Had been hunting for some plastic boxes in a small size, but everything in Spinneys / Carrefour / Home Centre / Homes r Us came in large sizes or lock-boxes. You dont really need a large box to store buttons / seeds / condiments etc.. Was making a mental note to buy some when I went back home in winters, when a friend mentioned I should check out Daiso at Oasis Centre.
Daiso is a Japanese chain that sells everything priced at Dhs 7. Well almost everything - there is stuff priced at Dhs 13, 19, 20 etc.. but bulk of the items are priced at Dhs 7. I went across rather skeptical, not sure of the quality and type of stuff on offer at Dhs 7, convinced that I was being sent off on a wild goose chase and a waste of time.
To my utter surprise, the place is full of a number of useful things that work very well. There's obviously a lot of thought that has gone into figuring out requirements across your daily life and then producing something that addresses it.
There's an entire range of crockery in typical blue chinese / japenese pottery. Sure its nor Royal Doulton but its sturdy, pretty and very reasonable.
The plastic range is incredible and they have some interesting storage ideas in plastic.. be it a storage pull-out box which makes it so easy to store spices etc & pull them out in the kitchen cupboards......
...or a can holder to store your drinks in the fridge or even on the counter......
.....or a plastic holder to hold your lids! I swear by this one! Its made my kitchen so much neater...
The store stocks make-up etc but that's not something I would recommend even trying from Daiso, but there is other stuff like small porclain figures for your garden, picket fences, ready frames, squeeze bottles, stationery, craft cutters, paints, sushi sheets, wall hooks, wrapping paper etc... ideal for picking up supplies for school going kids esp for art and craft!
Daiso is available at the following locations in Dubai
Lamcy Plaza, karama, Bur Dubai
Dubai Arabian Center - Mirdif
Oasis Centre 2nd Floor Sheikh Zayed Road
Al Fahidi Street, Opp. Choithram Supermarket, Bur Dubai
Reef Mall, 2nd Floor, Deira
Mirdiff City Centre, Ground Floor
Union Co-Op. Hor Al Anz, Deira
Al Barsha Mall
IBN Battuta Mall
Daiso is a Japanese chain that sells everything priced at Dhs 7. Well almost everything - there is stuff priced at Dhs 13, 19, 20 etc.. but bulk of the items are priced at Dhs 7. I went across rather skeptical, not sure of the quality and type of stuff on offer at Dhs 7, convinced that I was being sent off on a wild goose chase and a waste of time.
To my utter surprise, the place is full of a number of useful things that work very well. There's obviously a lot of thought that has gone into figuring out requirements across your daily life and then producing something that addresses it.
There's an entire range of crockery in typical blue chinese / japenese pottery. Sure its nor Royal Doulton but its sturdy, pretty and very reasonable.
The plastic range is incredible and they have some interesting storage ideas in plastic.. be it a storage pull-out box which makes it so easy to store spices etc & pull them out in the kitchen cupboards......
...or a can holder to store your drinks in the fridge or even on the counter......
.....or a plastic holder to hold your lids! I swear by this one! Its made my kitchen so much neater...
The store stocks make-up etc but that's not something I would recommend even trying from Daiso, but there is other stuff like small porclain figures for your garden, picket fences, ready frames, squeeze bottles, stationery, craft cutters, paints, sushi sheets, wall hooks, wrapping paper etc... ideal for picking up supplies for school going kids esp for art and craft!
Daiso is available at the following locations in Dubai
Lamcy Plaza, karama, Bur Dubai
Dubai Arabian Center - Mirdif
Oasis Centre 2nd Floor Sheikh Zayed Road
Al Fahidi Street, Opp. Choithram Supermarket, Bur Dubai
Reef Mall, 2nd Floor, Deira
Mirdiff City Centre, Ground Floor
Union Co-Op. Hor Al Anz, Deira
Al Barsha Mall
IBN Battuta Mall
You've provided nice information and images here. I love daiso and so does my kids. I've even blogged about party favors dubai here and I used some of the information you provided here. thanks
ReplyDelete