A couple of interesting finds at a Indian grocery store in Massachusetts.
Hispano Soap
This was a perplexing find. Hispanic Soap, "quality from people that keep improving"? I guess Lux soap doesn't cut it anymore? I still have not tried it as I like the packaging and the soap looks like hand cut wax.
El Chinito - Noodles
For those in the Tri-State area of NY, NJ and CT, you have probably experienced the boom of Indo-Chinese cuisine made popular by NYC's pioneering restaurant "China Mirch".
It seems that the Indian grocery stores are catching on albeit a bit later than the restaurant wave. What really caught our attention was the label which speaks, borderline racism.
Remember the controversy of the Spanish Basketball team that was competing at the Beijing Olympics in 2008? The gesture was coined, "chink-eye" by the Angry Asian Man blog. Well, "El Chinito" really?!?! but what really begs a question is, why is there a Spanish-Chinese product is being sold at an Indian grocery store? Couldn't they just sell authentic Chinese goods? Maybe Russell Peters had it right when he said that Indians and Chinese cannot get along?
It seems that the Indian grocery stores are catching on albeit a bit later than the restaurant wave. What really caught our attention was the label which speaks, borderline racism.
Remember the controversy of the Spanish Basketball team that was competing at the Beijing Olympics in 2008? The gesture was coined, "chink-eye" by the Angry Asian Man blog. Well, "El Chinito" really?!?! but what really begs a question is, why is there a Spanish-Chinese product is being sold at an Indian grocery store? Couldn't they just sell authentic Chinese goods? Maybe Russell Peters had it right when he said that Indians and Chinese cannot get along?
Time for some "American Chop Suey". By the way there is nothing American about this dish.
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