I usually browse around different supermarkets when I go grocery shopping in Flushing. This place was recommended by my Aunt. She told me that Farmer's Market has frequent sales in the meat department and advised that I check here first when I want to cook some fresh meat for the night. So I have been doing as told and have been saving up a lot!! Hey, every penny counts especially when you are living away from your family. I feel like a housewife already lol
Cons: Always crowded. Cramped place. Wet floors. Hard to communicate with Mandarin-speaking staff.
Farmers Market is one of several Asian sidewalk markets where you can peruse the fresh fruit and veggies and pick you own from within the display. Only inconvenience is that after bagging your trophies, you have to go inside the store to pay, where there is usually a long line waiting. This takes much of the luster off the success of the score.
Prices change towards the end of the day, so if you arrive later in the afternoon you may find an unusually good price on the remaining products. Your choices are reduced and have been picked over, but it is still possible to get what you need at a better price.
The aisles inside the Market carry the same things as all the other stores in the area, but in less variety than J Mart of the other larger format megastores.
English is definitely a second language around here, and if you can't discuss the quality of the melons in Mandarin or Cantonese you are at a disadvantage.
I usually browse around different supermarkets when I go grocery shopping in Flushing. This place was recommended by my Aunt. She told me that Farmer's Market has frequent sales in the meat department and advised that I check here first when I want to cook some fresh meat for the night. So I have been doing as told and have been saving up a lot!! Hey, every penny counts especially when you are living away from your family. I feel like a housewife already lol
Cons: Always crowded. Cramped place. Wet floors. Hard to communicate with Mandarin-speaking staff.
Farmers Market is one of several Asian sidewalk markets where you can peruse the fresh fruit and veggies and pick you own from within the display. Only inconvenience is that after bagging your trophies, you have to go inside the store to pay, where there is usually a long line waiting. This takes much of the luster off the success of the score.
Prices change towards the end of the day, so if you arrive later in the afternoon you may find an unusually good price on the remaining products. Your choices are reduced and have been picked over, but it is still possible to get what you need at a better price.
The aisles inside the Market carry the same things as all the other stores in the area, but in less variety than J Mart of the other larger format megastores.
English is definitely a second language around here, and if you can't discuss the quality of the melons in Mandarin or Cantonese you are at a disadvantage.