T-Mark Asian Food Supermarket

[randomness]

The stretch of Riccarton Road in Christchurch, east of Riccarton Mall towards Hagley Park, particularly the crossroads around Clarence Street, has become a Little Korea, with all kinds of shops and restaurants. The food looks okay, but I wasn't in the mood for Korean. However, there are also a few other Asian places. T-Mark is Taiwanese (at least, that's what the Chinese characters say). They have a second location in Christchurch's City Centre, which is the first one I found.

T-Mark
120 Hereford Street
City Centre, Christchurch
tel/fax: +64.3.379.9888
email: chcity@tmark.co.nz
M-Su: 1000-1830

T-Mark
62 Riccarton Road
Riccarton, Christchurch
tel/fax: +64.3.982.9080
email: chch@tmark.co.nz
Sa-Th: 1000-1730
F: 1000-1830

This wouldn't be a place worth noting if it weren't for the fact that they have bai2tang2gao1. But they do, and this is noteworthy in Christchurch. I did not expect to find it here. A smallish (200g, maybe?) box of this squishy white sweet is NZ$2.80 ($1.90). So, it's not the best bai2tang2gao1 I've ever had, but it's not bad. I asked, and the manager said that they get it fresh daily, except Sundays.

The Riccarton Road branch is the larger of the two. They also carry a very small selection of bao1zi (like, I think, one variety?), and a huge selection of Taiwanese groceries, including ramen, boxed drink, tea, and so forth.

Comments

[rednikki.livejournal.com]

We're in Auckland through Sunday, and then will be in Rotorua Monday and Tuesday night. Want to meet there?

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Sounds good. How's best to contact you? You can mail info to my yahoo account, which is my first and last names, no spaces or other characters.

I'm not sure how I'm getting from Napier to Rotorua yet, but I figure I can organize that in Napier.