Hefei Expat - China
Old Forums => Shopping and Restaurants => Restaurants and Cafes => Topic started by: ElinJonsson on December 19, 2011, 04:48:15 am
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Im desperate for some western food and I find the imported areas of Carrefour and wal-mart not enough!
Is Metro what I need? Do I need some kind of card to enter or is that a myth?
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YES, Metro is what you want! Wal-mart in China is quite laughable. Metro has a large imported foods sections. You don't need a card in Metro, though they might offer you one. The card does not give you any benefits, aside from supposedly speeding up checkout, which it doesn't really do. I do recommend bringing 1+ plastic bags if you plan to buy a lot. The only bags they offer are giant cloth bags which cost 6 RMB.
You can tell the taxi driver "may duh long" (approximate pronunciation, not spelling), which is Metro's name.
Warning: The road in front of Metro suddenly went under construction a few weeks ago, and you will have to come in and out the back entrance. You may have some trouble finding a taxi when you leave. I got lost and my battery nearly died when I went there on my scooter a few days ago and discovered this fact.
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Hahaha sounds dangerous! But well worth it.
Thanks for the info, I really appreciate it. Hopefully I´ll manage to get to and from there before christams :)
xao xao
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Hmm, maybe I should get a business card. I'm pretty sure I buy more than the business people I see in there...
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I often go to Metro: best western place here in Hefei!
I got my ingredients for the best tiramisu you can find in China.. and now Perfetto restaurant makes it according to my recipe :)))
beside mascarpone and lady finger biscuits, i am very happy from what i can find there..
carrefour was a disappointment..
about the road works.. i wrote at length on my blog, but since it also suddenly ended on the wrong side of the Chinese great firewall, i spare you links that would not open ;D
but i spent some long walks in the cold when the bus suddenly stop in a place i did not know.. and i had only my compass and my knowledge of the terrain to guide me to Metro...... ;)
i hope you managed to find it and get what you needed..
a pity i did not checked the site for long time..
cheers
andy