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Article: A capital melting pot: sample Sacramento's Asian restaurants and food stores. (Travel).
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- May 1, 2003
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Step into S.F. Supermarket in Pacific Plaza and you cross into Sacramento's thriving Asian American community. The sound of repeated thwacks lures you to the roasted-duck counter, where a small man with a big cleaver reduces a whole mahogany-colored bird into a pile of steamy, mouthwatering chunks in seconds. From the back of the store, sizzling sounds alert you to the free deep-frying service, which transforms customers' fresh striped bass and red snapper purchases into instant meals. Shoppers inspect bunches of lemon grass and bok choy; others pile items like banana sauce, frozen radish cakes, and bottled curry paste into their carts.
Asia it's not, but this ...