{"id":208,"date":"2008-02-23T21:42:07","date_gmt":"2008-02-24T05:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nomadicminds.org\/blogs\/2008\/02\/23\/beijing-markets\/"},"modified":"2008-02-24T12:52:37","modified_gmt":"2008-02-24T20:52:37","slug":"beijing-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nomadicminds.org\/blogs\/2008\/02\/beijing-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"Beijing Markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Foods represent an interesting economic phenomenum in China.  The essentially same product may have a range of prices that can be 100 fold: the high end is 100 times more than the low end.  It bewilders me that vendors in the entire price range seem to do just fine.<\/p>\n<p>Often the high end market offers services that are valuable to its clientile.  The simpliest one is English fluency.  Others include home delivery, cleansiness of the store, pre-washing or convenient packaging, etc.  Note that I am only comparing those items that are essentially the same in terms of freshness, taste, sizes, and other common food qualities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"clear: both; display: block; text-align: center; float: none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/syw\/2285067241\/\" title=\"Entrance by sinyaw, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2030\/2285067241_138748d23d_m.jpg\" alt=\"Entrance\" style=\"margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt\" height=\"180\" width=\"240\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/syw\/2285857738\/\" title=\"Corridor by sinyaw, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2116\/2285857738_a19379f013_m.jpg\" alt=\"Corridor\" style=\"margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt\" height=\"180\" width=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We shop from all of them: Jenny Lou, a market for foreigners; CarreFore, western style supermarket; Ito Yokado, Japanese department store with supermarket in the basement; local &#8220;free market&#8221; that is very similar to the farmer&#8217;s market in the US; and the convenient store close to where I live.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/syw\/2285067491\/\" title=\"Meat counter by sinyaw, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2267\/2285067491_be4355303f_m.jpg\" alt=\"Meat counter\" style=\"float: left\" height=\"180\" width=\"240\" \/><\/a>One interesting market we go to is SanYuanLi Market (\u00e4\u00b8\u2030\u00e6\u00ba\u0090\u00e9\u2021\u0152\u00e5\u00b8\u201a\u00e5\u0153\u00ba, about half a kilometer west of Hilton, across East 3rd ring).  I guess it started out as a free market and evoled into permanent booths with shelter, electricity, and water.  Essentially, it is an about 200 meters long cooridor with booths lined up on both side.  The opening section are fruit vendors, followed by flour\/rice products stores, meat counters, seafoods, and vegetable stands.  There are also booths for dry ingredients and household items, cleaning products, etc.<\/p>\n<p>There is no super-market style packaging here.  All items are raw and right in front of you.  The carcasses at the meat counters can be intimidating.  The fishes are sometime live and cleaned on the spot.  Vegetables have dirt on them too, particularly carrots or other in root category.<\/p>\n<p style=\"float: right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/syw\/2285858164\/\" title=\"Fruit stand #5 by sinyaw, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3011\/2285858164_b5356ea5b2_t.jpg\" alt=\"Fruit stand #5\" style=\"margin: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt\" height=\"75\" width=\"100\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/syw\/2285857992\/\" title=\"Vege stand by sinyaw, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3161\/2285857992_b5efdfdd52_t.jpg\" alt=\"Vege stand\" style=\"margin: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt\" height=\"75\" width=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This market is really best for its fruits, in variety, quality, and prices too.  They are cheaper than the supermarkets designed for the affluent class and more expensive than the street stands.  Local rarely buy fruits here, thinking the mark-ups are not worth it.  But they offer one-stop shopping for all fruits.  The vendors pre-select the stock and genuinely know their stuff; that is ripe for consumption, this take few more days, and those are great for gifts.  They also have this uncanny face memory to recognize you and your preference: green banana, ripe pears, no strawberry, for example.<\/p>\n<p>Vendors here are not camera-shy at all.  Foreigners bring out their expensive SLRs and camcorders.  TV and movie producers use them as backdrops.  They will flash you a nice smile and offer you a fruit.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u00e5\u0152\u2014\u00e4\u00ba\u00ac\u00e8\u008f\u0153\u00e5\u00b8\u201a<\/h3>\n<p><i>\u00e5\u0090\u0152\u00e6\u00ad\u00a5\u00e5\u0153\u00a8<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nomadicminds.org\/blogs\/2008\/02\/23\/beijing-markets\/\"> Loud Thoughts <\/a>\u00e4\u00b8\u0160\u00e5\u008f\u2018\u00e5\u00b8\u0192\u00e3\u20ac\u201a<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u00e5\u0153\u00a8\u00e4\u00b8\u00ad\u00e5\u203a\u00bd\u00ef\u00bc\u0152\u00e9\u00a3\u0178\u00e5\u201c\u0081\u00e4\u00b8\u0161\u00e6\u0153\u2030\u00e4\u00b8\u00aa\u00e5\u00a5\u2021\u00e6\u20ac\u00aa\u00e7\u0161\u201e\u00e7\u00bb\u008f\u00e6\u00b5\u017d\u00e7\u017d\u00b0\u00e8\u00b1\u00a1\u00e3\u20ac\u201a\u00e5\u0090\u0152\u00e6\u00a0\u00b7\u00e7\u0161\u201e\u00e4\u00b8\u0153\u00e8\u00a5\u00bf\u00ef\u00bc\u0152\u00e4\u00bb\u00b7\u00e6\u00a0\u00bc\u00e5\u008f\u00af\u00e8\u0192\u00bd\u00e5\u00a4\u00a9\u00e5\u00a3\u00a4\u00e4\u00b9\u2039\u00e5\u02c6\u00ab\u00e3\u20ac\u201a\u00e8\u20ac\u0152\u00e6\u2014\u00a0\u00e8\u00ae\u00ba\u00e5\u008d\u2013\u00e4\u00bb\u20ac\u00e4\u00b9\u02c6\u00e4\u00bb\u00b7\u00e6\u00a0\u00bc\u00ef\u00bc\u0152\u00e6\u00af\u008f\u00e5\u00ae\u00b6\u00e5\u00ba\u2014\u00e9\u0192\u00bd\u00e6\u0153\u2030\u00e7\u201d\u0178\u00e6\u201e\u008f\u00e5\u0081\u0161\u00e3\u20ac\u201a\u00e9\u20ac\u0161\u00e5\u00b8\u00b8\u00e8\u00b4\u00b5\u00e7\u0161\u201e\u00e5\u00ba\u2014\u00e6\u0153\u008d\u00e5\u0160\u00a1\u00e8\u2021\u00aa\u00e7\u201e\u00b6\u00e5\u00a5\u00bd\u00e4\u00b8\u20ac\u00e4\u00ba\u203a\u00e3\u20ac\u201a\u00e6\u0153\u20ac\u00e5\u00b8\u00b8\u00e8\u00a7\u0081\u00e7\u0161\u201e\u00e6\u02dc\u00af\u00e5\u00b8\u00a6\u00e6\u0153\u2030\u00e8\u2039\u00b1\u00e6\u2013\u2021\u00e6\u0153\u008d\u00e5\u0160\u00a1\u00e3\u20ac\u201a\u00e5\u2026\u00b6\u00e4\u00bb\u2013\u00e5\u02c6\u2122\u00e5\u0152\u2026\u00e6\u2039\u00ac\u00e9\u20ac\u0081\u00e8\u00b4\u00a7\u00e6\u0153\u008d\u00e5\u0160\u00a1\u00e3\u20ac\u0081\u00e5\u00ba\u2014\u00e9\u009d\u00a2\u00e6\u2022\u00b4\u00e6\u00b4\u0081\u00e3\u20ac\u0081\u00e4\u00b8\u0153\u00e8\u00a5\u00bf\u00e5\u00b9\u00b2\u00e5\u2021\u20ac\u00e3\u20ac\u0081\u00e5\u0152\u2026\u00e8\u00a3\u2026\u00e6\u00bc\u201a\u00e4\u00ba\u00ae\u00e7\u00ad\u2030\u00e7\u00ad\u2030\u00e3\u20ac\u201a\u00e9\u2122\u00a4\u00e6\u00ad\u00a4\u00e4\u00b9\u2039\u00e5\u00a4\u2013\u00ef\u00bc\u0152\u00e8\u00b4\u00a7\u00e5\u201c\u0081\u00e7\u0161\u201e\u00e6\u2013\u00b0\u00e9\u00b2\u0153\u00e7\u00a8\u2039\u00e5\u00ba\u00a6\u00e3\u20ac\u0081\u00e5\u201c\u0081\u00e5\u2018\u00b3\u00e3\u20ac\u0081\u00e8\u008f\u0153\u00e9\u2021\u008f\u00e5\u008f\u0160\u00e5\u2026\u00b6\u00e4\u00bb\u2013\u00e9\u00a3\u0178\u00e5\u201c\u0081\u00e6\u00a0\u2021\u00e5\u2021\u2020\u00e6\u02dc\u00af\u00e4\u00b8\u20ac\u00e6\u00a0\u00b7\u00e7\u0161\u201e\u00e3\u20ac\u201a<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/syw\/2285067241\/\" title=\"Entrance by sinyaw, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2030\/2285067241_138748d23d_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"Entrance\" style=\"margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/syw\/2285857738\/\" title=\"Corridor by sinyaw, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2116\/2285857738_a19379f013_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"Corridor\" style=\"margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0\"\/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\u00e6\u02c6\u2018\u00e4\u00bb\u00ac\u00e5\u02c6\u2122\u00e5\u0090\u201e\u00e7\u00a7\u008d\u00e5\u00ba\u2014\u00e9\u0192\u00bd\u00e4\u00bc\u0161\u00e5\u017d\u00bb\u00e5\u2026\u2030\u00e9\u00a1\u00be\u00ef\u00bc\u0161\u00e4\u00b8\u201c\u00e5\u0081\u0161\u00e5\u00a4\u2013\u00e5\u203a\u00bd\u00e4\u00ba\u00ba\u00e7\u201d\u0178\u00e6\u201e\u008f\u00e7\u0161\u201e Jenny Lou\u00e3\u20ac\u0081\u00e8\u00a5\u00bf\u00e5\u00bc\u008f\u00e8\u00b6\u2026\u00e5\u00b8\u201a\u00e5\u00ae\u00b6\u00e4\u00b9\u0090\u00e7\u00a6\u008f\u00e3\u20ac\u0081\u00e5\u00b8\u00a6\u00e6\u0153\u2030\u00e5\u0153\u00b0\u00e4\u00b8\u2039\u00e8\u00b6\u2026\u00e5\u00b8\u201a\u00e7\u0161\u201e\u00e6\u2014\u00a5\u00e6\u0153\u00ac\u00e7\u2122\u00be\u00e8\u00b4\u00a7\u00e5\u008d\u017d\u00e5\u00a0\u201a\u00e5\u2022\u2020\u00e5\u0153\u00ba\u00ef\u00bc\u0152\u00e4\u00bb\u00a5\u00e5\u008f\u0160\u00e6\u02c6\u2018\u00e5\u00ae\u00b6\u00e9\u2122\u201e\u00e8\u00bf\u2018\u00e7\u0161\u201e\u00e8\u2021\u00aa\u00e7\u201d\u00b1\u00e5\u00b8\u201a\u00e5\u0153\u00ba\u00e5\u2019\u0152\u00e6\u2014\u0081\u00e8\u00be\u00b9\u00e7\u0161\u201e\u00e4\u00be\u00bf\u00e5\u02c6\u00a9\u00e5\u00ba\u2014\u00e3\u20ac\u201a<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/syw\/2285067491\/\" title=\"Meat counter by sinyaw, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2267\/2285067491_be4355303f_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"Meat counter\" style=\"float: left\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00e4\u00b8\u2030\u00e6\u00ba\u0090\u00e9\u2021\u0152\u00e5\u00b8\u201a\u00e5\u0153\u00ba\u00e5\u0153\u00a8\u00e5\u00b8\u0152\u00e5\u00b0\u201d\u00e9\u00a1\u00bf\u00e8\u00a5\u00bf\u00e4\u00b8\u20ac\u00e9\u2021\u0152\u00e5\u00b7\u00a6\u00e5\u008f\u00b3\u00ef\u00bc\u0152\u00e4\u00b8\u2030\u00e7\u017d\u00af\u00e5\u2020\u2026\u00e3\u20ac\u201a\u00e5\u00a4\u00a7\u00e6\u00a6\u201a\u00e4\u00b9\u0178\u00e6\u02dc\u00af\u00e4\u00bb\u017d\u00e8\u2021\u00aa\u00e7\u201d\u00b1\u00e5\u00b8\u201a\u00e5\u0153\u00ba\u00e5\u00bc\u20ac\u00e5\u00a7\u2039\u00e7\u0161\u201e\u00ef\u00bc\u0152\u00e7\u017d\u00b0\u00e5\u0153\u00a8\u00e7\u00bb\u008f\u00e8\u00bf\u2021\u00e7\u00bf\u00bb\u00e4\u00bf\u00ae\u00ef\u00bc\u0152\u00e6\u00b0\u00b4\u00e7\u201d\u00b5\u00e9\u0192\u00bd\u00e6\u017d\u00a5\u00e5\u00a5\u00bd\u00ef\u00bc\u0152\u00e4\u00b8\u20ac\u00e6\u009d\u00a1200\u00e7\u00b1\u00b3\u00e7\u0161\u201e\u00e9\u20ac\u0161\u00e9\u0081\u201c\u00ef\u00bc\u0152\u00e5\u00b7\u00a6\u00e5\u008f\u00b3\u00e5\u009d\u2021\u00e6\u02dc\u00af\u00e5\u00ba\u2014\u00e9\u009d\u00a2\u00e3\u20ac\u201a\u00e6\u0160\u0160\u00e5\u00a4\u00b4\u00e6\u02dc\u00af\u00e5\u008d\u2013\u00e6\u00b0\u00b4\u00e6\u017e\u0153\u00e7\u0161\u201e\u00ef\u00bc\u0152\u00e6\u017d\u00a5\u00e7\u009d\u20ac\u00e6\u02dc\u00af\u00e9\u009d\u00a2\u00e9\u00a3\u0178\u00e3\u20ac\u0081\u00e8\u201a\u2030\u00e7\u00b1\u00bb\u00e3\u20ac\u0081\u00e6\u00b0\u00b4\u00e4\u00ba\u00a7\u00e3\u20ac\u0081\u00e8\u201d\u00ac\u00e8\u008f\u0153\u00e3\u20ac\u201a\u00e5\u2026\u00b6\u00e4\u00b8\u00ad\u00e5\u00a4\u00b9\u00e4\u00ba\u203a\u00e5\u008d\u2013\u00e5\u00b9\u00b2\u00e8\u00b4\u00a7\u00e5\u2019\u0152\u00e5\u00ae\u00b6\u00e7\u201d\u00a8\u00e5\u201c\u0081\u00e7\u0161\u201e\u00e5\u00ba\u2014\u00e3\u20ac\u201a\u00e4\u00b8\u0153\u00e8\u00a5\u00bf\u00e9\u0192\u00bd\u00e6\u02dc\u00af\u00e6\u00b2\u00a1\u00e5\u0152\u2026\u00e8\u00a3\u2026\u00e7\u0161\u201e\u00e3\u20ac\u201a\u00e5\u2026\u00a8\u00e7\u00be\u0160\u00e6\u0152\u201a\u00e7\u009d\u20ac\u00e9\u00a2\u2021\u00e4\u00b8\u00ba\u00e5\u0090\u201c\u00e4\u00ba\u00ba\u00ef\u00bc\u0152\u00e7\u201d\u0178\u00e7\u0152\u203a\u00e9\u00b1\u00bc\u00e8\u2122\u00be\u00ef\u00bc\u0152\u00e5\u00bd\u201c\u00e5\u0153\u00ba\u00e5\u00ae\u00b0\u00e6\u009d\u20ac\u00e3\u20ac\u201a\u00e8\u008f\u0153\u00e4\u00b8\u0160\u00e5\u00b8\u00b8\u00e5\u00b8\u00a6\u00e4\u00ba\u203a\u00e6\u00b3\u00a5\u00ef\u00bc\u0152\u00e5\u00b0\u00a4\u00e5\u2026\u00b6\u00e6\u02dc\u00af\u00e6\u00a0\u00b9\u00e7\u00b1\u00bb\u00e3\u20ac\u201a<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/syw\/2285858164\/\" title=\"Fruit stand #5 by sinyaw, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3011\/2285858164_b5356ea5b2_t.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" alt=\"Fruit stand #5\" style=\"margin-right: 0; 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The essentially same product may have a range of prices that can be 100 fold: the high end is 100 times more than the low end. 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