FAIRFIELD, Ohio -- Shopping for food is one of my favorite hobbies. The average grocery store is nice, but specialized ethnic markets quicken my pulse.

Think Gallucci’s in Cleveland, La Mexicana in Painesville, Park to Shop in Cleveland’s Asiatown and more. Walking through the West Side Market is an adventure, education and inspiration.

That said, visiting Jungle Jim’s International Market in Fairfield has been on my bucket list for years. The store is about 250 miles southwest of Cleveland and about 25 miles north of Cincinnati. A newer version of the store, Jungle Jim’s International Market Eastgate, is just east of Cincinnati.

Over the past decade, I’d heard much about the 300,000-square-foot international grocery store. For perspective, that’s about two large Costco market

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