问一个奇怪的问题，小中去哪里买菜？

在纽约的唐人街超市，很少几乎看不到这里长大的年轻小中们在此买菜。有一次和邻居聊天，他老婆是小中女。他说，他老婆从来不去唐人街买菜，都去trade joes, 听上去似乎去唐人街买菜档次太低。

唐人街给我留下许多快乐的回忆。刚出国时候，唐人街离学校很远。我们几个中国人周六集体去那里背米买菜买酱油。学校里年轻小留男生还帮助我背了一大袋米。我的中国留学生女同学还去带来一箱子上海青菜送我。在一根黄瓜一块钱的地方，一箱子青菜，那是比什么都贵重的礼物。真是情谊难忘。去唐人街买电话卡，也是那时打电话回家的方式。

后来搬来纽约，纽约唐人街，那是和孩子们一起买菜，和店员聊天，去面包店吃2块钱的肉松面包，给儿子买大白兔奶糖和瓜子，和娃一起品尝皮蛋瘦肉粥，肉夹馍，肠粉，煎饼果子，拎着菜拎的手酸足软，一路上两个娃帮我拎十几个菜袋子，新年和娃一起去寺院拜拜，和一堆人挤在一起看舞狮子和放鞭炮的地方。

唐人街嘈杂，热闹，烟火气，驻足许多店铺，都给娃和我留下许多快乐的岁月回忆。为什么不看见年轻的小中们来这里买菜。真遗憾啊。

[6ba6]

中式烹调太麻煩，预制品就好，所以traderjoe受欢迎，里面的食品多预制，微波加热烤烤就可以吃了。

[Nightrose_us]

我还是很经常去东亚店，蔬菜水果品种很全价钱也不贵。

[elfie]

Because those people don't eat or cook Chinese food, neither do I.
I don't go to Asian market very often, maybe once or twice a year for a bag of frozen dumplings or sliced shabu shabu beef. There's no need to shop for Asian food if you are used to just a salad or baked chicken with potato for dinner.
That's me. I think most people who are grown up or have lived here for many years are the same. It's just not our familiar culture or language anymore, the Chinese grocery stores feel foreign and strange. The smell is off putting, the shelving is disorganized. And also Trader Joe's or Aldi is for people with busy lives and care less about what they eat except for its nutritional values. A few staple items are enough for me in the grocery stores. I don't look through all the aisles, only go for things I need the most: milk, eggs, potatoes, onions, bananas, etc... Asian foods are not on my shopping lists.