#Asian shops in Berlin

[spicevillageeu]

How Can You Help Your Favourite Online Asian Grocery Store Grow

Everybody in the world is now having and making dishes from various international cuisines. The frequency of a person abroad having Asian dishes has increased manifold especially after the opening of various multi-cuisine restaurants and grocery stores. These restaurants and grocery stores not only promote the sales of Asian groceries but also encourage people to expand their horizons when it comes to food. Unlike earlier people nowadays are more open to trying new cuisines and dishes not only at restaurants but also at home. Asian cuisine has become one of the most popular dinner or party themes worldwide.

The online grocery shopping concept lept into our lives as soon as the pandemic hit the world. Even though lockdowns were lifted it was still unsafe to move out and everyday tasks like grocery shopping were life threatening. In just an instance the world shifted from basic local store shopping to the model of shopping for groceries online. This also gave birth to the concepts of multi cuisine stores like Germany’s best online Asian shop, Spice Village. These stores then brought about a change in the customer shopping pattern and experience altogether. Online shopping is more convenient and with the right store, the best way to purchase your favourite groceries, brands and products regularly.

There are various multi cuisine stores and shops all over the world. One can easily find multiple Asian supermarkets in the USA, UK, Germany and all other major countries and states that are home to Indian and Asian immigrants. Every year there is an increase in the number of students and work aspirants moving from their hometowns in Asia and India to parts of Germany. Superstores like Spice Village help these immigrants feel at home with authentic brands and products from their homeland. This not only helps them settle in a foreign country quickly and more easily but also helps others there to experience the flavours and aroma of various Asian countries.

Being an Asian store in Germany is a tough and complicated task. Your growth as an international supermarket entirely depends on the experience of your customers at your online store, the products they purchase and if they are a first timer would they like the cuisine or not. As a supermarket like Spice Village, the staff puts in a lot of effort to make the experience of every customer the best and satisfactory. The sole duty of the staff members of an online store is providing a good, hygienic and convenient experience to the customer. To do the same, employees of an online store take care of the website as it should be well segregated and user friendly, ensure the correct information is provided to the customer, pack their order correctly and hygienically and ensure that the products reach them in due time and safely.

The relationship of an online store like Spice Village and its customers is a two way thing. The customers need to help and support the online stores for them to be able to continue providing quality products at a reasonable price. Asian shops in Berlin like Spice Village provide a wide range of premium quality ingredients, groceries, brands and their products from India and Asia at very cheap prices loaded with deals and discounts. Spice Village is a store that offers discounts, free shipping in Europe as well as same day delivery on Tuesday and Friday only in Berlin. Although the variety of products and brands of ingredients and groceries available at Spice Village is the best thing about this online store in Germany.

As a customer one can do a lot more than just purchasing from online Asian grocery stores. The frequency of people making Asian food at their home is still less because either they can't find good ingredients and groceries or the stores selling the groceries they need are very costly. As a loyal customer of online Asian grocery store here are a few things you can do to support your favourite store and help it grow:

1.      Expose guests and closed ones to Asian cuisine more often. Try and incorporate more of Asian dishes like snacks, beverages, etc in your everyday meals and parties.

2.      Leave honest reviews and comments on the store's website. Google reviews also play a very important role. So be honest and let other customers read about your experience.

3.      Check out the website of the store even if you don't want to purchase. Every time you open the website and scroll around its ranking increases on google which will make your favourite store more visible on the internet.

4.      Interact with them on their social media platforms. This helps them increase their reach on social media platforms and help other customers trust the website and store better.

Spread using word of mouth. There is no better marketing tool than this one. If you really want your favourite online Asian store to grow, talk about it to as many people as you can.

#online Asian shop #Asian supermarkets #Asian shops in Berlin

[forthegothicheroine]

Best Fragrantica reviews of (some of) my favorite perfumes, Part II

First installment here

Maison Martin Margiela By the Fireplace

Careful not to be worn by this perfume instead of being you the wearer. Not that it is oh so powerful, but it may be too bold of a statement piece for, ahem, some. Wearing BTF when you don't look the part and don't give it sense will have you smelling borderline unhealthy. Like your organs inside have worn off and darkened (and burned out, I guess). Truly as weird as it sounds. The raw thing smells very exciting. I love it ashy. I don't see myself daring any soon, however. And I don't find that it worked for the men I know either, as they have (and I cringe to say) whiter auras and don't fit the "handling cognac by the fire" thing. So I've yet to see it really work, which I'm sure will be great. It's a lovely perfume.

Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab Bewitched

This is the smell of a witch's brew. She made a special tea for you to drink. You pass out. When you awaken you find yourself in her garden full of poisonous berries, patchouli, weeds, clary sage, and flowers whose petals have been plucked. This is an herbal scent, like walking inside a shop selling only herbs. It's medicinal and like a tea. Not always easy to take in...The smell of sage and musk give it a unisex/masculine quality. I would say that it's more of a guy's type of cologne than a woman's. I would wear it for Halloween with a witch costume or as Morticia Addams. It's really a very engaging scent but it's linear and simple. It's a little green tea and berry. It's got a bite but it's witchy and dark, but not a strong cologne either. For a niche indie frag, not bad.

TokyoMilk Gin & Rosewater

I was in a boutique that carries the Tokyo Milk Curiosite & Bon Bon lines, and I was entranced by this. Florals are not usually my thing, by the way, because I get monster headaches from most of them. Suddenly the salesgirl is RIGHT NEXT TO ME leaning in conspiratorially and says in an awed tone that 'Blake Lively LOVES this one'. OMFG, Blake Lively, you say??!? Like for serious, the real Blake Lively?? OMFG, do you have like, more in the back?!? I'm totally going to buy every bottle you can shove in my basket because BLAKE LIVELY would hang out with me if we ran into each other and then my life could end. Um, not. I almost DIDN'T buy it because of the salesgirls then going into a tizzy about how amazing Blake is. I could not care less, although I'm sure Lively is nice enough. But it did smell cool, so home with me it came, along with the matching lotion.

Serge Lutens La Fille de Berlin

It’s an overwhelming fragrance that smells like the bottom of my grandma’s small square leather purse when we went to mass (her old dried up lipstick💄 the powder compact, the newspaper, the pack of strawberry-ish scented kleenex, the peppermints). It’s vintage, it’s a bit suffocating and I have it printed in my memory 4 ever.

Juliette Has a Gun Magnolia Bliss

Anastasia Steele, no longer a virgin. In her Audi A3, the smell of her new car, first edition books and a new life... That's what comes into mind with this perfume. The night Christian took her for the first time on his helicopter. I can imagine this is exactly what she smelled like that night. With Ellie Goulding's Love me like you do playing in the background. 

Maison Francis Kurkdjian Baccarat Rouge 540

I’m too embarrassed and ashamed to wear this in public just in case a fragrantica influencer comes out of a bush and starts pointing & laughing at me in front of everyone

Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille

what all the hot daddies in every lana del rey song smell like

Jo Malone Velvet Rose & Oud

If your family was religious, traditionally Asian, or both, you'll know this scent. This is the scent of a temple. This is the scent of an altar. Personally I can never wear this because smelling this brings back so many memories of burning incenses, visiting funerals, and saying prayers and wishes. My bottle is literally sitting on an altar.

Perfumer's Workshop Tea Rose

Speaking of the devil. This scent is the one with the Prada's shoes.

4160 Tuesdays Doe in the Snow

This is borne on a Christmas Eve, under the moonlight, a baby fawn just out of it's mother's womb. The moon is full light casting blue shadows snow lightly falling delicate flakes each one unique on the nose of the new born... Pure fresh Christmas morning air stillness not a sound blanketed with drifts of snow that is Doe In The Snow... pure white innocence...velvet petals so delicate under the driven snow...I have seen this in a dream... Another love... I get it...

#perfume

[whatmakesagod]

10 Books to Look Forward to in 2024

Fathomfolk by Eliza Chan, an adult East Asian fantasy featuring kelpies, kappas, sea witches, a water dragon princess, and a half-siren captain of the border guard. The city of Tiankawai is half-submerged and the humans are looking down on the fathomfolk from their skyscrapers. Available on February 8th from Hachette and February 27th from Orbit

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Foul Days by Genoveva Dimova, a Balkan folklore crossover fantasy with shadow magic, witches, monstrous exes, Berlin wall-inspiration, and dragons. When Kosara's shadow, the source of her magic, is traded to give her safe passage across the Wall, she is struck with a fatal illness that impacts all shadow-less witches. She has little choice but to go back over the Wall and confront her ex, the Tsar of Monsters, to get her magic back. Availabe on June 25th from Tor and McMillan

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Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase is an adult Botswanan cyberpunk Africanfuturism Queer thriller with horror elements from a Queer Motswanan author. Nelah has everything she could want except a child. On a rendezvous with her lover, they hit a young woman and Nelah will do anything to hide their actions or else she'll lose her chance at being a mother and, perhaps, her chance at having a body. Available from Kensington Books on January 23rd

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Not Like Other Girls by Meredith Adamo, a YA mystery debut focusing on young women and their trauma. When Jo-Lynn's former best friend goes missing, Jo seeks out the truth while trying to find herself again. Available from Bloomsbury on April 30th

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The Eyes are the Best Part by Monika Kim, a feminist psychological horror featuring cannibalism and a young woman slowly turning into a murderer. When Ji-won's mother starts dating George, a white man with an Asian fetish, Ji-won because obsessed with his blue eyes and hungers for them. Available on June 25th from Kensington

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Road to Ruin by Hana Lee, an adult Queer fantasy love letter to Mad Max: Fury Road. Jin-lu, a magebike courier, carries love letters from her prince to a princess across the wastelands...and she's in love with both of them. Available from Simon and Schuster on May 14th

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A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft is a Sapphic voyage to discover the origin of magic, until the leader of the expedition is murdered. With Germanic folklore and lush prose, it looks to be another hit from Allison Saft. Available from Penguin Random House September 17th

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Teller of Small Fortunes is an immigrant cozy fantasy adult debut. We're a bit too early for a cover or pre-order link on this one, so here is the PM deal. Please keep it in mind as we get closer to the publish date in November!

Kacen Callender's first YA fantasy features polyamorous characters of color, trans representation, and a quest to find the Book of Source, an alchemic text said to give its reader great power. Available on February 6th from MacMillan

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Not in the Plan by Dana Hawkins, a Sapphic contemporary romance. Mack, an author struggling to write her sophomore novel, meets Charlie, a nearly bankrupt coffee shop owner and sparks fly as Mack uses parts of Charlie's story for her book. Available January 31st only in digital and audiobook

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#ya fantasy #young adult fantasy #adult fantasy #cozy fantasy #romance #sapphic romance #young adult mystery #cyberpunk #africanfuturism #horror #sapphic fantasy

[bollywoodisforlovers]

Episode 146 - “I'm the Dude, Playing a Dude, Disguised As Another Dude”: Don and Don 2

Strap in Lovers, we’re going on an international chase to catch Asia’s biggest criminal mastermind, Don. 

Show notes:

It's not only difficult to catch Don (1978), it's impossible

“Bachchan ‘76 - ‘78″

The Making of Don

Don: The Chase Begins Again 

Petronas Towers, as seen in Entrapment

Songs: “Yeh Mera Dil,” “Main Hoon Don,” and “Khaike Paan Banaraswala”

Comparisons to contemporary Bollywood action

Don has read The Game

(INTERVAL (“Aaj Ki Raat” from Don: The Chase Begins Again)

Don 2

Another stacked year, and a great year for the Akhtars

Hallo Berlin!

Songs: “Zaraa Dil Ko Thaam Lo” and “Dushman Mera Don 2″

Mission: Impossible similarities

Where will they go in Don 3?

Suchin Mehrotra‘s The Streaming Show

Next time: Pilot Season Vol. 2

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[ninja-muse]

June felt like a really good reading month, though my Storygraph stats say I’m pretty much even on book count and seriously down on page count. Maybe it’s because I read some really good books and managed to finish three books over the last four days? Or because I managed to read “The Angel of Khan el-Khalili” by P. Djèlí Clark and a Seanan McGuire novella on top of everything*? Or because I’m really liking the history book I’ve just started so am ending the month on a high? I’ll go with a mix of those, I think.

*which I’m not counting here because neither was a physical book

I managed two books off my physical TBR this month—Stardust Thief, Rat Queens—and I only acquired one book, as long as you don’t count reading copies! We got remaindered copies of The Bookstore Cat this month and I couldn’t resist. He’s seriously the best cat and I love him. My ARC pile, on the other hand, is up by 5 books….

And now, my total books read in order of how glad I am to have read them:

Katzenjammer - Francesca Zappia Cat’s trapped in high school, her eyes have disappeared, her classmates are mutating and dying in the halls, and she doesn’t remember how any of this happened. - 🏳️‍🌈 secondary characters - warning: body horror, gore, blood, murder, bullying

Rosebud - Paul Cornell Five AI discover a strange ship. The Company wouldn’t want them to investigate, except maybe if they go anyway, they will be Heroes. Douglas Adams, but angry. - 🏳️‍🌈 secondary characters - warning: in-universe transphobia

Shadows of Berlin - David R. Gillham A woman in New York is torn between honouring her heritage and her dead, being a good 1950s housewife to escape her past, and being true to herself. - Jewish cast, mentally ill main character, Black secondary character - warning: the Holocaust, PTSD, child neglect and abuse, misogyny

Trailed - Kathryn Miles In 1995, a sapphic couple were brutally killed in a national park. Now a journalist does a deep dive into the investigation to understand where it went wrong. - 🏳️‍🌈 subjects - warning: murder, violence against women, dead queer women

Minique - Anna Maxymiw A girl in colonial Montreal witnesses the world around her and decides to pursue an independent life no matter what. - 🇨🇦 - warning: misogyny, sexual assault, rape

Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake - Alexis Hall Rosaline hopes to win on Bake Expectations and fix her life. Unfortunately, the first co-contestant she meets, she lies to about everything. But that’ll be okay, right? - 🏳️‍🌈 protagonist, South Asian secondary character, 🏳️‍🌈 author - warning: sexual assault

Elder Race - Adrian Tchaikovsky A princess seeks a wizard’s help in defeating a demon. The wizard is an isolated anthropologist who’s only meant to observe the locals—but he goes on the quest anyway.

Legends & Lattes - Travis Baldree Viv has retired from adventuring to start a coffee shop, but she can’t (and doesn’t want to) do it alone. - 🏳️‍🌈 protagonist, 🏳️‍🌈 secondary character

The Stardust Thief - Chelsea Abdullah A dealer in illegal magical artifacts is blackmailed into a search for a lamp containing a djinn king. Nobody travelling with her is quite who they seem, and neither is the mission. - Arab cast, Arab author, #ownvoices

The Monsters We Defy - Leslye Penelope A woman who can speak to ghosts gathers a crew to steal a ring. If they don’t, they’ll neither save the poorest people in 1920s DC, or themselves. - Black cast, 🏳️‍🌈 secondary character, albino secondary character, Black author, #ownvoices

The Collected Poetry of Dorothy Parker - Dorothy Parker Surprisingly relatable 100-year-old poetry. - warning: suicidal ideation

Rat Queens, Vol. 4: High Fantasies - Kurtis J. Wiebe, Owen Gieni (Illustrator) The Rat Queens are getting back into the questing biz, but now they have some serious competition. - Black main character, 🏳️‍🌈 main characters, 🇨🇦 author

Spellbound - Allie Therin Rory can read an object’s past and is trying to keep his head down. Arthur’s tracking magical artifacts and looking for someone with Rory’s talent. Neither expects sparks to fly when they meet. - 🏳️‍🌈 main characters, Black secondary character, Chinese-American secondary character

Currently reading:

Let's Do It - Bob Stanley A history of Anglo-Western pop music, from the early 1900s. - warning: racism, including slurs

Death by Bubble Tea - Jennifer J. Chow When her cousin comes to town, Yale finds herself drafted into co-running a stall at the LA Night Market. Then one of their customers turns up dead. - Chinese-American cast, Chinese-American author, #ownvoices The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle Victorian detective stories - major disabled character



Stats


Monthly total: 13 
Yearly total: 79 + 1
 Queer books: 3.5
 Authors of colour: 2
 Books by women: 7
 Canadian authors: 2
 Off the TBR shelves: 2


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#reading wrap-ups #read in 2022 #books #booklr #bookblr #book covers #book photography #my photos #book reviews

[mademoiselle-red]

Top 5 beverages!

Turkish coffee, but as a pour over

A controversial opinion, I know, but hear me out: I find traditionally brewed Turkish coffee a little too strong and bitter for my tastes, but I absolutely love buying ground Turkish coffee (without cardamon, another controversial opinion, forgive me) from the Asian grocery store and making it into a pour over at home. The result is a much milder version that still retains the spicy flavors of the coffee, but with none of the bitterness, and it goes down very smoothly with a dash of milk. Plus, no coffee grounds at the bottom of the cup to deal with once you are done, since it’s all been filtered out!

Italian Hot Chocolate

Let me set the scene for you: it was an afternoon in late December, between Christmas and New Years. My traveling companion, an archaeologist, had enthusiastically dragged me away from the shopping district that I was quite happy to find myself in and set us out on a long trek to some obscure church so she could show me a mural that I “simply have to see”. We arrive at the old church and learn that the final entry of the day was 20 minutes ago. Deflated, cold, and hungry, we walked through the streets of Milan, heading back to the neighborhood our hotel was in to look for dinner. It was getting dark, and it started to rain. We turned a street corner and saw a dazzling sight: a beautiful cafe with a white storefront, lights glowing from its large windows illuminating the marble tables within. As we pushed in the heavy doors, we were greeted by the smell of hot chocolate, and the menu above the white marble counter confirmed our senses: this was a chocolate bar, offering a dozen different flavors of Italian hot chocolate. I ordered one with dark chocolate, hazelnut, and whipped cream. A few minutes later, it arrived on my table. It was heaven in a cup. A very small glass cup (only a third of the normal serving size typical here in America) in which one could see thick black-brown liquid chocolate, topped with rich whipped cream (a little over-whipped, on the buttery side, which is exactly how I like it), and crushed hazelnut drizzle. It was glorious. I bit into the whipped cream, sucked in the hot chocolate in one big slurp, felt the thick lava-like liquid roll down my throat, and relished in the warmth that spread as it passed through my chest. It was much more bitter than American hot chocolates, and richer in flavor, with a nutty almost caramel-like aftertaste. This was the first time in my life where I wished I could stick my tongue into a cup and lick the inside clean.

Hot Apple Cider with whipped cream and cinnamon

This one is a winter classic in Germany. I first had it in Berlin on a bright sunny day in a cafe attached to a beautiful cemetery that I’d scrolled through that morning. It was the first time I had whipped cream with apple cider, and it made the entire thing feel extremely indulgent and i think it helped bring out the natural sweet-sour taste of the apples, add in the cinnamon and you have liquid apple pie in a cup 🤤

Riesling

IT IS THE BEST WHITE WINE (although Retsina is a close second). And the brands that are usually available at my local store in the states suck 😭😭😭. A good Riesling should be slightly sour, slightly sweet (the bad ones are usually too sweet), and dry. Riesling is the perfect summer drink, good for picnics in the sun, or dinner out on the balcony, with seafood, arugula / rucola, and white asparagus (with ham and hollandaise sauce, of course)

Japanese-Style Whisky Highball

Ice, whisky, and soda water (and maybe a dash of lemon to change it up). It tastes fantastic. Perfect for every season. Easy to make at home, great to order in restaurants and bars. It’s especially great with yakiniku or any kind of barbecue / grilled meat dish. I also tried a Shochu version of this in a canned bottle from 7-11 in Japan.

#saving teas for a separate post because someone requested top 5 kinds of tea #phantomato

[slantingorspending]

so here we are

in the words of bloc party sans 2009. So here we are, now. The world's most locked down city, still trying to keep itself abreast post a refugee status declaration.

A city that once prided itself on 7 days a week clubbing experiences, fresh food made daily and wonderful coffee, at any time of the day. Has sadly, a long way to go before completely being able to say it is truly back on its feet.

It runs in grids quite similar to crosses. But some of us often find ourselves slanting through its crowds and it's red lights to promptly get ourselves to where we need to be. The rest are just spending all their time.money, making moves in a city that is vastly split. Thanks to the Yarra.

So are you slanting or spending?

I've dissected some of the best eats, coolest Asian stores, nail and beauty spots and now feel like the tip is far too full and probably needs some recycling. We may be the smallest state, but we manage to make space.

It feels like a dissertation but it may also prove to be a vent. For all those clogged gases unable to seep back into Australia's cleanest treated tap water.

A clap back to Australia's original capital, the birthplace of AFL and some of Australia's crankiest. Eureka! They said after they knocked out the other guys teeth for stealing someone else's gold, straight outta the quarry.

Basically somewhat of an illustration as to how to dig deeper unlike a dog or wombat. Just a furious miner equipped with a shovel trying to figure out how to get rid of that weird stench out of all these holes. The same ones that cling to our dirty pores after a long couple of days partying around people, whose names we forget but whose jokes, we repeat.

Then claim as our own.

An ode to everyone's once refugee status, escaping each other's smelly breathes and the ongoing recovery we all still find ourselves twitching over.

Australia's version of Paris and Berlin rolled into one. Just with markets built over cemeteries and one of the world's most straight forward tram systems. But still with only one bottle shop open 24 hrs across the entire place.

Call yourself a thirsty camel, ye.

We just want some quality eats, delectable drinks and continuous improvement.

Enjoy, I have officially now been inducted into the taskforce. From breakfast to dinner, Paris and Berlin, beers all the way up to sake then down a laneway to gin and juice.

You're either spending or slanting in this town.

😁

[fromfaewithlove]

Some Reflections on My Time in Europe So Far.

Ive been here for almost a month now so I thought I’d share a little specifically as it pertains to race, gender, languages, and nationalities. European racism isn’t better or worse it’s just more awkward also it’s very dependent on gender.

In the northwestern big cities Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin etc it was pretty normal / non noticeable but there’s a lot of young black people there and all kinds of black as well. Biracial, African American, East and West African, and a lots of islanders so we fit in pretty seamlessly. When approached people assumed I was French Canadian and that he was from Texas (lol we have very different accents). If we didn’t speak at all people in the Netherlands assumed we were Afro-German students. The real tensions didn’t arise till we went southwest to Italy.

As soon as we crossed into the country from the Swiss border Italian police pulled my boyfriend off the train and started yelling at him in Spanish asking if he was a Colombian drug dealer and they tore through our bags (we’re both afrolatinos and mostly speaking Spanish in Italy because we don’t know Italian he also has a thick Ecuadorian accent from living there) We were asked if we were Colombian several times -even after they had our American passports. However once we pulled out our college ID’s and threw around some ultra midwestern slang (a few over drawn howdies and yeppers) their tones changed and all of sudden they claimed they were helping us not profiling.

They did the same thing to a group of Asian girls demanding them to give up all their fentanyl - I felt so bad for them they weren’t older than 15 on a student exchange and the cops wouldn’t let their host parents step in at all. Multiple people tried to step in for both my bf and I as well as the other girls but the cops were pretty hostile to them too. Eventually they let us all go but the whole debacle made us miss our next connecting train. Overall me and my bf experienced the worst xenophobia when we spoke Spanish. When addressing the authorities English was always our best bet. Unfortunately this was not our only experience with Italian law enforcement on this trip.

I was genuinely just ignored a lot when I wasn’t with my bf which was fine by me. I didn’t associate it with racism as much as people who didn’t speak English not attempting to speak to me unless they absolutely had to (waiters, airline workers, people working in shops). People weren’t necessarily as nice or as helpful but it seemed to be more of a difference in work culture in general. Customer service is just a much bigger thing in the states. Service with a smile just doesn’t really exist here. Additionally, contrary to common belief ( i.e. TikTok videos about girls trying to speak in their target language and being quickly shut down) most people in Europe don’t actually speak English and it’s a hassle for them to try. They speak about as much English as Americans who last took a language class in middle school and now open Duolingo 3x a year claim to know a little Spanish.

However once I spoke French things changed tune. No matter what country I’m in I received the best customer service (which wasn’t much lol) when I spoke French. I equate this to French just being a significantly easier linguistic switch to make in countries that already speak Romance languages. And France being significantly closer than England or the States.

We experienced some racism from other Americans abroad who assumed me and boyfriend were thieves. It was fucking hilarious. In most Italian train stations there are loud PA announcements in English warning people to look out for pickpockets and guaranteed you know who the Americans were because they would immediately stare at us like they saw the ghost of negroes past while checking for their belongings. At one point I failed to contain myself with this one woman i was waiting in line behind in order to get a train ticket and said “oh please bitch you’re okay”.

It was so funny tho cause I’d watch Italian teens pickpocket and steal and they weren’t necessarily good at it - it was just that most of the tourists were too racist to pay attention to who the real thieves were. They weren’t looking for the normal looking European guy in converse in jeans that’s inching up on them, they were trying to avoid the POC. I will say, in Italy a few guys tried it unsuccessfully just because they’d be so obvious (granted I’m from a big city so I’m used to knowing when someone is trying to get me in a situation and pretty adept at getting out of them).

Regardless of the culture shock and xenophobia/racism. I know for a fact I’m gonna move back to Italy in less than a year. It’s beautiful and warm year round, housing and food are so much more affordable and it’s without the same threat of political instability that currently exists is other places I was considered moving to. Additionally this racism just isn’t as bad. In America racists treat me like I’m a threat to their very existence, here i mostly felt like an alien that people weren’t sure how to address. And free college + affordable healthcare and greater access to travel and study/use more languages are absolutely worth a few awkward uncomfortable situations for me.

#reflections #thought dump #travel writing

[spicevillagesblog]

Indian Grocery Store Near You

Discover the freshest Indian groceries at Spicevillage.eu - your nearest Indian Grocery Store! Enjoy the convenience of online shopping and get the best quality products at our unbeatable prices!

#Indian Grocery Store Near Me

[spicevillageeu]

Asian Cuisine Dishes That Are Easy and Quick to Whip Up

Do you also face the issue of not having homemade meals when in a rush? It is very difficult to whip a filling, healthy meal at home when there is a shortage of time, but not impossible. If you have all the right groceries and ingredients in your kitchen, you can quickly make some very delicious, healthy, nutritious, and filling Asian meals. Spice Village, an online Asian shop in Germany provides people in Germany and nearby countries with the best, premium quality ingredients all available at pocket friendly and reasonable prices. Availability of these ingredients at a customer’s home makes it a lot easier for them to make delicacies from the land of flavour, Asia, quickly. Getting these groceries and ingredients is also super easy and convenient since all one has to do is pick out their smart device and order their favourite ingredients online from Spice Village website. 

Spice Village supermarket has gained fame and name in the Asian market in Berlin by being one of the best, most reliable and trusted stores along with providing a huge variety of items, brands, products and mind-blowing deals and discounts. Spice Village also provides free shipping in Germany over every purchase of 34.99 and same day delivery of groceries on Tuesday and Friday in Berlin. There is a huge variety and range of Asian and Indian brands provided at Spice Village all at pocket friendly and reasonable prices. This has made it easier for people in Europe to try some of the best, easy and quick to make Asian dishes at their homes without worrying about importing products, quality or prices. 

To make Asian food at home it is very important to firstly know your taste and spice tolerance. Since Asian cuisine is a very flavourful cuisine, the dishes can have spices and herbs which might not be easy for all to tolerate. Once you know your spice tolerance, you can adjust them in your meals while making the Asian dishes at home. These dishes are also loved for the same spices, and herbs because of the flavour and aroma they provide to each dish. Next an Asian cuisine friendly kitchen must have all or most Asian spices, herbs, sauces and pastes which one can get in Germany from online supermarket Spice Village at very cheap prices. The utensils used in the making of Asian cuisine are usually similar to those used worldwide except a few, some of which are also available on Spice Village’s website. Once you have all the things required all you need are good Asian dishes and their recipes. 

Here are some Asian cuisine dishes that are super easy and quick to whip up at home in case of time emergencies or sheer laziness to cook, no judging! Make these super easy Asian dishes using products from Spice Village supermarket: 

1.      Tempura: What's easier and quicker to make than fried veggies? Tempura is crispy veggies, or meats like shrimp coated in a special tempura batter served with mouth-watering dips. Get all the groceries and ingredients you need to make tempura from the best Asian supermarket in Germany, Spice Village. 

2.      Pad thai: Noodles made within 20 minutes, what is better than that. Made using basic ingredients and an easy recipe, pad thai can be made by even a beginner cook. You can get all the best ingredients to make pad thai home quickly and easily from Spice Village. 

3.      Saag paneer: Steamed spinach and paneer chunks cooked in a delicious gravy with the best spices and herbs. Saag paneer is an Indian winter staple recipe. Make this super quick filling and healthy dish at home and serve with Indian breads. 

4.      Shrimp Kung Pao noodles: Made in only an hour with spices, condiments, noodles, veggies and shrimp which is replaceable, these saucy, tangy and delicious noodles are quick and easy to whip up for any meal of the day. Do not forget to garnish it with freshly cut coriander. 

5.      Curried rice: Comfort food combined with flavours and spice! Curries rice is actually served without gravy but is called curries for the curry leaves used in the making of these rice. In the dish curried rice, the rice grains are first toasted in ghee and then steamed for extra flavours. 

6.      Laab gai: A delicacy from the Lao cuisine. Laab gai is a chicken dish served with delicious sticky rice. The main reason to make and have this dish is its flavours which are derived from the various spices and herbs used in the making. 

7.     Egg drop soup: A dish that takes nearly 10 minutes to make. Egg drop soup making is all about the technique. Once you perfect it, all this dish requires is your patience. Made in chicken broth the perfect way to make egg drop soup is to steam your eggs in the thickened bubbling broth. 

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[yugodtaguchi]

Greetings and love to all my people This is the new schedule of my gigs before I go back to Japan as an Asian traveling 🙏🙏🙏 Nuff love and blessing to Dubbing you crew man like Tom Battery, Blessed love Sound man like Rouz, Freedom Fighter Sound system crew man like Brother Hennry, Johannes, Richard, Team rub a dub berlin family man like Long fingah, Tonto addi, hotta henne, riddim bwoy, woman like julie oneness & Jahminta Zulu rep roots daughter sound system. Also, I'm so happy to announce having a band showcase with Subpressure bands and The magic touch band again again again 🤩 I'm really looking forward to seeing new people and old friends around when I go back to Asian 🙏🙏🙏 Please check it out!! ☆ Date / Events / Venue / City, Country - lgs ☆ 03.02 / Berlin Roots & Culture / Yaam / Berlin (DE) - lgs Blessed Love & Roots Daughter & Long Fingah ☆ 11.02 / Dub Temple / Kamienna12 / Krakow (PL) - lgs Young Veteran Sound ☆ 24.02 / Off Beat Club / Schokoladen / Berlin (DE) - lgs Subpressure Band & Team Rub A Dub Berlin Family ☆ 25.02 / We Rum Things / Blessedlove Records shop / Berlin (DE) - lgs Helmut Philipps, Young Veteran Sound ☆ 26.04 / Berlin Dub Cafe / Gretchen / Berlin (DE) - lgs Helmut Philipps, Plug Dub, Sirensisters, Young Veteran. ☆ 03.04 / Dub Night "System Mash Up Special / Secret Location / Berlin (DE) - lgs Roots Daughter, Charile, Andjo, Raia ☆ 03.03 / Surf Station / Ummanz / Rügen (DE) - lgs Tonto Addi & Long Fingah ☆ 10.03 / The Magic Touch Band Show Case / Supamolly / Berlin (DE) - lgs The Magic Touch, Long Fingah ☆ 25.03 / Freedom Fighter Sound System Session / Secret Location / Berlin (DE) - lgs Freedom Fighter Sound System & Long Fingah And more and more... in Japan And Asia... Crazy!!!!!!!!! Photo by 📸 @a3bor.ph ❤️ #yugotaguchi #yugot #yugodtaguchi #dubbingyou #grechan #subpressureband #themagictouchband #buyreggae #rootsdaughters #youngveteransoundsystem #rootsplug #sirensisters #dubcafe #longfingah #tontoaddi #hottariddims #blessedlovesound #freedomfightersound #buyreggae #love #music #roots #reggae (Berlin, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/Coo5WYoMDvd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[holeandholland]

2019年にスタートしたRYUKYU FOLKLORE(リュウキュウ フォルクローレ)は、今回で2回目となり、場所をPANORAMA Ocean View Cottageへ移し、野外イベントを開催します。 5年ぶりの来日となるVOODOOHOPの創設者の一人でもあるThomash、Saeko Killyをベルリン、Groundを大阪、Mamazuを東京から迎え、沖縄ローカル勢とオールナイトの宴を開きます。 ダンスフロアは絶景ポイントにデッキを用意し、浮遊感のあるダンスを体験できるようにセッティングされています。 PANORAMA Ocean View Cottageは、沖縄本島北部の海沿いの大通りから1kmほど山道を上ったワイルドな山の高台に位置し、広大なキャンプサイトがあり、パノラマで広がる海に沈むサンセットを見ることができるプライベートな場所となっています。

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▼SHOP 麺神まるよしヴィーガンラーメン Good Burrito NUKUMI KITCHEN SPICE CURRY PALMYRA ASIAN RESTAURANTコマゲン IROCAKES オーキコーヒー ourpace ChillMountain 銀天版店 タイ式マッサージ きらぶに MERKABA relaxation Freaky Hands ANELA KOMBUCHA

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[chaney90bentley]

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