Shop Till You Pop at Astoria's Ethnic and Gourmet Markets
Yakazivikanwa sevagari veGiriki, Astoria ikozvino yakawanda kwazvo, uye kuwirirana kwemarudzi ari mumigwagwa yaro - kubva kuBalkan kuenda kuBrazil - inoratidzwa mune zvisingagoni kutengesa zvikafu zvekudya. Kana uri kutsvaga chigadzirwa chinokosha, kune mukanano wakanaka waunogona kuwana pano, zvichida kunyange neyepepeti yakaudzwa kubva-ruoko nemubatsiri wekubatsira uyo anogadzira zvinhu. Nzvimbo dzakakwirira uye dzakanakisisa dziri kumativi makumi matatu kana makumi matatu, asi dzimwe nyanzvi shomanana dzinofanirwa kutsvaga mune dzimwe nzvimbo dzomunharaunda.
Trade Fair
Kana iwe ukaenda kune imwe yezvokudya muAstoria, ita kuti ive Trade Fair (30-12 30th Ave, Astoria, NY, 718-728-9484). Ichokwadi chaiyo yekugadzirira UN, yakapararira kubva kumiganhu yayo yevatengi veMiddle East Muslims (halal yembudzi nyama inokukwazisai pamusuwo) kuti muwane Astoria yose inogara neharura inonaka inotarisira kumba. Nzvimbo dzakatetepa dzine nzvimbo yakatsaurirwa kumarudzi ese eIndia lentil, Brazilian yakagadzika muhutu hwakasimba uye hwemvura, Mexican chiles, molokhiya yeEgipita yakaoma, Jamaican Pickapeppa muto, nezvimwewo.
Zvigadzirwa zvaro hazvisi nguva dzose zvakasvibiswa, asi zvakagadzirirwa kune zvakasiyana-siyana - kune mamwe maruva uye miriwo mitsva pano iyo yandisingakwanise kunyange kuziva. Ndiyowo nzvimbo yangu yakanaka chewy sourdough chingwa: zvingwa zviduku zvePortugal muBucite bins muchikamu chekutanga chebhabheri unosvika.
Asi nganyeverwe - vamwe Astorians vanodana nzvimbo ino yeHurumende yeZviso nekuda kwezvinyorwa zvishoma zvakanyanyisa, nguva dzose kutenga-gari gridlock, uye claustrophobic zvibereko zvikamu.
Uye nokuti nzvimbo yacho yakarongeka nenyika inotyisa yezvokudya (kunze kweiyo mana yepamusoro aisles, iyo inowedzera yakawanda yemuAmerica-magwaro ezvitoro) panzvimbo yehupenyu hwekudya, kuwana chimwe chinhu chaicho chinogona kunge chakaoma. Nguva yakanakisisa yekushanyira iri pakati peusiku (nzvimbo inozaruka maawa 24) apo iwe unogona kutarisa pazororo.
Euro Market
Kufanana neE Trade Fair, Euro Market (30-42 31st St, Astoria, NY, 718-545-5569), iyo iri pedyo nekona, yakarongedzwa zvishoma nenyika yakabva-uye, sezviri pachena, nyika dzose muBalkan - Musha weMediterranean unogadzira zvinenge makumi maviri nemashanu zvezvibereko zvinodzivirira. Euro Market haina chigadziro chikamu, asi nokuda kwezvidimbu uye zvimwe zvinhu zvakaoma, kusarudzwa kwayo hakugoneki. Ndakatora chimwe chinoshamisa cheDalmatian cherry syrup pano, pamwe nechiGiriki pasta nekunamata kwakakura, uye, zvisingaverengeki, paprika yechiSpanish uye sherry vhiniga. Pane kunyange chikamu chezvinhu zveBrithani - saRibena naHeinz vakabika nyemba.
IEuro Market zvakare inopedzisa iyo Trade Fair zvakanaka muyo iyo iyo inoshandiswa nedhipatimendi iyo haina kuisa mucheche pork. Schaller & Weber inobata bhebhoni yakawanda inoputika yakakura. Uye iyo nyaya inotonhora inobata kusarudzwa kunoshamisa kwezvinotengeswa doro.
Hidalgo Mexican Food Products
Kana uri kubika chero Mexican, musoro kuna Hidalgo (30-11 29th St, Astoria, NY, 718-274-6936). Pano ndipo paunogona kuwana zvinotyisa zve verdolaga (purslane), epazote , nemimwe miriwo, pamwe nevanilla risingadhura, zvinopisa zvinotyisa zveTang zvinwiwa zvinosanganiswa, uye zvinoshandiswa zvinoshandiswa zvakasvibiswa nekunaka kunhuwa.
Asi iwe unogona kunge usingafambisi kubika zvachose kana iwe ukabvuma kuedzwa mumuchina wezvokudya, uko iwe unogona kutakura pamusoro pemam tamales, quesadillas, uye tortas .
Kune rumwe rutivi, izvi zvingangokupa simba rakawanda - uye pfungwa - kutenga.
Rosario's Deli
Mutsara wokuItaly uri pasi peMitmars mugwagwa wemugwagwa, Rosario 's (22-55 31st St, Astoria, NY, 718-728-2920) inotengesa zvishoma zvekudya. Gadzira chidimbu che pizza yakanakisisa munharaunda, uye ichave ichipisa apo iwe uchitsvaga pasi, zvakarongeka zviratidzo zvekutora maori-mafuta akazara, maokie eItaly, uye kunyange kubika midziyo. Nyaya yemhosva inosanganisira cheeses, pancetta, uye Europe-style butter. Shamba pizza yako - yakanyatsojeka, crispy yakaputika nechiedza chekuchira uye chekudya chechiganda - neimwe yezvakawanda zveItaly sodas.
Nekunakidza kwayo kwakanaka uye kurongeka, Rosario's Deli ndiyo inonyanya nzvimbo munzvimbo yeAstoria kusvika kune imwe nzvimbo ye "gourmet" store - uye yakawanda yezvokudya zvinonaka (kunyange iyo inowanzoendeswa ye-super-creamy burrata mozzarella) zvinoreva zvishomanana kuenda kuManhattan.
Family Market
Mhuri yeJapan muAstoria inokosha - kunyanya vechiduku vakatamira kuNew York kuzoshanda nekudzidza - asi zvakakosha zvokuti Imba yeMhuri (29-15 Broadway, Astoria, NY, 718-956-7925), bazi reketheni yeJapan, rakavhurwa muna 2005. Astoria iri pfupi paAsia zvinoshandiswa, saka nzvimbo ino izere niche huru, nePocky galore neRoy Milk Tea, hongu, asiwo burdock mizi uye zvimwe zvishoma zvinogadzirwa, oodles of noodles, uye marudzi ose emagungwa aunogona kuaida. Rimwe kona rine stash yeDVD maDVD, uye imwe ine mishonga yemumba uye zvipfeko.