all right everybody today we are going for the full
Supermarket tour here in Lahore we will check out this store called Jalal Sons right near our Airbnb
and we'll see what we can find and what the prices are so let's check it out
so pretty busy today it's about 3 P.M right now I guess we got multiple floors downstairs here
as well as upstairs and even upstairs again as well as what seems to be a pharmacy on the right
so lots of action and nice air conditioning in here I will say that let me grab a basket
a basket okay and then we'll check some uh some aisles here so first thing I noticed is
there is tons of employees working here in the red shirt there's like six or seven around us
already so I think if we have a question we'll never be too far from the answer because many
many employees now typically in a hot country like this uh not a lot of cheese and the prices
are usually pretty high so these two or three fridges here is the entire cheese section I
believe mostly sliced and or processed cheese not a lot of good quality fresh cheese to be clear
now just past the cheese section we've got Nutella here and believe it or not this cough spread
uh Biscoff is the crackers no or the cookies that you get on airplanes quite often
this coffee spread something new wow something new no
yeah
and so far it's a pretty typical grocery store experience you've got all these aisles with
the fluorescent lights signs up top telling you what's in each aisle pretty standard stuff and I
guess pretty busy for 3 P.M during Ramadan uh buy one get one free Doritos don't mind if I do and I
wonder if there's any uniquely Pakistani flavors Sweet Chili Pepper or something new I've never
seen and a lot of flamin hot which makes sense they want spicy oh cool ranch very American flavor
Cool Ranch sweet chili pretty familiar and no lace actually which is interesting pretty small
junk food section just Doritos and Pringles yeah no mace and the Pringles are all pretty
familiar flavors okay oh and also lace yogurt and Herb this is like a Rita flavor I guess French
cheese that's sort of interesting and of course masala this is I'm assuming is the Top flavor I
guess this is the Pakistani version of sour cream and onion sour cream onion yes yogurt and heart
you know
that's something interesting new stronger Pepsi I don't know I've never seen this fizzier and
tastier I wonder if it's more sweet and more carbonated something new stronger
Pepsi okay no I've never understood this if someone could explain this to me this is milk
somehow on a hot day in Lahore it's like 35 or 40 degrees outside uh it's not in the fridge
it is air conditioning here but I don't know how they have milk that's just not in
the fridge anyway 200 rupees for one liter also they seem to always brag about Australian milk
in Pakistan if it's good quality milk you say Australian cow why is it Australia that makes
you know there's some good milk right there now unfortunately in Pakistan do not have a Coffee
Culture they definitely have a chai culture this whole aisle here is all different types of tea for
various prices from relatively expensive to very cheap but they do not have a Coffee Culture so
all you're going to find here is instant coffee they've got tons of different uh versions of
Nescafe everywhere you look Nescafe Nescafe and this which is not Nescafe but still instant coffee
and then you've got this which is coffee beans not yet ground so Ivana and I always look for ground
coffee yes cannot seem to find it in Pakistan yeah it's either beans small section of beans and a
huge section of instant coffee even the Starbucks is in Houston oh look at that instant Starbucks
something new instant Starbucks and so I'm sort of surprised that this section is not bigger
in the Pakistani grocery store just from here to here is the Pakistani food spices it's about the
same size as the one in Canada but I think the reason is a lot of people here are making this
powders themselves they've got their own Masala at home and they don't need to buy the pre-box one
so if they're making Biryani for example I think they're pinching a bunch of different powders and
making their own Biryani mix because this section here oh the same size as the one in Canada overall
and so I guess this store is a bit like a Walmart or a bit like a Superstore or something because
this whole aisle is actually cleaning supplies so not just food in this store oh and here's Febreze
thousand rupees for Febreze but I think Ivana has gone downstairs to grab some chicken so let's go
to the basement and so I guess the basement is arranged where all the Frozen stuff is in these
freezers whether it's bread or chicken or burgers and then the fresh meat at this counter and even
Fresh Veggies over here so let's go see Ivana I guess the chicken counter is quite busy now
maybe she's gonna wait in line and see the price of some chicken breast now one thing you'll notice
is in Pakistan they never have chicken skin yeah they will sell drumsticks they will sell wings and
legs but they seem to never have chicken skin I don't know if this is a Halal thing or this
is a cultural thing but they seem to never have skin on the chicken it's the whole thing because
in Malaysia yeah so it's just cultural thing yeah no chicken skin yeah it was hard to order
chicken breasts for 5 41. 141 rupees oh the price actually and right beside the chicken and section
we've got the fresh veggie section where you'll grab the stuff yourself they don't
actually use plastic bags here they use these sort of yellow Nets which potentially is very
environmentally friendly as we care so much about in Canada what this is I have no idea
not quite sure and then once you fill your yellow net you'll go over
here and weigh your stuff and then they'll give a price date for you
seven carrots
come on cabbage and just before we go upstairs we have the oil section olive oil is not very
common here but they do have this product quite a lot which is called canned Olive which is like a
canola and Olive mix canola and sunflower oil with olive extract uh 2200 rupees for three liters and
they tend to sell a lot of oil I think this might be indicative of how much oil is in some of the
food we eat especially street food because they tend to have huge jugs of oil and mostly canola
and or sunflower oil I mean this must be for a restaurant that's like a 10 liter jug of oil
it looks like it's in a gasoline jug says Ivana sort of sort of right and something
I've never seen before a sign that says lady staff not allowed in the warehouse
something new just besides the oil section but let's go upstairs and
maybe we'll check the top floor see what's up there let's go oh look at that they sell fresh
samosas this is the thing we always see the chicken drumstick and some sort of biscuit and or
pastry thing fried chicken with almost like a KFC bucket bucket right inside the grocery store it's
a good idea actually oh look at this too a Fresh Bakery I tell you what it smells good up here
wow this is a full Bakery lots of different assorted cookies assorted Sweet Treats I
think this is gulab jamun which is a top top dessert in Pakistan even some potentially
pistachio desserts baklava or something of that nature and even an olive cart
with assorted olives and hot peppers and other assorted pickled yum yums up in this
section so quite the grocery store pretty elaborate and up one more level seems to
be like a toy section maybe we'll do a brief lap around here just to see
what we can see and if you believe it there's actually One More Level it looks like housewares
the store keeps going and going and going as Ivana finds what appears to be Pakistani Monopoly
what you got there yeah Monopoly
a thousand rupees okay fair and I tell you what not a bad birthday present for a little kid 43
000 rupees for the motorcycle or 31 000 rupees for the uh what is that Ford Mustang convertible
not bad and I guess Pakistani kids like cars because uh Lamborghini 9000 Rupees got some
BMWs for six and a half thousand rupees I wonder if they have a Suzuki Maran something
tells me they don't sell the action figure of the Suzuki meren which everyone outside is driving
and maybe just before we go we'll check out the pharmacy on the left we can buy
some shampoo and check some prices of some common household bathroom items
foreign [Music] shoulders classic cleaning but also Head and Shoulders still be black and so
funny that so far in our trip every single Airbnb we've stayed at has had shampoo for
us to use which is very nice of them but it's always been this black shine shampoo and when
you pop the top and look inside and you squirt it in your hand it's like dark black shampoo and
it makes your hair shine black so clearly the most common hair color in Pakistan black hair all right
let's go back in line and see what everything costs total bill I will say this every single
item in the store had a price on it except for the bread right for some reason the bread had no
pricing I think it was from that Bakery so maybe it's in between batches Ah that's right no need
to go for prices because everything's lined up and I think they don't have plastic bags
they have like a felt bag at the front here and I believe they have a guy working here who puts
the groceries in the bag for you right right so it's a full service once you start good
it's like unbelievable wait let's play for our stuff okay so we didn't use their white
bags because we brought our own good job Ivana what was your final final bill there
1500 and we got a good size amount of groceries and especially the chicken would be the most
expensive one overall good experience and we're right back into the street which believe it or
not is relatively quiet compared to what it could be because it's about 3 30 p.m during
Ramadan I think it would be like 50 more crowded if it was not Ramadan most people are fasting and
so they maybe are not outside during the day all the restaurants around here are closed and
yet everybody else is out and still enjoying the 35 degree Lahore heat so there you have it
everybody thanks for watching our video just a simple one today of the grocery store tour
I'm still recovering from my sickness yeah the cold that will never end we're gonna make some
home cooked food today thank goodness for that all right see you guys later