Everyone should know city'super but my last few trips to Sha Tin's branch has offered me some insight and tips that I feel should be passed to my fellow Yelpers.
First tip, perhaps the most obvious - do not go during rush hour or weekends, if you can help it. Sha Tin mall is super duper hectic on the weekends, but the supermarket is a whole other ball game, especially when you're trolleying through the waves of people casually strolling through and trying out all the little pop-up food stalls. If you're in there for culinary purpose, get there before 5pm on a weekday or hail Mary your trolley on Saturday and Sunday.
Secondly , perhaps also quite obvious - take advantage of the free food! There's ALWAYS an Iberico ham station set up with a woman - perhaps the same woman? I can never see past the leg of ham, apologetically - briskly slicing hefty chunks of 48-day aged Iberico just for you. There's also a kimchee station in the back, with many different varieties on offer. Super yum.
Thirdly - MUSHROOMS. This is THE supermarket in NT to go to for mushrooms. Be them dried porcini, Portobello, brown, oyster, or white button - there's a whole corner of the supermarket dedicated to mushroom varieties. And the great part is you can pick and choose which ones you want, most times at a cheaper price than buying the same variety in a vacuum pack. Related: there's an incredible variety of fresh herbs here too.
Fourthly - if you're new into the whole healthy living thing like myself, I've been recommended Citysuper for their collection of teas. They have a surprisingly extensive selection of herbal teas, and if you can't find the one you're looking for, you can most likely get the fresh herbs instead and DIY!
Fifthly - Citysuper can be an absolute nightmare to navigate, especially when they start stocking products by 'cuisine'. I don't know how many times I've nearly screamed in frustration trying to find shrimp paste! Is it Indonesian? Chinese? Thai? (It's Indonesian, according to Citysuper's draconian aisle laws.) If you need a basic like coconut milk and have trouble finding it in canned goods, head for the small aisles down the center where they split everything up by South East Asian, Mexican, Indian etc. You will likely find coconut cream and coconut milk on the Thai shelves.
I'm sure I'll be adding to this with every supermarket trip, but hope these tips help for now! read more