The Tesco supermarket where black, hairy sea slugs are on special offer!!

mc_squared · 31-01-2007, 08:42 AM

The Tesco where sea slugs are on special offer

Last updated at 22:00pm on 30th January 2007

An offal lot of meat at the new Tesco in Beijing - click to enlarge

The familiar red-and-blue logo is much in evidence, while products on display include digestive biscuits and marmalade.

But this is no ordinary Tesco. Welcome to Legou Tesco, the first store to open under the company banner in the Chinese capital Beijing.
Despite the retailing expertise which has turned it into Britain's biggest name in shopping, Tesco has been keen to fit in with local tastes and tradition. So in place of pies and sausages there are cabinets stuffed with braised pig trotters, bundled together in fours by string.

With a practised prod, shopper Mei Wenhui tests the firmness of a huge rib cage crammed with several others in a huge metal bin. "It seems very good quality - very fresh and the price is low," says the 44 year old housewife.

Nearby, in large plastic dishes, offal - including tripe, hearts, unidentifiable intestines, livers and kidneys - from all manner of beasts, is displayed sliced, chopped and minced.

In the seafood section, large nets are available for customers to bag their preferred carp or eel, still swimming in tanks, while live turtles are also for sale.

Trays of hai shen, an ugly, black and hairy sea-slug which might have British shoppers calling hysterically for the health and safety inspector, are on special offer at £20 per lb.

One familiar British note is the courtesy buses which bring bargain hunters from the densely populated, high-rise Dacheng district in south-east Beijing.

British products, marked with a Union Jack, are confined to six small shelves.

Following other Western store giants such Carrefour and Wal-Mart, Tesco has been in China since 2004, initially trading under the name of its Chinese partner company.

Its 50 stores there will now all share the Legou Tesco name - Legou means "happy shopper".

RICK8 · 31-01-2007, 08:56 AM

..vomits up dinner!!!!!!!

mc_squared · 31-01-2007, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by RICK8;1973517
..vomits up dinner!!!!!!!

Like this?

RICK8 · 31-01-2007, 09:19 AM

Yes Mark..your second fav smiley..

busybeeburns · 31-01-2007, 10:02 AM

'Buy one get one free' is probably not a good idea in this instance.

mc_squared · 31-01-2007, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by busybeeburns;1973523
'Buy one get one free' is probably not a good idea in this instance.

Do you reckon they do a Tesco "value" slug, too??

anniep_93 · 31-01-2007, 10:35 AM

Yum

mc_squared · 31-01-2007, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by anniep_93;1973528
Yum

You eat them?

anniep_93 · 31-01-2007, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by mc_squared;1973534
You eat them?

Nah, I play cricket with them!

Of course I eat them. They're not good for anything else!

mc_squared · 31-01-2007, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by anniep_93;1973537
Nah, I play cricket with them!

Of course I eat them. They're not good for anything else!

Well I would suggest they're not good for that, either!!

However, I think photographic evidence would be needed for me to believe you!!

busybeeburns · 31-01-2007, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by mc_squared;1973526
Do you reckon they do a Tesco "value" slug, too??

They do value Pellets so I don't see why not!

mc_squared · 31-01-2007, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by busybeeburns;1973605
They do value Pellets so I don't see why not!

What sort? Rabbit?

RICK8 · 31-01-2007, 07:32 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by anniep_93;1973537
Nah, I play cricket with them!

Of course I eat them. They're not good for anything else!

Seriously? That's disgusting!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Black Rose · 31-01-2007, 08:25 PM

When I saw this thread, I thought it was something else.

31-01-2007, 08:42 AM	#1
mc_squared Banned Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 67,519 My Mood: Location: Wherever life takes me Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	The Tesco supermarket where black, hairy sea slugs are on special offer!! The Tesco where sea slugs are on special offer Last updated at 22:00pm on 30th January 2007 Comments An offal lot of meat at the new Tesco in Beijing - click to enlarge The familiar red-and-blue logo is much in evidence, while products on display include digestive biscuits and marmalade. But this is no ordinary Tesco. Welcome to Legou Tesco, the first store to open under the company banner in the Chinese capital Beijing. Despite the retailing expertise which has turned it into Britain's biggest name in shopping, Tesco has been keen to fit in with local tastes and tradition. So in place of pies and sausages there are cabinets stuffed with braised pig trotters, bundled together in fours by string. With a practised prod, shopper Mei Wenhui tests the firmness of a huge rib cage crammed with several others in a huge metal bin. "It seems very good quality - very fresh and the price is low," says the 44 year old housewife. Nearby, in large plastic dishes, offal - including tripe, hearts, unidentifiable intestines, livers and kidneys - from all manner of beasts, is displayed sliced, chopped and minced. In the seafood section, large nets are available for customers to bag their preferred carp or eel, still swimming in tanks, while live turtles are also for sale. Trays of hai shen, an ugly, black and hairy sea-slug which might have British shoppers calling hysterically for the health and safety inspector, are on special offer at £20 per lb. One familiar British note is the courtesy buses which bring bargain hunters from the densely populated, high-rise Dacheng district in south-east Beijing. British products, marked with a Union Jack, are confined to six small shelves. Following other Western store giants such Carrefour and Wal-Mart, Tesco has been in China since 2004, initially trading under the name of its Chinese partner company. Its 50 stores there will now all share the Legou Tesco name - Legou means "happy shopper". __________________ LIFE ISN'T MEANT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY Be yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks. Work to live - don't live to work...................... Age is purely a state of mind! Don't waste your time on jealousy. Success is a journey, NOT a destination. Life is a marathon, NOT a sprint! http://www.generationterrorists.com/...sunscreen.html

31-01-2007, 08:56 AM	#2
RICK8 Ætti Mørkna. \oo/ Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 73,434 My Mood: Location: New Zealand. Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	..vomits up dinner!!!!!!! __________________ You might be a big fish,in a little pond,doesn't mean you have won,cause along may come a bigger one.

31-01-2007, 09:04 AM	#3
mc_squared Banned Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 67,519 My Mood: Location: Wherever life takes me Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by RICK8;1973517 ..vomits up dinner!!!!!!! Like this? __________________ LIFE ISN'T MEANT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY Be yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks. Work to live - don't live to work...................... Age is purely a state of mind! Don't waste your time on jealousy. Success is a journey, NOT a destination. Life is a marathon, NOT a sprint! http://www.generationterrorists.com/...sunscreen.html

31-01-2007, 09:19 AM	#4
RICK8 Ætti Mørkna. \oo/ Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 73,434 My Mood: Location: New Zealand. Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Yes Mark..your second fav smiley.. __________________ You might be a big fish,in a little pond,doesn't mean you have won,cause along may come a bigger one.

31-01-2007, 10:27 AM	#6
mc_squared Banned Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 67,519 My Mood: Location: Wherever life takes me Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by busybeeburns;1973523 'Buy one get one free' is probably not a good idea in this instance. Do you reckon they do a Tesco "value" slug, too?? __________________ LIFE ISN'T MEANT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY Be yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks. Work to live - don't live to work...................... Age is purely a state of mind! Don't waste your time on jealousy. Success is a journey, NOT a destination. Life is a marathon, NOT a sprint! http://www.generationterrorists.com/...sunscreen.html

31-01-2007, 10:02 AM	#5
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31-01-2007, 10:35 AM	#7
anniep_93 Hello =] Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 3,218 Location: Where beer does flow and men chunder Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Yum __________________

31-01-2007, 10:52 AM	#8
mc_squared Banned Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 67,519 My Mood: Location: Wherever life takes me Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by anniep_93;1973528 Yum You eat them? __________________ LIFE ISN'T MEANT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY Be yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks. Work to live - don't live to work...................... Age is purely a state of mind! Don't waste your time on jealousy. Success is a journey, NOT a destination. Life is a marathon, NOT a sprint! http://www.generationterrorists.com/...sunscreen.html

31-01-2007, 10:55 AM	#9
anniep_93 Hello =] Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 3,218 Location: Where beer does flow and men chunder Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by mc_squared;1973534 You eat them? Nah, I play cricket with them! Of course I eat them. They're not good for anything else! __________________

31-01-2007, 10:59 AM	#10
mc_squared Banned Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 67,519 My Mood: Location: Wherever life takes me Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by anniep_93;1973537 Nah, I play cricket with them! Of course I eat them. They're not good for anything else! Well I would suggest they're not good for that, either!! However, I think photographic evidence would be needed for me to believe you!! __________________ LIFE ISN'T MEANT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY Be yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks. Work to live - don't live to work...................... Age is purely a state of mind! Don't waste your time on jealousy. Success is a journey, NOT a destination. Life is a marathon, NOT a sprint! http://www.generationterrorists.com/...sunscreen.html

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31-01-2007, 02:32 PM	#12
mc_squared Banned Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 67,519 My Mood: Location: Wherever life takes me Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by busybeeburns;1973605 They do value Pellets so I don't see why not! What sort? Rabbit? __________________ LIFE ISN'T MEANT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY Be yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks. Work to live - don't live to work...................... Age is purely a state of mind! Don't waste your time on jealousy. Success is a journey, NOT a destination. Life is a marathon, NOT a sprint! http://www.generationterrorists.com/...sunscreen.html

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RICK8 Ætti Mørkna. \oo/ Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 73,434 My Mood: Location: New Zealand. Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by anniep_93;1973537 Nah, I play cricket with them! Of course I eat them. They're not good for anything else! Seriously? That's disgusting!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ You might be a big fish,in a little pond,doesn't mean you have won,cause along may come a bigger one.

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