An Asian in the Brisbane China Town

Like many Asians in a foreign land, many Asians love to hangout in the same neighborhood. For example, the Chinese in China town, the Japanese in Japantown and etc. Today, I went down to the Brisbane Chinatown to grab lunch and to grab some cheaper groceries. Like many Chinatown, it has the usual settings such as a huge Chinese gate, some grocery stores and a lot of Chinese restaurants. We had some simple roast duck lunch and we went straight to grocery store to grab what we need. At the grocery store, it reminded me about the many similar store environment in Asian grocery stores that are located in various Chinatowns around the world. Although we get to purchase goods with the lowest price that we can get in a city, the Asian store owners should really keep the store as clean as possible. Well, there is always a price to pay. Since we are paying less for something, I guess we are also willing to buy our groceries in a less clean environment. Besides the cleanliness of the store, I was also surprised to witness some of the largest vegetables in the store. Australia seemed to be able to grow some of the largest wombok cabbage, radish and bok-choy in the world. Imagine a white radish( Daikon) as big as a baseball bat. This is the only type of daikon that you will be to get in that store itself. I wonder what do they "feed" their greens in "outback"? Maybe steroids is part of th fertilizers that they used in Australia. Anyways, we grabbed some Asian groceries and we were able to get home before 5pm.