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I
used to see mom take food basket to buy our favorite food, but where on earth
did mom go for food? I didn't know. So when I asked mom for her feeling of buying
food in supermarket or in traditional market, mom just said to me "What
feeling could that be! Buying food is just buying food, it’s all the same
". Therefore, in order to know what the difference is between "buying
food in supermarket" and "buying food in traditional market", we
have a mission today, that is "GO! GO! Go to buy food!"
First
stop: supermarket
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Firstly, we went
to Wellcome Supermarket as our first station, we bought a bundle of Chinese
cabbage, two corn cobs, half cabbage, a big piece of bean curd, a pack of soya
milk film, two packs of hand pulled noodles, one pack of orange, two packs of
long-rocked mushroom, totally cost us NT$347.
In the
supermarket, following the clear marks above our heads, we could always find
what we wanted. I think this is really convenient for modern people who are
busy in lives and running against time!
Though this trip in supermarket, we found the inner
space of market was arranged in good order, and the store was very clean, but
the salesmen' attitude were rather cold, the price was exactly that indicated
on the price mark and you could not bargain with the vendor, and we could not
distinguish fresh green vegetables, what a pity! (for example, the soya milk film we bought
seemed to be deposited for a long time, it had a strange smell. The corn
kernels looked flat as if they contained little water)
We
conclude that buying food in supermarket has the following merits and demerits:
A. Bright and clean space
B. Goods are placed and sorted in order for easy search and
time saving.
C. Adjacent to residential block, convenient shopping.
D. Most
of goods are in attractive packing, but cannot be directly distinguished for
freshness.
(for
example: vegetable and fruit, meat).
E. The
sort of goods is abundant, but not as diversified as that in traditional
market.
F.
Prices are fixed and cannot be bargained.
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Goods
are displayed in such a good order! That provides convenient shopping!
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No smelling or touching, whether it is fresh?
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One whole box shall be bought at one time, you
cannot choose how many you want! It's bothersome!
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Shopping in supermarket, choose all you want and
pay for them at one time!
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Second
stop: traditional market
The second
station, we went to the traditional market for shopping. The vendor of
vegetable was very kind to us, he priced a cabbage at only NT$20 for us (he
said it could not be sold by half), a bundle of Chinese cabbage for NT$10, a
big piece of bean curd for NT$10 (original price was NT$15), two packs of
long-rocked mushroom for NT$20 (original price was NT$30), additionally the
vendor gave us a piece of ginseng Chinese yam, it's so great (dear vendor! you
must be Bodhisattva)!
And then, we went to the South-North Sundry Goods and
bought one pack of soya milk film at NT$20 (it smelt fresh), and went to the
noodles shop and bought one and a half kilograms of hand pulled noodles at
NT$50 (so fragrant flour favor, they were made just in the morning), and we
bought one and a half kilograms of orange at NT$30 (it exceeded one and a half
kilograms).
This shopping
experience in traditional market let us feel very pleasant, we found many goods
were cheaper than those in the supermarket!
Furthermore, the vendors were very kind that we had more rooms to
bargain with them, and they would give us extra food or fruit. And the
customers could choose their favorite goods as their wish, and they could see
the freshness of goods at any moment. But the environment of market is comparatively
mussy, and it smells bad (five kinds of flavor mixed together), water flows
everywhere so it's liable to slip, these are what we feel not good.
After bought these foods, we began to cut, wash and boil
them at once, and we were ready to enjoy the food hugely! After enjoyed the
delicious food, we conformably thought the goods in market were cheap as well
as tasty under comparison.
Through
the mission today, we found the goods in traditional market had good looking
and they were fresh as well as nice, the goods there received on the day
without being deposited, so they would be tasty. And the vendors treated customers kindly,
they even gave you extra goods actively when you were buying their goods, this
is the advantage of traditional market as well as one point worth being
generalized.
We
conclude that buying food in traditional market has following merits and
demerits:
A. Sort of goods is diversified, almost all commodities can be
found here.
B. Adjacent to residential block, convenient shopping.
C. Good interaction of person to person, shop keepers are
always kind and nice, you'll find shopping interest here.
D. The market contains many shops selling same kind of goods,
you can make a choice here and compare the prices, and you always can buy some
goods at a bit lower price than those in supermarket.
E. Prices of goods are not fixed, there will be rooms for
bargaining.
F. The freshness of goods can be distinguished directly, so
that you'll get comparatively fresh vegetables, fruit and meat.
G. The environment is comparatively mussy to supermarket, five
kinds of flavor mixed together here.
H. All stalls and shops are dispersed everywhere in the
market, you have to spend some time on searching what you want.
I. Footway and vehicle's way are not separated in some areas
that makes the shopping environment comparatively hazardous.
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One
corner piled up with sundries somewhere nearby Jhunshan Market!
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So here is a beautiful spot hidden, it's so
lively!
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Grandma
vendor of peanut says, "You can have a taste, it's very soft!"
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Grandma
vendor of pork serves so well, she tells us how to cook the pork well.
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In fact, the traditional market has its beautiful
time
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We are so happy that we can determine how many we
want here!
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