Richard Tung (CyberNRG)

Its good to have another Chinese grocery store in the neighbourhood but, I felt that it was lacking a few things more than my positive points. I will explain here.
The fish department just to your left when you enter has a good selection of seafood but when I was there I believe there was a problem with water filtering and lobsters and BC crabs where swimming in clouded water. Meat department, good selection of meats and it was brightly lit and easy to view everything. The fridge section has packaged meats from chicken to pork and was priced reasonable. Vegetable & fruit departments I thought could have been larger to carry more fresh produce but it wasn't. This grocery store caters to Chinese and to other international countries like India and Caribbean (large selection of spices) and North American products (prices are bit higher). A large selection of snacks not focusing mainly on Chinese snacks so its very limited (disappointing). What's also disappointing was the little selection of instant noodles (No Nissin instant noodles).
You will realize after you walk around the aisles that things aren't really where they should be shelved and might just be put in there to fill in an empty spot. The freezers for the frozen seafood are not located in one area and you have to walk from one side of the store to the other to view
everything. I believe the layout was not thought out very well if they could, it should be corrected.
I am happy that this store was opened here to fill in the gap of the closed Price Chopper in this mall and to have some competition with Metro. But this is not even close to a T&T, Foody Mart or Bestco in selection of Chinese (Asian) fresh produce and package foods on the shelf. Personally speaking, I think when it comes to Chinese shopping, I tend to stick to the products that I have been using for ages. I might try something new but if it doesn't work it, I would go back to ones we trust. If I had a regular shopping list of items to get, I would probably find 60% of it here.
I can't say this would be my number 1 "go to" place to shop but if I needed meat, frozen fish or vegetables... I would come here to buy.
I hope you find this helpful and please shop here yourself to see if it suits your shopping needs!

Trying a different restaurant for lunch today. Our meals were tasty and cooked perfectly but, the portions (too small) for the price you pay. Good for a one time visit.

We came here for a nice walk and to see the fall leaves as they changed colour. It was the second second Saturday in October and today was a mix of clouds, sun and was a bit chilly. There was a few different walking trails to choose from and we choose the one that went around the pond. As you can see by the photos, the change of cloudy/cold to sunny/warm was a perfect fall day to share time with my grand daughter and family. This trail took about 1 hour and was perfect for us, we did take our time and to let our 2 year old grand daughter run/walk around and explore. She enjoyed it very much and kept everyone busy following her. There are 2 parking lots, 1 in the east side of the pond and other was at the South-West corner of it, closer to Main St. Parking was not too bad today but during busy days it can get full and spill out to the side roads/streets.
There is burger and ice cream plece (east parking) here but I think it is closed for the season but the public washrooms are open.
There are longer walking trails to choose from but maybe I will try one by myself and explore the surroundings. There were people fishing here but was not sure if there were doing catch and release fishing or not.
I also came here during winter and it is also a great place to spend the time outdoors...