shinano dolce

It had been some time since I went to Benny.

On the way, I noticed that the shop that I used to get bun nem ran & thit nuong (fried spring roll and bbq pork) from, was not there anymore...boo!

And a wagashi shop that we discovered during the pandemic had also gone out of business (back in May)...their sign said that they had been in business for 55 years!

so sad to see the neighborhood change...

While in Benny, I needed some kind of fruit for breakfast...I bought a new (to me) variety of apple called Shinano Dolce which was grown in Nagano Prefecture.

The young lady working the cash register, rang this apple up wrong, so I brought it to her attention.

Since the people working the registers do everything by sight (old skool), no scanning, she was shocked that she had mistaken the variety of apple

After checking with the produce staff, she found out that she indeed had mistakenly charged me the wrong price.

So we got things all sorted out and some money was refunded...

This wasn't crisp like the Fuji apples we enjoy, but it was still delicious.

I'm glad we got to try this.

ps Typhoon 22 (Halong) is supposedly passing to the south of Japan today, hoping there won't be any damage