GROCERY SHOPPING - With Rajiv Surendra

Rajiv's in Toronto and takes you to the grocery store where he shares his favorite products and brands.

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★ TABLE OF CONTENTS ★
• 0:00 | Introduction to the Episode
• 0:31 | Rajiv Introduces Himself and His Love for Grocery Stores
• 1:10 | Coffee Recommendations and Being a Certified Barista
• 2:51 | Exploring Flour Brands in Canada
• 4:11 | The Evolution of Oat Milk Options
• 6:03 | Plastic Wrap Recommendations: Stretch Tight vs. Glad
• 7:14 | Shortening vs. Lard for Pastry Making
• 8:14 | Salt Preferences: Table Salt vs. Sea Salt
• 9:35 | Rice Selection and Tilda Basmati Rice
• 10:57 | Condensed Milk and Childhood Avocado Snack
• 12:16 | Tomato Paste in Tubes vs. Cans
• 13:42 | Pasta Brands: De Cecco and Rummo
• 15:12 | Coca-Cola in Glass Bottles and Mexican Coke
• 17:17 | Potato Chip Preferences
• 19:16 | Chocolate Selections and Toblerone

💡 TOPICS IN THIS VIDEO 💡
• Certified Barista Experience
• Nescafé Instant Coffee Nostalgia
• Canadian vs. American Flour Brands
• Robin Hood Flour Childhood Memories
• Unbleached White Flour for Baking
• Evolution of Oat Milk Market
• Oatly vs. Califia Farms Comparison
• Post-Gym Banana Smoothie Recipe
• Plastic Wrap Recommendations
• Stretch Tight's Superior Design
• Pastry Making Ingredients
• Natural Lard vs. Vegetable Shortening
• Traditional vs. Modern Salt Options
• Iodized Sea Salt Benefits
• Space-Saving Kitchen Containers
• Basmati Rice for Indian and Tamil Cuisine
• International Rice Selection Differences
• Tilda Rice's Himalayan Slogan
• Childhood Avocado with Condensed Milk
• Creative Uses for Condensed Milk
• Coffee Sweetening Techniques
• Tomato Paste Storage Solutions
• Mutti Brand Tomato Products
• Different Can Sizes for Cooking Needs
• De Cecco Pasta Childhood Memory
• Premium Pasta Packaging Design
• Rummo Pasta Quality
• Occasional Coca-Cola Indulgence
• Glass Bottle Coca-Cola Experience
• Mexican Coke with Cane Sugar
• Potato Chip Varieties for Sandwiches
• Lays vs. Miss Vickie's Comparison
• Utz Chips Unavailable in Canada
• Dark Chocolate with Almonds
• Toblerone as a Special Treat

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🔴 *** ABOUT THIS CHANNEL ***
Welcome to my YouTube Channel! I've been immersed in the creative and domestic arts for all my life and its a real honor to be sharing my interests with you.

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[Eternalblissever]

It is only Rajiv who can make me watch a video about grocery shopping.

[Brent-pkwz]

I can’t express to you just how much joy it brings me to wake up on a Saturday morning to a new video from you. I grew up on watching Mr Rogers and educational documentaries on PBS and it reminds me of that. Youve captured that essence in your videos. It’s really beautiful. Thank you 🙏 You are doing so much good in this world. I hope you know. ❤

[lorenjones]

Check out how clean the store is. Canada does it well!,

[secretehouse]

I don't think your vain or superficial, wanting refinement, and grace in your life is ELEGANCE! NOTHING superficial about that

[deniseatkinson]

I grew up with Nescafé. I am almost 80. I love good ground coffee in my drip maker. I often sprinkle some Nescafé crystals over the grounds and make a second pot! My taste buds recognize the instant coffee. I live with me, myself, and I, and found a tiny 4 cup drip maker and is perfect for the 3 of us! Thanks for the shopping trip, Rajiv!

[BunnyWatson-kw]

Whoever did the facing on the grocery shelves did a great job.

[KyleSturgeon]

Nice to hear someone else admit that they buy goods like groceries based on nice packaging 😂

[christine]

Rajiv"s whole life is a work of art ~ I have been known to go grocery shopping in bib overalls over my pajamas, and look at him ~ he is gorgeous and impeceble! I need more Rajiv in my life.

[arianahoule]

Canada brings out the silliness in you. How fun is that.

[nlbhaduri]

I love the wicked little laugh with Balzacs…. I thoroughly enjoyed this episode. So much can be learned about a country by perusing the aisles of the grocery store.

[valeriesantillo]

I love how unpretentious you are while also having particular taste. So refreshing and real. Thank you again for these simple, inspiring videos. ❤️

[Lexer]

Dear Rajiv, thanks to you. Through you I got to "know" Deborah and I ordered five wonderful kitchen rags, hand-woven by Deborah. What a wonderful quality and I am so full of gratitude. You cannot imagine how much joy the little parcel from Canada gave me here in Germany when it arrived. May God bless and protect you.

[groovytemple]

I love that you avoid ugly packaging. I feel validated!!

[MyraCoveney]

I don’t need to see a video about grocery shopping. I go grocery shopping all the time. I am great at at. But Rajiv is going to tell me how to do it more beautifully, efficiently, and very likely sustainably, so OF COURSE I’m going to learn about grocery shopping!

[anniedillon]

I love that there are no empty shelves. Just clean, luxuriously gorgeous aisles.

[auntiemame]

Take us with you wherever you go and whatever you do, please.

[linaD]

Very entertaining Rajiv!!!
Mexican coke, made with sugarcane, is how it was originally made. It is what I grew up with. When they started using high fructose corn syrup they messed it up.
I only drink coke made with sugarcane. And, that is what keep in my fridge for the once a month or so treat.

[miniatureponies]

I manage a small, independent family-owned grocer on Salt Spring Island, The Mercantile. I'm enjoying watching this video on Saturday morning before I go to work. I carefully curate our selection or wines, gifts and groceries. It's an art-form, shopkeeping. I only stock one type of instant coffee, and it's Nescafe Gold! I stock Tilda, Mutti, ... a lot of the products you pulled off the shelf. My Milanese husband says Rummo is better than DeCecco. His pasta preferences are #1 Rummo, #2 DelVerde #3 Garofalo #4 DeCecco

[nostraa]

Rajiv makes everything he does creative and fun.

[leigilmore]

Just watch. All of Rajiv’s brands’ sales will go up.

Also I love how he romanticized Coca Cola. It’s not about the coke, it’s about being bad! 🤘🏻