Shopping in China is an interesting experience. You have the "street markets", the 7-11 type stores, ex-pat stores which sell most of the things you need from America at very inflated prices and then there is Carrefour. Carrefour is the Chinas Super Walmart. It has towels, gas grills, scooter, underware, shampoo,and then there are the groceries. You have the "open" or in America bulk section and the packaged areas. The bulk area can consist of rice bins, bean bins, dried fish bins (need to hold you nose here), cookie bins, and most interesting fresh or frozen meat-all kinds, pork, beef, fish, chicken with head and feet included. Can't really bring your kids to see that one....
Of course there is the packed food areas as well which are much more familiar to this American raised girl. However, I have never seen so much OIL in my life. We have rows of soda but Chinese have rows of frying oil.. All kinds-corn, sunflower, canola but not in little quart jars NO we are talking about 1-2 gallon jugs of the stuff. You will see a little Chinese lady riding on the back of her hubby's scooter hanging onto a jug to bring home to cook up some food!
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