering
buying a luggage then if
we were to buy these
awwhh..
how could I buy this
yeah buying one is just easy
what about getting this back home?
Tesco in-house brand F&F
okies.. I found what I want to
buy for Baby Jayden
this is a total sweetie
minus the fact that
it’s that infamous cat
and Lipton mug is of great quality
my breakfast mug lasts me for at least
5 years and it is still
my daily buddy for a hot cup of chocoat
and they actually have a range of
different goodies paired up with
different products
I guess that’s how much they want to
push the culture of tea-drinking
at the same time,
pushing their sale, of course
Western-tea, I mean
well I actually felt out-of-place
when the whole wet markets were
packed with the matured citizens
hey, it’s 7 a.m. on a Saturday morning
who else wake up that early
Snooze….
Mr. & Mrs. Danny Lin
are all over the shelves
there’s this household brand,
known as Arowana
the product lines are pretty much
the kitchen necessities such as
oil, rice, beans and etc
*proud to be a fan of LinDan*
we prefer buying fruits here
in the supermarket
first, it is chilled so probably can last longer
second, you can choose all you want
without getting the grumpy face from
the fruit vendor
but do it moderately,
you don’t have to smash the peach to
know if it’s of good quality
you can never imagine
how people choose
their fruits and veggies
we did actually buy
a few packs of these peppers back home
the green one
tasted and smelled really good
the “traffic-light” capsicums are just
over-rated, hence over-priced too
here or back home
good old buns
Tesco / Carrefour are the best place
to grab these
fresh and cheap
buns could be quite expensive in
bakery out there
because it’s still quite not as common
we bought floss bun for
8.50 RMB each okay, at Bread’s Talk
dad, are we done yet
just to remind you
we are taking the train
my loots
these time round
gift-packed M&M’s weren’t available
so we got a few sets of these for
kiddies-distribution
we obviously did most of
the shopping at Tesco
I calculated we at least spent
1k RMB here at Tesco
Carrefour:
wow you bet how I much
I would love to join the crowd
and these were real good
like sweet and tender and juicy
I prefer the dried food section of Carrefour
there are quite some quaint stuffs
I didn’t really see at Tesco
yet my dad kinda lost his confidence
because there’s something that
he bought at Tesco was
much more expensive here
what?
now I understand why the
mainland tourists sweep
Old Town White Coffee at supermarket
in Malaysian supermarkets
Chocolate and instant coffee
haha the same mentality
we the smart tourists, do
souvenir shopping at supermarkets
oh man!!
dad
FYI we only have 30kg of
luggage allowance
and I hereby clarify that
my contribution is absolutely minimum
dropped by the wet markets too
where we didn’t really buy much
except fruits, covered in this post
