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Skriven 2006-08-01 14:29:26 av hap newsom (1:275/311)
     Kommentar till en text av CAROL SHENKENBERGER
Ärende: Re: asian groceries
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Hey Carol!
-> 
-> -> hn> well you'll do in the Virginia Beach area? When I lived there ( ok so
-> -> 
-> -> When I left, it was possible to get many things at 'Asian Grocery' (local

-> -> chain) and right near my house was (still there July 2005) a Japan food 
-> hn> store, 
-> -> all dried things and bottles but decent mixes.  I didnt use them much 
as I 
-> -> wasnt as familiar with the products, but now I am.
-> 
-> hn> I'll be very interested in seeing what your opinions are after you get
-> hn> stateside !
-> 
-> Me too.  I know in advance that it wont have what I am used to here, but 
i can 
-> guess the essentials might be.  The place (Japan food store in Norfolk) 
was 
-> pretty small, not being much larger than a 2 car garage and not all that 
full 
-> of items.

We have huge asian markets here now, Korean's have PAL DO world, which is 
larger than most of the local supermarkets. Japanese and Chinese is best at 
Uwojimia in Seattle's International District ( and is as big as any Sears or
Wal 
Mart) and for Viet, Cambodian, Laotian, Hmong, Thai and others there are 
several supermarket sized grocery stores specializing in their ethnic 
styles...what is funny and interesting in a way as well is that many of those 
shops are now boasting larger and larger hispanic sections and the cross 
between the cultures is intersting to watch...at one of the local Korean BBQ 
places most of the customers are Mexican immigrants and boy o boy do they 
love the spicey asian dishes!
-> 
-> hn> Back when I was there the attitude towards the navy and navy 
personnel
-> hn> general was horrible, I hope that has changed too!
-> 
-> It did.  As son as the first 'BRAC' hits came across the country, they woke 
up 
-> and stopped that stuff.  I got there after that when it was no longer 'cool'

to
-> 
-> tell Sailors to not walk on the grass.  (Dogs and Sailors, stay off the 
grass).
-> 
->                                        xxcarol
Believe me I saw the signs...and it was Sailors and dogs stay off the grass. 
Back in those days you did NOT go around alone in uniform in Norfolk at ALL 
and you tried to go places in groups for self preservation. Once a group of 
soldiers from Ft Story up at the north end of VB got together with a bunch of 
Marines from Norfolk and had a big BBQ which got busted up by a huge troupe 
of the local Yahoo's the ensuing melee left about 20 people in the 
hospital....most of em locals which didn't endear the military locally even 
though they were only defending themselves. 
All that aside, I loved my two years in Virginia Beach, made a lot of money 
playing pool, and working at the Virginia Beach Surf Shop when I wasn't on 
duty! 
chat with you soon!
hap 
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