Skip to main content

American Grocery in Guam


 The most interesting grocery store we have found on the island of Guam is American Grocery, located in the village of Dededo, north a ways of the Mircronesian Mall. 


 William followed us around taking photos one day of just a few of the interesting foods you might be able to find in this multi-ethinic store.


 So just how American is American Grocery?  You decide.



 This isle isn't too bad.


 Tofu.  That's pretty normal, at least for our family, but I spent a lot of time in Thailand, so it might not be normal for the normal American.


A 25 lb. of Jasmine rice in the cart.  Skip the strange meats to the left.


 Spam is a popular "food?" here.


 But now were going toward the unusual.  Banana Ketchup anyone?


 Palawan Honey.  Straight from Palawan Island, Philippines.


 Coconut jam.  We forgot to get a jar of this to try.


 A whole isle of canned fish.


 Orange colored marshmellows, made with Philppine mangoes.


 What do you do with sweet coconut gel?


I am sure there is a good use for dried lotus leaves.


But what is this?  I can't remember, and I can't read Chinese.  There's plenty in the store, and more, if you need some.



Labels

Labels:

Comments

  1. SharonMarch 4, 2013 at 10:55 PM

    That is funny, I was just in a new "Far East Market" that I discovered, right on my beaten path, just yesterday. So I stopped to check it out, and many of the things you showed here were in that store. I was wondering about the Lotus leaves too - - had not seen that in any of the Asian stores that I have been known to frequent over the years, since we returned from Thailand!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Guam 2020: Post 2 - First Full Day on Guam

I'm doing pretty good, jet lag wise for the first day. I was able to sleep until 4:45 this morning. On past visits to the island, I woke up at 2 or 3 AM and was unable to go back to sleep. I've been busy all day. We took a hike with our friends, Roger and Amy Krum, and their children Nathan and Alyssa. There is a mural at the parking area that wasn't there before.  It depicts the traditional sailing boat of the Chamorro people, and the ancient latte stones. We went south on the highway, just a little ways to the viewpoint for Cetti Bay.  Then across the road is the trail to Mt. Lam Lam, the highest point on the island.  It was such a beautiful afternoon with temperatures in the low to mid 80's and a nice breeze off the sea.  The trail goes up through grassland savannas with trees and flowers along the way.  We saw the Bamboo orchid that grows in the grass. There were some little blue pea family flowers and some yellow pea family flo...
3 comments
Read more

Guam 8: Asan Beach

On Friday afternoons, Rob gets out of work at noon.  Since his weeknights are busy with work almost until sundown, we take advantage of this daylight time to get out and see something new.  This week we chose Asan Beach.  Asan Beach has a long history on Guam, the most notable thing is that it was one of the two beaches where the US landed to push back the Japanese in WWII.  Agat, right across the road from where we lived four years ago, is the other place.  Here is a link to the National Park Service's view on the history of Asan Beach.  Here is a link to more about the attack at Agat Beach , and some oral histories of the Chamorro People in the war .  It is hard to believe on a beautiful day like this one, that this was the site of war, with young soldiers dying on both sides.   You can find photos of how it looked in 1944 here.    Waves crash on the reef, not far from the shore.  The pipe on ...
1 comment
Read more

Safeguard your Health

Want to safeguard your health?  Here are the four steps you need.  You can do it today and every day. 1.  Gratitude.  Tell everyone "Thank you."  Write down what you are grateful for.  Keep a gratitude journal.  Read And Voskamp's book, "One Thousand Gifts."  Counteract negative thinking with gratitude.  "And be thankful." Col. 3: 17.   2.  Rejoicing.  Especially rejoicing in the kindness and love of God.  Sing.  Listen to uplifting music.  Read God's word and rejoice while you are reading it for everything that God has done, is doing, and has promised to do for you.  "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine."  Proverbs 17:22.  Rejoice out loud, if possible. 3.  Benevolence.  Benevolence means act of charity.  Charity means loving kindness.  Do something good for someone else.  An act of kindness, for someone you know, or someone you don't, goes a long way. ...
2 comments
Read more