Silent Sunday: Jubilee in a Dubai supermarket
I’m not very good at being silent, as most of my friends will tell you, so there’s a little introduction to Silent Sunday today. While I largely ignored the Jubilee (it’s easy when just 0.05% of the population is British), I did pop into a local, Indian-managed hypermarket to see its “Best of British” promotion.
But while I was expecting scones, clotted cream and Victoria sponge, and maybe some frozen food imported from Iceland (shop, not country), what I actually found was this:
Coconut rings, malted milk biscuits, Heinz baked beans and ketchup. In case you weren’t sure if they were British, the cardboard double-deckers were a clue.
I particularly liked the soldiers guarding the shampoo.
And the freshly cooked British food sounds delish, no?
Love it, one of those double decker buses would look great in my son’s room.
pinkydints
June 3, 2012 at 3:44 pm
Well, you know where to get one…!!
mrsdubai
June 3, 2012 at 4:26 pm
Let me guess – the lovely LuLu Supermarket -
mita56
June 3, 2012 at 4:16 pm
Ha ha, where else?
mrsdubai
June 3, 2012 at 4:25 pm
Ah I loved LuLu, so did you stock up your coconut rings???
Expat Mammy
June 3, 2012 at 11:09 pm
Two for the price of one – yes I did! (shh!)
mrsdubai
June 4, 2012 at 8:04 pm
I think the soldier by the shampoo stand is not bad way to bring some British charm into the hypermarket, I love it. Well, as for the British food options I’m quite glad that they included some healthy options; at least it portrays a positive image about the Briton diet.
Daisy Harper.
June 9, 2012 at 6:55 pm