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| - Seems like I am the first one to review this store...Ok, here I go: I went to Kensington Market last Saturday. After I went to Essence on my way back to get my car, I saw this store called Ding Dong Exotic Sweets just right across the parking lot. You can tell by the name that this is a Chinese store. But what made me curious was that they stuck a Hong Kong Mei-Xin Mooncake for pre-order on the window. Most of Chinese people know theseMei-Xin mooncakes are so popular, they are not only expensive but also are hard to buy. Seeing this easily available is like getting a new iphone on the opening day.
Anyways, I went in the store. It is a very neat and simple store. MIddle rows are for bulk candies. People can pick their own candies. I don't know who their target customers are but most of their products are Chinese, Japanese and Korean snacks, chips, instant noodles, candies, and drinks. I saw a couple young non-Asian customers in the store, they were trying to buy some drinks. But you know what? Korean drinks usually just have some Korean words and a handsome idol print on the bottle. These customers probably didn't have any idea what any drink was. I saw them leavewithout buy anything. Anyways, at the end, I bought around 30 dollars worth of snacks: Japanese candy, Korean instant noodles...one thing I need to mention. They do carry the #1 best Korean potato chips: Korean Honey Butter Chips. I think if they open in China Town will have many more customers. I hope they will carry even more of a variety of snacks in the future.
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