Seafood City

You know that you're in Seafood City when you get a whiff of fresh fish right when you enter through the sliding doors. I've been going to Seafood City as long as I can remember. If I'm having a party at my house, I know where I'm going to get my food.

This store just has a large variety of products that are imported from East Asian countries, but mostly from the Philippines. One of my favorite things to get are the shrimp flavored chips and Pocky's. Whenever I want either of these snacks, I can always rely on Seafood City to have these waiting for me at the entrance. This is also the place where I get ingredients for lumpia like the lumpia wrappers and noodles for pancit. If there's any type of Filino food that my family has to make, all that we need are along those aisles.

Of course the place wouldn't be called Seafood City if there weren't any seafood. Once you entrer through the doors, you can see the long aisles of fresh fish lined up on top of beds of ice. They have so much seafood that it has it's own section that takes up 1/4 of the store. In addition to the fish, there's squid, octopus, shrimp, crab legs, lobster, mussels, clams, you name it because they have it all.

But one of the best things about Seafood City is that it brings the Filipino community closer together. You can see customers socializing with each other, most likely in Tagalog, and just having a great time shopping. Seafood City has such a peaceful vibe, it's almost like going back home. Especially the food court is the best place to meet new people. In most stores, you will find Jollibee, Chow King, Red Ribbon, Goldilocks or Vallerio's. Each of these shops serve Filipino delicacies like spaghetti with hot dogs or ube bread. But no matter what, I always have to get a fresh bag of hot pan de sal. It's one of the things that I always look forward to whenever I go to Seafood City and I can't wait for the next time I go grocery shopping.

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