finally made it to Herndon. shopped both Madina and Indo Pak. they are in the same shopping center(K-Mart).

Madina is large and has a meat department. has an excellent selection of anything my wife could think of to buy. the produce is lousy. go to an H-Mart for produce. 20 or 30 different flours. every dried bean/pea product one could imagine. most every spice and seed that anyone would ever want. did not see any "meals in a jar" outstanding selection of meals in a bag/box. extremely extensive selection of chutneys, jams and preserves from every possible country. the jams and preserves almost all were made using sugar, not corn sweetener.

indo pak is about 1/4th the size,no meat, no produce. everything else that Madina had, crammed and stacked on the shelves, and significantly better prices. among other things, purchased a jar of Barberry preserves, made in Iran.

these stores are well worth the trip(ours is over an hour)