10 Things You Will Find in Every Chinese Supermarket

Do you LOVE or HATE Chinese supermarkets?

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[felisd]

LOL!  The seafood section!   My husband is originally from England, and the first time I took him to a Chinese supermarket, he went exploring, found the seafood section by himself, and then he had to run and find me and drag me back there because it was SO AWESOME.  Of course, I was like, "Yeah?  What about it?"  To this day, it blows his mind a little.  We're too scared to buy anything from there though... 

[Nilguiri]

Here in Madrid, Spain. a lot of the people working in Chinese supermarkets smile more than in other places that I've been. I try to practise my Chinese with a lot of them.

[tedsuave]

T&T in Canada has the best Chinese Supermarket. Is clean and well organized.

[Ilsezwarts]

Chinese supermarkets are actually pretty relaxed where I live.

[NTDOffTheGreatWall]

What do you like to get at Chinese Supermarkets? 
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[raggedyanarchist]

The cashiers at the Chinese Supermarket out here are actually pretty smiley. I always try to gt into the same lady's line 'cos she's a sweetie, even though conversation tends to be limited to
"You want bag?"
"Uh, I brought a backpack"
"You love Chinese mushrooms!"
"Sure do."
"Okay! I see you next time!"
"Yeah!"

[desiderataification]

This sums up the Chinese market shopping experience very accurately. the cutting glare of a Cantonese cashier. When all I wanted was some mochi and dumplings.

[Elizanne]

I live in China so shopping at Chinese supermarkets are my only option. I can tell you the one thing I can't stand is the NOISE. You think American stores are loud with crying babies and intercom systems now imagine the same 3 songs on repeat cranked to full volume and THEN workers screaming prices in your face and stuffing different samples into your hands of God-knows-what and watching until you put it in your mouth. And now add in the crying babies and people yelling into their phones sending messages on WeChat. But I still love every second. :)

[nononohellnowhatcomeonohno]

My Asian market have an aisle for sauce, teas, noodles, drinks. Like literally an aisle just for rice flours.

[AgentKuo]

I dunno about Chinese markets, but I've been to a couple Japanese markets and a Korean market. They got smiles on, I can tell you that much.

[seikiadoren]

This is not just chinese market..its all asian stores..

[jeanjasmine]

1. those tiny fresh shrimps are called "school prawns" in Sydney.
2. Live stocks: you better get the ones frozen in vacuum packs. Because the ones sitting on ice or even swimming in the tank may be contaminated due to unhygienic tank and air condition.
3. Fishballs are made of fish fillet flesh mixed with various powder (how fresh they are and what fish is used, this will determine how expensive your fish-balls are), some of which are not good for health if its contained preservation chemicals in the mixing powders. My advice is to get the one in vacuum pack and read the listed ingredients on the packets.
4. Also get dried food in vacuum packs only and get the ones with minimum salt as you can. Read the acid level or percentage of vinegar in those vacuum pickle packets too.
5. Tea: never get slim tea since they are purely marketing. Get the organic tea you can, or at least try to get the tea with certificates since they contain lots of pesticides.
6. never buy single-use bamboo chopsticks since they were sit in chemical tank to make them appear white.

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[RaiderXD]

I have never ever ever ever seen live frogs in a Chinese supermarket! Not in T&T in Toronto and neither in Hamilton. But I love fishballs, their the best! I always add them with some instant noodles so I'm not just eating plain noodles.

[aprilcox]

I work in a Chinese Supermarket in the UK (well, technically an Asian Supermarket but we mostly sell Chinese stuff), the most popular Dumplings are 'Fresh Asia' and 'Hongs'. We also don't have Raw Fish stacked up all over the place!

[delaneynguyen]

We don't use rice cookers we use like that

[Harrypotterfan]

I went to an Asian supermarket for the first time today! It was awesome and things were so cheap! and so so so so so fresh! they had live and every type of meat!

[armoneghbali]

I saw those frogs and I actually felt bad like they are stacked and idk how the frogs at the bottom would feel like

[eoljjangiee]

FISHBALLS ARE DELICIOUS. The packaging-less style is fun, just rinse the stuff before cooking them.

[ft.jackjimmy]

As a Vietnamese immigrant, Chinese supermarkets are extravagant to me. Vietnamese street markets in Vietnam have EVERYTHING out in the open, you are literally standing on sewage water as you purchase raw meat with a bunch of flies flying around them. The smell would rot your nose, the vegetables are on the floor, and lastly there is no roof, so buying grocery in the rain is pretty normal too. But as a kid I love going to Vietnamese street markets with my mom to get grocery, it's like an adventure every time.

[barbarasprague]

Yung Chen Oriental Supermarket located in Fairfield, Ohio. Great service and the owner (I think) smiled! Very helpful & Very Friendly!