Chinese supermarkets

There are plenty of familiar chains in China, including a number of supermarkets such as Wal-Mart and Carrefour. Once you get inside, though, Chinese supermarkets are a little bit different from what you might be used to.

You can buy frozen chickens in Chinese supermarkets. Unlike my local supermarket in London, they still have the head and feet on.

Live turtles paddle around a crowded tank in the seafood section.

Half an aisle is signposted and devoted solely to various brands of MSG.

2008-04-06 08:53 UTC. Comments: 2.

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  1. Paul Maunders

    Wrote at 2008-04-06 10:59 UTC using Mozilla 1.8.1.13 on Mac OS X:

    Did you take any photos while you were there? If so, you should add them to your post…

  2. Paul Battley

    Wrote at 2008-04-06 11:05 UTC using Firefox 3.0b4 on Linux:

    I didn’t, unfortunately. Shops generally don’t like you taking pictures inside. I wish I had, though.

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