Trip to an "Asian" store

Mrs Fox

Gauge wrote: »

- Kaya (Coconut Jam)

Kaya on toasted white pan is my idea of breakfast in heaven:)

MissFlitworth

Gauge wrote: »

Which shop/where do you find the peanut butter oreos and chocolate pretzels? I do all my shopping in the Asian market but I've never been able to find these!

I've gotten these ones (but with Chinese writing on the pack) in the Asia Market on Drury Street in Dublin



They also had strawberry ones. This was a couple of months back though, haven't been biscuit shopping in a while

kylith

Twee. wrote: »

Next time I'm going to pick up some wonton sheets/wrappers to make pot stickers, steamed dumplings. I saw them on the Food Network and they looked so delicious!

Go for the ones marked 'gyoza skins/wrappers', they're thinner than the wonton ones.

Then go to youtube and search the Cooking with Dog channel for Gyoza. Absolutely, 100%, by far the best gyoza recipe out there. Exactly like the ones you buy in Japan.

Gauge

MissFlitworth wrote: »

I've gotten these ones (but with Chinese writing on the pack) in the Asia Market on Drury Street in Dublin



They also had strawberry ones. This was a couple of months back though, haven't been biscuit shopping in a while

Yum, thank you! I'm guessing if these are in stock they'll be in the snack aisle?

dudara

Rice noodles or other non-wheat noodles.

Chili bean paste - great addition to stir-fries.

Sichuan peppercorns

Mrs Fox

Fishballs and fishcakes from the fridge section are great additions to a simple side accompaniment.
Slice them and add into stir-fries along with beansprouts and matchstick carrots and leeks or spring onion, with a tiny bit of oyster sauce.
Or any veg of your choice.

Another thing I'd normally do with them is boil them in stock, toss, and serve with hoi sin dip and sriracha. A bit like steamboat dish (which I sorely miss )

Twee.

kylith wrote: »

Go for the ones marked 'gyoza skins/wrappers', they're thinner than the wonton ones.

Then go to youtube and search the Cooking with Dog channel for Gyoza. Absolutely, 100%, by far the best gyoza recipe out there. Exactly like the ones you buy in Japan.

That's great, thanks! Going to try them on Thursday.

bette

Tahini for hummus!

Johnny_Fontane

I generally pick up my Japanese ingredients meaning

Soy Sauce - Yamasa is far nicer than salty kikkoman
Miso paste - Marukome Boy - I like the red pack
wasabi paste - havent gone powder yet as you need to buy 5kg
Japanese rice vinegar - Mizkan brand
Nori - for sushi rolls
Konbu and Waikame (seaweeds) for dashi (stock)
Katsuobushi (bonito flakes) - these are expensive suckers, but the real deal. I think 250g is about a tenner. Sometime I buy the instant dashi pellets - Hondashi - these come in vitamin like containers and are great for making a quick stock....

Always check dates in regards to any of the above ingredients.....particularly if you are not in the actual asian market on drury street (which supplies the rest I think).

MissFlitworth

Went on a bit of a spree today

Rice wrappers for Spring Rolls for lunches next week (accidentally bought enormous ones)



Salted Black Beans to add to stir fries and make black bean sauces



Toasted sesame seeds with wasabi - to have with sushi for lunch if I can stop just pouring them out of the bottle into my mouth for 10 minutes



Sushi Mat & wasabi



and a couple of sauces (I love this hoisin)

Johnny_Fontane

conor052001 wrote: »

asia market doing tours all through february to educate people on different ingredients around the store, great idea..

I did this tour last week and it is fantastic. Eva is excellent and the tour lasts for an hour. Came out with all sorts of ideas and saw products and product lines that I hadnt seen before....

-vietnamese stock cubes for pho
-small form wasabi powder (those tubes dont last)
-chinese soup mix
-moshi (avoid)

Thud

you mean mochi?

Gauge

Mmmm I love mochi, it's very very sweet though! The glutenous rice cakes are nice as an occasional treat too.

Was in last week and picked up Genmaicha/Brown rice tea- I find standard green teabags a bit hard to stomach but this is nice. And it smells amazing too, like popcorn.

Johnny_Fontane

Thud wrote: »

you mean mochi?

Yes, it was pronounced moshi. I found them quite sickly, I had a green one with a red bean paste inside. My mate struggled with his aswell.....

as I said at the time, leave the sweet stuff to the french....

stevenmu

Mochi can be a bit hard alright, it kind of reminds me of marzipan in that it's quite sweet and a little nibble can taste quite good, but the combination of sweetness combined with the dry paste texture can make it hard to get through more than a mouthful or two.

Cunning Stunt

am so happy this thread exists! There is an Indian grocery/veg shop right beside where I work. I pass it every day on my way to/from the work carpark and I have been in a few times for a gawk, but never know what to buy and more often that not, I've come out empty handed.
Keep the info coming please - next time I might actually have an idea of what to buy!

choo choo man

I did the tour of the Asia market on Drury Street and found it very interesting. If you can go i would highly recommend it as it is very informative.

homemadecider

I did it as well and it was excellent. Have since gone back and bought loads of ingredients and will be cooking lots of Asian food from now on! I definitely recommend the tour.

choo choo man

homemadecider wrote: »

I did it as well and it was excellent. Have since gone back and bought loads of ingredients and will be cooking lots of Asian food from now on! I definitely recommend the tour.

Just out of interest, what have you bought since the tour, or better still, what are you going to experiment with ?:pac:

homemadecider

choo choo man wrote: »

Just out of interest, what have you bought since the tour, or better still, what are you going to experiment with ?:pac:

We bought a load of stuff! Here's the list of what we got...

Plum wine (tastes a bit like sherry)
Palm sugar
Dried squid snacks
Mochi
Yellow curry paste
Corn snacks
Frozen prawns (1kg)
Thai jasmine rice
Rice noodles
Vermicelli
Rice paper wrappers
Sesame seeds
Cinnamon sticks
Fish sauce
Barbeque peanuts
Light soy sauce
Aloe vera juice drink
Miso paste
Bok choi
Asian brocolli
Mirin
No calorie noodles
Chinese soup spoon x 2

Yesterday we made rice noodle pho with rare beef and star anise, tomorrow we are making hoisin chicken with a celery salad and on Friday we will try Vietnamese rice noodles with sticky prawns. I have a great Asian cookery book that we will basically try to work our way through!