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Salmon Roll, Mitsuwa Marketplace, San Jose, CA
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Drinks from Supermarket in Barcelona, Spain
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Chocolate Bars, Mollie Stone, Palo Alto, CA
Good quality for $5 chocolate bars.
Result of my mid-night grocery run. I was desperately out of chocolate.
I hardly ever eat white chocolate. Not to mention grocery bought chocolate bar. Very surprised how decent it tastes. Very creamy texture and no artificial flavors.
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Spinach and Mushroom Pizza from Whole Foods Market, Redwood City, CA
Papaya’s Natural Foods & Cafe, Kapaa, Kauai Island, HI
Various local snacks I purchased from a grocery. The dried banana and the popcorns were really good.
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Hot Blooded Orange Marmalade by Pepperlane
Got this from Whole Foods but was rather disappointed. More like jelly than marmalade.
Hokkaido Fair, Mitsuwa Marketplace, San Jose, CA
Round 2. Stocked up on more croquette, pickled seafood, hairy crab and grabbed a bunch of sashimi.
Hokkaido Fair, Mitsuwa Marketplace, San Jose, CA
A special 4 days event not to be missed if you are a fan of Japanese food. Here you will find a lot of goodies imported from Hokkaido region in Japan. The highlight of the fair was the lovely array of king crab bento boxes and frozen seafood. They also have a bunch of popup stores selling ramen, croquettes and ikameshi (squid stuffed with sweet rice). The croquettes were to die for - imagine some sinfully creamy mashed potato loaded with chunks of crab meat sitting inside a perfectly crisp crust.
My only complaint is the hefty price tags on most of the merchandise. The price of a small bento box could get you a fairly decent meal at a restaurant. Was it worth it? Probably. Still cheaper than flying to Hokkaido.
Whole Food Markets, Cupertino, CA
Fresh fruits are simply irresistible.
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Salad, Whole Foods, Fresno, CA
Whole Foods salad bar is not cheap but the quality is good. Vegetables are always fresh.
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Kale Krunch, Whole Foods, San Mateo, CA
It’s vegan with no artificial flavoring. I don’t know how they manage to make it really taste like cheese. Perhaps it’s the chemical reaction between cashew and kale?
