A hub of the universe

We had business up north and took a minute to check out the shopping center on Research that features Din Ho, Sunflower, CoCo's, and Hong Kong Market. It was so busy that the only parking spaces were next door at the Target. There was a long line waiting at Din Ho. Through the window we could see brown entire barbecued ducks hanging on a rack, a sight not seen since NYC and San Francisco. A busy guy with a cleaver was working on a similarly colored entire roast pig, entirely entire. All this was at about 1:30, and Sunflower was really quite busy also, although without a wait. At Hong Kong Supermarket, the meat and fish counters were very busy. With the exception of an elderly man supervising, the behind-the-counter staff was entirely Spanish-speaking, listening to 98.2 radio quite loudly. The fish included mackerel, not that common in Austin, and appeared to be very fresh.