New May Wah Market

The other night we had some time before picking Vida up from Hebrew School and so we made our way down Clement Street to the New May Wah Market. I’m not sure what happened to the original May Wah but this one looks to have been around for a while. It is a typical Asian market with a strange combination of hand priced items and fairly sophisticated scanning registers. We picked up some Pocky but I was really interested in finding something different. Vic was attracted to these brightly colored soda type drinks. Usually I stay away from these sodium benzoate laden concoctions but this one had a marble at the top that dropped and made the drink fizz when you open it. I got an orange one for Vida and a lemonade variety for Victor. I picked out a Kirin Ichiban in a 24 oz can. When we got to the car I couldn’t figure out had to open the drink. The instructions were too small for my poor eyes to see. I finally got it open and the marble to drop in and Vic enjoyed his drink. I was very chagrined however when Victor pulled the marble out of the top of the bottle since obviously the marble was supposed to stay in the bottle in order to not be a choking hazard. When I got Vida to actually read the instructions I realized I had opened it improperly, yikes. Nevertheless both kids managed to get the marble out even when opened properly.

Vic’s Snack—Lemonade Soda with a marble Vida’s Snack- Orange Soda with a marble. Beer of the Day—Kirin Ichiban 24 oz can.