Han Ah Reum asian market

With the demise of the Asian supermarket Lucky World on Rt. 50, I worried there would be a vacuum in the world of asian grocery stores. I stopped one of the managers in their last month (May 2000) amid empty shelves that previously held a plethora of asian goodies and she said, “business was slow”. Luckily, I found Han Ah Reum!

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You know you need a masu, but where to get one?

masu is the Japanese word for the small, traditional, wooden box for drinking sake out of.  Better Japanese restaurants will keep a stock of them on hand, and allow their regulars to buy their own masu, decorate, and keep it at the restaurant.

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