It’s interesting that many grocery stores in HangZhou have two or more stories. Escalators are installed next to see-through glass front. My favorite two sections are the snacks and prepared Chinese foods. They happen to be on different floors. I might offend some people by saying that there are more snack varieties in China than in America. Maybe it’s because China adopted almost all American snacks while kept all the traditional Chinese snacks. I don’t think too many Americans willing to try 20 different flavors of dried berries or tofu cake prepared 20 different ways. That’s the kind of snacks I grew up with. The Chinese food counter is mesmerizing to me. There are varieties of Chinese salads, stir-fries, foods steamed; roasted; cured or fried. They all taste Authentic Chinese. J I always get carried away in those two sections. I took a couple of snapshots while I was shopping there (the left two).

Even though you can find everything at the grocery store, many people still visit the farmer’s market frequently. Nothing beats that beautiful freshness of newly picked vegetables.