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Tag Archives: 99 Ranch
John Luk: Asian Mall Builder
When my tech co-workers and I first had heard about Lion Plaza, one of the first Asian malls in the Santa Clara Valley john (Silicon Valley), we were so excited. We would drive 15 minutes each direction to eat lunch … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Food, Food & Drink, Local, San Francisco Bay Area, Shopping
Tagged 99 Ranch, Lion Plaza, malls, Milpitas Square, Ranch 99, restaurant, Stonestown Galleria, Valley Fair Mall
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Largest H Mart in the US Will Open in Fremont, California
H Mart, the biggest Asian grocery chain in the United States, announced recently that they are opening the largest H Mart store yet. It will be located in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Fremont, California: “A 100,000-square-foot, two-story … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Local, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged 99 Ranch, food, Fremont, grocery store, H Mart, Ranch 99
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Anything but Blind
“There really isn’t any other products out there like the concept of blind boxes,” toy influencer KiraKabuki says. “It’s something like you can hold and something that you can bring around you. It’s something that you can display in your … Continue reading
Posted in Accessories, Art, Home Decor, Lifestyles, Shopping, Toys
Tagged 99 Ranch, blind boxes, brat summer, community building, culture, Fullerton, gashapon, home decor, KiraKabuki, maximalism, Mayee Yeh, pacothesalamander, PopMart, Ranch 99, Smiski, Sonny Angel, Soul Real Market, SWAP meets, trinkets
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Asian Ethnoburb, Malls, and Self-Segregation
Much has been written about how San Francisco is in a doom loop, with the emptying San Francisco Centre Mall in downtown as a sad example. Yet at the same time, another mall in San Francisco, Stonestown Galleria, is thriving in … Continue reading
Asian Americans Malls Thriving Despite General Shopping Mall Decline
There are have been a number of stories about the decline in US shopping malls, but Asian malls seem to be defying that trend. After reading that story and thinking about the malls and shopping areas here in Silicon Valley where … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Food & Drink
Tagged 99 Ranch, Main Street Cupertino, Oakridge Mall, Ranch 99, Silicon Valley, Valley Fair Mall
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Asian American Frozen Foods: Synear’s ‘Pork Soup Dumplings’
When I was shopping at Ranch 99 (that’s how I call the Asian supermarket chain), I saw Synear’s ‘Pork Soup Dumpling’ (also known as ‘Xiao Long Bao’ – or XLB’s abbreviated) in the freezer section. It brought me fond thoughts … Continue reading
Posted in 8Series, Asian American Frozen Foods
Tagged 99 Ranch, din tai fung, Ranch 99, Synear, xiao long bao
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At California’s Asian fish markets, freshness is everything
I remember when I was a kid, visiting Chinatown in Boston whenever my family would visit my aunt, uncle and cousins who lived in the area. My mother would do some shopping at a Chinese grocery store before we would … Continue reading