Lions Supermarket

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Regular readers know I love to cook, and part of that is discovering new sources of food. When we used to live here in the bay area, several times a year we would visit an Asian supermarket over in San Jose, named Lions.

Today we had errands to run and decided to visit again.

What a great store, we had almost forgotten what an adventure shopping can be.

I love the incredible variety of fruits and vegetables. I asked the manager if he would mind if I took pictures, and he said it was fine with him.

So come along
on a visit through Lions Supermarket.

Have you ever seen these?
They're called Jackfruit,
they're the largest tree fruit
in the world.

Here's what they look like inside.

These are fingerling bananas,
we'd never seen them before.

I'm including this shot,
not just for the Baby Bok Choy,
but it also gives you an idea of the market.

These are called Fragrant Pears.
They have such a lovely aroma,
we had to buy a few.
We haven't eaten them yet,
but we're looking forward to them.

I've never seen beans this long before!
I guess that's why
they're called longbeans . . .

These are called Sin Qua.
I looked online,
but couldn't find any information.
Anyone have any idea what these are?

Another mystery,
but I love the presentation.

We're especially fond of sesame seeds,
so we picked up some of this.

They also have an astounding variety
of fresh seafood.

If we had been closer to home,
I would have bought some
of this beautiful tuna.
The fish here is amazing,
fresh and bright,
no fishy odors at all.

I love perusing the aisles,
everything is so bright
and exotic.

The candy comes in the greatest containers.
These were about ten inches tall.

After we ran all our errands in San Jose, we stopped by the auction (which is once again filling up fast). Is this the coolest slot machine you've ever seen?

Here's a closeup of the payout window.

So do you think I'll ever have anything more interesting than a visit to the grocery store to post about?

I know we had a great time, and while it's true that I'm pretty easily amused, I'm never sure if I should even bother with these kinds of topics. Still, that’s what's going on in our lives, so that's all there is to write about!