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| - Chinatown is one of Montreal's most interesting and distinct ethnic neighbourhoods, housing wonderful restaurants, grocery stores and shops that sell anything from lucky waving cat statues to pottery.
Marché G & D is my favourite grocery store here: large, clean and a spot where you will always find something new and interesting. It provides an opportunity to do your grocery shopping and feeling as if travelling through China at the same time. Any ingredient of Chinese or Vietnamese Cuisine seems readily available, from Bok Choy to chicken feet or dumpling wrappers. Strewn into this are occasional allusions to western eating, like Wonder Bread or Nutella. But what really stands out is the selection of fresh produce (Chinese specialities next to the ordinary selection of lettuce, tomatoes, apples etc), fresh and live fish and seafood, meat, and tea. And all of that at prices rather lower than 'ordinary' grocery stores.
Cheap shopping and a sense of discovering a far country in one - can't get much better than that. So be bold and try something new! You might not know how to prepare a particular ingredient, but the Internet sure does :o).
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