It has become a habit of mine to visit franchises like 7-Eleven or McDonald’s when I visit to different countries. Although they are similar in every countries, normally each places would have their own unique stuff that are not available elsewhere.
It has also become a habit of mine to taste different (local) beer and instant noodles when I visit different countries…
Taiwan beer, at a 7-Eleven store in Hualian… very mild
Great variety of instant noodles
Would have taken a few more photos, but a shopkeeper politely forbidded me to do so… well, if I am to take pictures in Malaysia the Malaysian shopkeepers probably won’t bother much about what I am doing. Speaking of cultural difference.
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thats a lot of instant noodles :)
Wish America had that big of variety for instant noddles. I think 7-elevens in Asia are so much better with all the variety of food items…the most we have here is sandwiches or hotdogs but the slurpees are awesome.
Emilie… I don’t think all 7-11s in Asian countries have that many variety of food items, those in my country Malaysia are quite boring actually… we don’t have these instant noodles, and we normally don’t have proper sandwiches or hotdogs… the only thing that makes me go there is their variety of beer lol… and ya the slurpees :)
i partially agree with Emilie.
i think the coolest 7-11s i’ve seen are the ones in hk and taiwan.
their taiwan commericals always uses popular celebs.
the ones in canada suck though.
just like any normal convenient store…
Ya, the Taiwan’s 7-11 took their business seriously with their commercials etc… or perhaps it’s relative cheap to hire those celebs in Taiwan.
The coolest 7-11 I have visited is in Hong Kong… they have a sushi bar and also sell some fresh Hong Kong street food.
hey totally agree on the cultural difference as such. in fact, in a food court in singapore, and also in a supermarket, i was not allowed to take photos at all.
apparently the food counter was afraid of people copying their concept (it was a rustic feel), while the supermarket ppl told me it was because of rivals. dont quite get them though.
Sushi bar??? That’s awesome!!
QuaChee… food court? They don’t know the power of bloggers kah? Free promotion wor.
Ya, some of the supermarkets in KL are forbidding photo taking as well… frankly, if people want to steal their concept, they can’t do anything to stop them lah.
Emilie… just a small corner, but it’s a sushi bar nonetheless :)
LOL. I love 7-11!!! i spend hours just looking at the products that they sell!
lots of them come in cute packages.. can’t get enough!
I bought a lot of bottled drinks and keep the bottles (until now. lol. how dorky)
:D
Deby… you are not the only dork… I also used to keep water bottles from all around the world, but threw away most of it when moving house last year :p
I like 7-11s better in Asia than in Canada
but doesn’t HK also have something like 7-11 – (Watson’s?)
Although it isn’t really based on food products..
Thanks for the post
HK have plenty of 7-11 too; I’ll post up some of my HK’s 7-11 photos next time :)
That Taiwan beer looks just like a can of Heineken beer.