The Doritos corn chips you can get for RMB30 at City Shop .
Unless I've been mingling in the right supermarket but at the wrong times, I'd like to share with my fellow Shanghai expats a serendipitous discovery found on the shelves at The City Shop/City Supermarket (whatever its called), at The Portman Center on Nanjing Xi Lu.
Doritos! No, not the bananas, but real corn chips! I love Nacho Cheese! There's also Spicy Nacho and Cool Ranch. At RMB30 per packet, the price won't blow the budget either. I came across this addition while gathering the appropriate ingredients for a few Christmas dishes we're cooking up for next Monday. A friend told me a while back that Doritos was supposed to be launching in China sometime this year, but these packages were devoid of any Chinese printing and had the logo 'Export' plastered on the bottom corner of the packets, so I guess these aren't the "for Chinese market" variety that we've come to love & cherish (Cucumber-flavoured Lay's potato chips, anyone...? Anyone...?).
On the topic of the imported foods, I just wish a box of Vita Brits or Weetbix was less than RMB45 a pop - a truly criminal price for a few bricks of wholesome shredded & pressed wheat. At least Tim Tams go for just about the right price at around RMB25.
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