Does anyone know of any Asian food stores in the Lehigh Valley region
of Pennsylvania, especially stores with good Japanese selections?
Thanks in advance.

"Daniel Marx" > wrote in message
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> Does anyone know of any Asian food stores in the Lehigh Valley region
> of Pennsylvania, especially stores with good Japanese selections?
> Thanks in advance.

how far away are you from the NJ side
of the George Washington Bridge?

<<coming out of lurk mode>>
Having escaped from Hazleton Pa (north of Allentown) about 4 years ago I
can tell you that there were no asian food stores north of Philadelphia when
we lived there. You can go down to the "Chinatown" in Philadelphia and find
quite a few asian stores of all types. It is a cosmopolitan city afterall..
But I was shocked to see that even in Allentown there is nothing along the
line of asian anything..heck, in Hell..i mean in Hazleton there was a
"chinese" restaurant but all of their supplies were trucked in from
companies in NJ and NYC.
During a hospital stay in Lehigh Valley Hospital I made the mistake of
trying a dish they claimed was "Oriental" It was basically chicken and
broccoli ala Peking style(that spelling should have warned me). On the side
in the condiments that came withe dish was a packet of <shudder> forgive me
for using this but the soy sauce packet said La Choy!!!!! I mean that stuff
is not even good enough to give a starving person, and it is nowhere, no
way, real soy sauce...EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW..Talk about having your patients
lose their appetites
Anyway, sorry to give you the bad news. I hope things MIGHT have changed but
knowing that area after being stranded in Hell..I mean Hazleton for 14 years
I doubt things have changed.
Mike
"Musashi" > wrote in message
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>
> "Daniel Marx" > wrote in message
> om...
> > Does anyone know of any Asian food stores in the Lehigh Valley region
> > of Pennsylvania, especially stores with good Japanese selections?
> > Thanks in advance.
>
> how far away are you from the NJ side
> of the George Washington Bridge?
>
>


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In light of this information, perhaps the poster would consider ordering
on-line?


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> <<coming out of lurk mode>>
> Having escaped from Hazleton Pa (north of Allentown) about 4 years ago I
> can tell you that there were no asian food stores north of Philadelphia
when
> we lived there. You can go down to the "Chinatown" in Philadelphia and
find
> quite a few asian stores of all types. It is a cosmopolitan city
afterall..
> But I was shocked to see that even in Allentown there is nothing along the
> line of asian anything..heck, in Hell..i mean in Hazleton there was a
> "chinese" restaurant but all of their supplies were trucked in from
> companies in NJ and NYC.
> During a hospital stay in Lehigh Valley Hospital I made the mistake of
> trying a dish they claimed was "Oriental" It was basically chicken and
> broccoli ala Peking style(that spelling should have warned me). On the
side
> in the condiments that came withe dish was a packet of <shudder> forgive
me
> for using this but the soy sauce packet said La Choy!!!!! I mean that
stuff
> is not even good enough to give a starving person, and it is nowhere, no
> way, real soy sauce...EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW..Talk about having your patients
> lose their appetites
> Anyway, sorry to give you the bad news. I hope things MIGHT have changed
but
> knowing that area after being stranded in Hell..I mean Hazleton for 14
years
> I doubt things have changed.
> Mike
> "Musashi" > wrote in message
> m...
> >
> > "Daniel Marx" > wrote in message
> > om...
> > > Does anyone know of any Asian food stores in the Lehigh Valley region
> > > of Pennsylvania, especially stores with good Japanese selections?
> > > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > how far away are you from the NJ side
> > of the George Washington Bridge?
> >
> >
>
>
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"Musashi" > wrote in message . com>...
> In light of this information, perhaps the poster would consider ordering
> on-line?
I would, and, if I have to, I will. However, the sites I have found
(www.maruwa.com, www.katagiri.com, www.anasuper.com) all charge
"handling" fees, which I *hate*. I mean, the first two are retail
stores. Don't they "handle" the items when they shelve them?!
I live about 30 minutes from NJ, in answer to your previous question.
Well, actually, I don't "live" here, I just attend college here. Most
likely, I'll just buy alot when I go home.