Re: Who buys all this strange stuff at desi grocery stores?
- Slims
- Pakola
- Take-out chicken biryani / kebabs/ spring rolls / samosay / pakoray
- Stand in the soap and toothpaste aisle immerse myself in the desiness of it all. Close my eyes and get transported back to karachi.
- Hajmola ginger candy.
- Peek Freans biscuits.
- LU biscuits.
- Ahmed's jams jellys and marmalades.
- National achaar (pickled stuff).
- Nimco (assorted dry fruit)
- Pista Kulfi
- Halal meat
- Halal cheese slices
- Al-Safa halal Beef Burgers / Chicken cutlets / popcorn chicken
- Phone cards for people at home calling Pakistan
- Readymade chapaati's Sincerely, Captain Lota
Captain Lota Bhai,
If I had to make a list like yours, Honestly it would not be any different than yours, except that you might have to replace Karachi with Bombay and Pakistan with India:p
Aejaz