Live Lobster and Chocolate Chips.

Well, I've just come from a shopping excursion at the ultra new Soriana grocery store and must admit it's a pleasant surprise! The layout is very modern and the produce beautiful. There are fresh flowers, good chocolate, a wonderful bakery full of rustic breads of all varieties, fantastic cakes and desserts and even an aquarium with live lobsters. How very first world. The place is spotless and the service friendly and it made shopping for groceries quite enjoyable and a far cry from the old days when you had to push the rotten veggies away in order to find something semi-edible, or go to the tupper ware section to get coffee filters (??) or my fave foray for a sports bra when the sales girls paused from their chisme to tell me, "no son brasiels, son tops!" and quickly went back to their chisme. Yes, it appears those days are becoming fewer and fewer which is a good thing although I 'm not convinced all these super stores can find enough business since there are so many in a small area, but time will tell. Anyway, that's the low down on the new Soriana from my perspective. It's definitely worth a visit or two although no one will top the convenience of the good old Commer Mex.