rice wine

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we went to a tiny chinese takeout food/grocery shop called Happy Food in the neighbourhood today, 7.99 euro (11.30 dollars) for a bottle of rice wine. it's a robbery!

but max thought it was okay as long as the money goes into the pocket of the lady who is the only person there doing the cooking and the selling. He thinks she is not making a lot of money but always seems happy whenever he is there ordering food. so he likes her. so it's okay with him that this lady makes that bloody 8 euro.

But it will not be okay he said, if this bottle of wine is selling the same price in those big supermarkets where they generally stock their inventory with much lower cost.....

when we were there in the afternoon. she was inside cooking, outside selling all the time. but she still spent sometimes with me to make sure that i had chosen the right ingredients for the food that i plan to make. she is a sweet lady. and her shop is really the kind of Chinese shop that is depicted in Hollywood movies, dark, shady, old and really 1900s....