Sunday, January 31, 2010

Bananas

Food in Japan is notoriously expensive. Milk = $10/gallon. Butter = $15/pound. Strawberries = $6 (if you're lucky). One apple = $1-2. Green beans at one store cost $5 for 1/3 pound. And one banana, on average, costs $0.50 cents.

So I was astonished to find the most amazing bargain at Daimaru Peacock, a fairly expensive grocery store in Azabu Juban.


18 Chiquita bananas - for only 198 yen! That's $2! We ate 15 in 3 days, and I made banana bread with the remaining 3.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

excellent banana picture.