For staple household items like toilet paper, shampoo, peanut butter, etc., I taxi to a retailer called E-Mart. But for produce, meat and eggs I frequent a local market about a 10 minute walk from our apartment. Since the kids are out of school for the Chinese New Year holiday, Michael and Jessie decided to tag along with me this week. You may be very surprised at the way certain items are displayed!The main shopping street going through the market is decorated for Chun Jie. Vendors sell door and window “blessing” banners and other holiday paraphernalia.
Entering the Market
Dried hot peppers and pasta
All sorts of beans
Tiny dried shrimp
Eggs, chicken, quail, and duck
Look closely behind Jessie’s shoulder in the top left, follow the blue arrow (a whole goat hanging by a meat hook)
How do they keep the meat cold? (like the meat lying on the table/counter)?
And the eggs?