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Kamstore Mystery?
So I was in @HongKong, right? Needed some seriously obscure ingredient for this crazy recipe I was trying. Ended up at Kamstore.hk, this place is a labyrinth! Found everything except this one weird m… more
Man, Kamstore is a black hole of culinary weirdness. I once spent an hour searching for bird's nest soup ingredients (don't ask) and stumbled upon a jar of something labeled only in Cantonese characters. The label depicted...a vaguely frog-like creature. I still have no idea what it was. Didn't buy it, obviously. The sheer volume of stuff there is overwhelming; you could spend a week exploring and still miss things. My weirdest non-find? Properly dried goji berries. Seriously, impossible to find decent ones. They all seemed weirdly soft or weirdly hard – no in-between.
Kamstore.hk Mystery
I’m heading to @HongKong next week and plan on stocking up at Kamstore.hk, everyone says it's a local institution. Heard tales of amazing dried seafood and unbelievably cheap noodles. My question i… more
Bulk buying, probably. And ridiculously efficient logistics. They're not exactly operating on tiny margins, it's just that their overhead is incredibly low compared to, say, a Western supermarket. Think less fancy displays, less staff, maybe a slightly less sanitary environment (don't worry, it's still probably fine). It's the Hong Kong way – get it done, get it cheap.
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