Restaurant opens its first UK supermarket with a difference in Nottingham
Buddhist monks wished prosperity and good luck on a new supermarket opening in Nottingham. The three monks, who came to the city from Loughborough, performed an hour-long ceremony, with chants and prayers, to bless Zaap Thai Market.
While its customary for a ribbon to be cut to celebrate a new shop opening in the UK, it's traditional for Thai businesses to be blessed by monks. Invited guests were splashed with holy water and one of the monks drew an ancient script with his finger on the window of the shop, which used to be Lifestyle Express convenience store in Upper Parliament Street.
Asian kitchen utensils are also on sale. Customers can tuck into food from the grab and go menu. Steamed buns with fillings such as red pork and minced pork and prawn are on the menu. Skewers of fish, chicken and pork balls and dumplings with pork and prawn are other options. Shop manager Pris Charvong said: "It's traditional Thai culture that before we begin our business we should invite monks over to give the blessings to the special occasion and to the place and to give us a good start.
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