8/30
What can I say about T&T? Except the fact that every time I walk in here, I get AC/DC stuck in my head. It smells funny; that unrelenting fishy smell that permeates all Asian groceries no matter if I'm in Canada at T&T, or visiting their American counterpart, Ranch 99. When I was little, my brother would cry if we had to visit Ranch 99 because he always threw up in the Seafood Aisle.
But you become accustomed to the smell and you move on. To the snack aisles. Avast! Mysterious and wonderful snacks with questionable ingredients await! MSG allergy? GTFO. This is where aloe is more than an ingredient in your lotion, it's also a drink. It's where tofu comes in more forms than an austere and unwieldy looking white block of tasteless depression. It's where Pocky is king, and comes in strange and exotic flavors like "Men."
Unfortunately, being landlocked, if you're a non-vegan, this T&T does not offer the giant trash bag of oysters for $25 that its California-counterpart does. But you'll still get the Aquarium of Doom in the back where fish swim before they meet their inevitable fate on your plate. Aside from that, you can get everything from barbecued pork to refurbished digital cameras here. Visit their website before planning a trip here. Sometimes they have coupons for things like a giant vat of Seagull sauce. Because that's all that was missing from your pantry.