Shop Till You Pop ma nā Astres a me nā Gourmet Mark
ʻO ka manawa iʻikeʻia heʻano Helene,ʻo Astoria ka manawa i nui aku, aʻo ka huiʻana o nā lāhui i kona mau alanui - mai Balkan a Brazilian - ua hoʻohālikelikeʻia i nā hale kūʻai maikaʻi loa. Ināʻoe eʻimi ana i kahi mea kōkua nui, hiki ke loaʻa iāʻoe maʻaneʻi, a me kahi mea i hoʻomaopopoʻia ma ka lima e ke kōkua kuʻikuʻi nāna i hoʻokomo i ka waiwai. ʻO nā wahi nui a maikaʻi loa ma kahi a ma kahi o 30th Avenue, akā, he mea kūpono nā kamaliʻi liʻiliʻi e huli i nā kihi'ē aʻe o ke kaiāulu.
ʻO ka Fair Trade
Inā heleʻoe i hoʻokahi hale kūʻai ma Astoria, e hoʻolilo iā ia i Trade Fair (30-12 30th Ave, Astoria, NY, 718-728-9484). Heʻoiaʻiʻoʻo kaʻaiʻana UN, ua hoʻonuiʻia mai kona kumukūʻai mua o nā Middle Eastern Islam (hala manu hala hala hala iāʻoe ma ka'īpuka) e mālama i kēlā me kēia Astoria e noho nei me nā'ōpiopio i lōʻihi no ka home. ʻO nā'āpana ākea nā wahi i hoʻolaʻaʻia i kēlā me kēiaʻano pilikinoʻano India,ʻo ka Brazilian açai i nā hua maloʻo a me ka wai, nā Mexles chiles, ka molokhiya Mō'īkīpika , ka Jamaican Pickapeppa kānana, aʻoi aku.
ʻO ka hua o ka mea kanu,ʻaʻoleʻo ia i nā manawa a pau loa, akā ua hanaʻia no kaʻano likeʻole - aia kekahi mau mea kanu a me nā lau hou i kēia wahiʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke kuhikuhi. ʻO koʻu kumu hoʻi no ka palaoa maikaʻi loa: nā pīpī liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi ma nā hīpoa Lucite ma kahi'āpana palau palaoa mua e hiki ai iāʻoe.
Aka, e aoia i kekahi - o keia poe Astorians ke kapa nei i keia wahi o ka Trade Scare no kona mau koikoi pili pono, ka mea i hoohala pinepine ia, a me ka mahele o na hua olelo claustrophobic.
A no ka hoʻonohonohoʻia o ia wahi e ka'āina kumuʻai (ma mua o nā aislesʻehā, heʻoihanaʻoihanaʻAmelika nui aʻe kaʻoihana) ma mua o kaʻano o ka meaʻai,ʻo ka loaʻaʻana o kekahi mea kūikawā paha e hiki ke paʻakikī. ʻO ka manawa kūpono loa e hiki ai ke kele i ka waenakonu o ka pō (kahi i weheʻia nā hola he 24) i ka wā hiki iāʻoe ke nānā ma kahi leʻaleʻa.
Māhele Euro
E like me ke kelepaleʻa, Euro Market (30-42 31st St, Astoria, NY, 718-545-5569), aia ma kahi o ke kihi, ua hoʻonohonohoʻia e like me ka'āina hānau - a,ʻo ia hoʻi, nā'āina a pau o ka Balkan No nā kūwāhi kūikawā e pili ana i 45 mauʻano mālama lāʻau. ʻAʻole loaʻa kahi mahele o Euro Market, akā, no ka hoʻonaniʻana a me nā mea maloʻo'ē aʻe, hikiʻole ke kohoʻia. Uaʻike wau i kekahi syrup syry syry nani maʻaneʻi, a me ka pasta Greek me ka pepa nui, a me nā mea i manaʻoʻoleʻia, ka paprika paprika a me ka wīneke sherry. Aia kekahi'āpana o nā mea Pelekānia - e likeʻo Ribena lāuaʻo Heinz i pī beʻa.
Ke hoʻopiha nei hoʻi ka Euro Market i ka Fair Trade i nā mea maikaʻi loa iʻole e pili ana kaʻoihana mālama i ka puaʻa. He mea nui ka pipi pua a Schaller & Weber. A ke loaʻa nei i kahi maʻamau ka nui o ka poʻe i laweʻia mai.
ʻO Hidalgo Mexican Meaʻai
Ināʻoe e kuke i nā mea Mexican, e hele i Hidalgo (30-11 29th St, Astoria, NY, 718-274-6936). Maanei kahi e loaʻa ai iāʻoe he verdolaga hou, purses , epazote , a me nā kīʻale'ē aʻe, a me ka vanilla maʻalahiʻole, nā meaʻoluʻolu pāʻani o Tang inu mea kanu, a me ka mea i puhiʻia hou i ka meaʻono maikaʻi.
Akā,ʻaʻole pahaʻoe e hoʻolāʻau i ka kuke keʻoleʻoe eʻae i ka ho'āʻoʻana ma kahi pākeke, kahi e hiki ai iāʻoe ke hoʻoulu i nā keiki, nā nīnau, a me nā tortas .
I kekahiʻaoʻao'ē aʻe, hiki iā ia ke hāʻawi iāʻoe i ka ike hou - a me nā manaʻo - no ke kūʻai.
ʻO Rosario's Deli
ʻO ia kekahi o ka mahuka Italia ma lalo iho o ka papa o ke alanui Ditmars,ʻo Rosario (22-55 31st St, Astoria, NY, 718-728-2920) ke kūʻai aku nei i kekahi mau pōhā. E hoʻonoho i kahi'āpana o ka pizza maikaʻi loa ma kou kaiāulu, ae puhi i ka puhiʻana iāʻoe e kelepona ana i nā mea liʻiliʻi o kaʻaila olive-i paʻiʻia i kaʻaila, nā kuki Italia, a me nā lako hana kuke. ʻO ka pahu huki nā pūpū nui, pancetta, a me ka pailaʻo Europa. E holoi i kāu pizza - māmā maikaʻi,'ōhū keʻokeʻo me ka'ūkeke māmā a me ka loleʻaina - me kekahi o nā kuʻemaka nui Italia.
Me kona māmā maikaʻi a hoʻonohonoho ponoʻia,ʻo Rosario's Deli ka wahi kokoke loa ma Astoria i kahi hale kūʻai "gourmet" maʻamau - a me kāna mau meaʻai nui loa (ʻo ia hoʻi ka hōʻailona o ka super cream cream burta mozzarella),ʻo ia hoʻi, ka heleʻana i Manhattan.
ʻO ka Market Market
ʻO kahi poʻe o Kepani i Astoria he mea liʻiliʻi -ʻo ka hapanui o ka poʻe'ōpio i neʻe i New York e hana a aʻo - akā, ua nui ka Family Market (29-15 Broadway, Astoria, NY, 718-956-7925), he lālā o kahi kaulahao Kepani, i weheʻia i ka makahiki 2005. He pōkoleʻo Astoria i nā mea āpau i ka mea nui, no laila, ua piha kēia wahi i kahi pahu nui, me Pocky galore a me Royal Milk Tea, akā, he kumu pakiaka a me kekahi mau mea ulu'ē aʻe, nā oodles o nā noodles, a me kēlā me kēiaʻano o ke kai e hiki iāʻoe ke pono. ʻO kekahi kihi e loaʻa ana i nā waihona DVD Iapana, a he mea'ē aʻe kekahi i nā huahana a me nā mea hana.