A Preview of the New Marketplace Supermarket in Rockwell

Friday night Christmas shopping led me to Rockwell in the off-chance that there was a holiday bazaar in the Rockwell tent. While this was not a successful venture, I decided to check out Rustan’s grocery store  instead for some calorie-laden snacks.

Now I haven’t been to Rockwell for a long time and rather than finding Rustan’s, i found this new supermarket that looked even more high-end than usual.

According to Rustan's website, the new supermarket boasts an extensive range of international specialty and gourmet selections set against a pleasureable contemporary backfrop.

Taking freshness to a whole new level, the supermarket houses a wonderful repertoire of products from all over the world. Now personally, i can get lost for hours in a new supermarket. It's a mad obsession. Here's a few things i found.

 

Smore's Snack mix

A mix of dark chocolate and white chocolate chunks, crunchy honey graham squares and mini-marshmallow all drizzled with chocolate flavored coatings.

 

 

Chips made from naturally blue potatoes

( blue potato, hmm wonder what a fresh one taste like)

 

 

Oysters flown from France

PHP 129/piece (yikes)

 

 

Mexican lime juice cordial, Indian tonic water, and bitter lemon.

PHP 58/bottle (not bad )

 

What the heck is indian water?

 

 

Ginger Ale

PHP58/bottle

 





Finally! it's so hard to find good Ginger Ale nowadays. The Canada Dry brand just tasted too much like regular sprite. The Essential Waitrose version really tastes like carbonated Salabat. Yum!

 

 

 

 Squid ink and sugar beet pasta

 

 

 

Ready to bake croissants

(looks a little squished though, maybe it'll puff up in the oven)

 

 

Overall, this shop has a great mix of inexpensive and high-end goodies. I'd go back more often just to buy that ginger ale.