Poll of the Day > Do you have a Asian grocery store near where you live?

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If I were ever to move, I dont think I could ever make do without living at least 30 mins within an Asian grocery store

Theres too many amazing ingredients they stock which allows me to make Chinese, Japanese, Indian and Thai cuisine.

This last two weeks alone I have made both Red Thai Curry and Green Curry

Red Thai Curry:
https://www.fromachefskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Thai-Red-Curry-with-Cauliflower-and-Potatoes.jpg
(but mine had bamboo shoots and Greens beans as the veggie and was served with a side of white rice with velveted chicken)

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Yeah. Several actually.

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Yeah and we always used to call it the oriental market but then I got told that I shouldnt call it that and I was like really?

I'm guessing so but can't think of any off the top of my head. We have a bunch of different cultural markets around here

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I think theres a lot in the area I havent been to any yet though

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Yes but I've never been to it.

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Only place around here to get fresh bean sprouts

Ok, it's a weird - it's just a generic store... something something "No Frills" or Craig's No Frills or whatever the company is

There's lot of grocery stores in my town, like a sobeys a co-op a safeway a wallmart and so on... plus a handful of smaller stores like Shopper's Drug Mart, Ready Mart and Valmart and such

And while No Frills has comparable selection to a Safeway... ALL the Filipinos in town shop there and only there, it's really weird. I mean, the prices aren't any lower and it's not the closest store either. It's just kinda weird.

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Yeah, and it's absolutely wonderful.
We get a lot of frozen dumplings from it, and I have a lot of quality spices and sauces from it.

No, but theres a cool little Mexican grocery store that I like near Dollar Tree in Santa Cruz. They have great fresh-made tamales.

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Probably. Well, I think there's an Indian one not too far away, but I think you mean more east-Asia.

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Absolutely not

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No, but we used to before we moved. Two in fact. Both Korean-owned. There was also a chinese one but it was about 35 or so minutes away which would bump it to the second option.

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Yes several

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No, but they do sell some Asian food there, though. In fact, one of mine has a Chinese hot food department.

Yeah I make regular trips there to buy tea. I'm having some right now.

MICHALECOLE posted...

Yeah and we always used to call it the oriental market but then I got told that I shouldnt call it that and I was like really?

Mine has "Oriental Market" on the fucking sign. DX

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Yeah two of them. Ones Chinese and the other is Japanese. Really need to check them out more, the Japanese one has good selections of raw sushi grade fish.

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Yes, I know of at least one of them near my work.
I think I know of at least two, but I haven't been near the second one in a long time.

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Sarcasthma posted...

Absolutely not

lol

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Zeus posted...

Probably. Well, I think there's an Indian one not too far away, but I think you mean more east-Asia.

Well the one I go to actually is multi-Asian. They have a huge selection of fresh produce, thousands of sauces and other ingredients from many Asian cultures, etc.

But I also do have an Indian Grocer nearby as well, and multiple dedicated Latin-American grocers.

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So glad to see that a majority of people have access to an Asian grocer, not they are all me and love to cook but I was more concerned about moving and not being near one. Though I doubt the same could be said if I move to a mountainous/rural region.

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I've got three nearby and there are a few more available if I'm willing to drive further from my town. A couple of bubble milk tea and Asian bakeries have opened in the area recently too.

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deoxxys posted...

So glad to see that a majority of people have access to an Asian grocer,

Kind of a sub-discussion, but recently I realized that French restaurants have become surprisingly rare. It's one of the world's great cuisines, yet it's kinda shrunk substantially. Meanwhile most areas are going to have multiple Italian places, some Chinese places, Japanese places, etc.

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Restaurants in america require the people to actually move from their country to america. There hasn't been a mass migration of french people, unlike Chinese or Italians.

Uh, they probably outnumber western grocery stores like 5-to-1 here.

shadowsword87 posted...

Restaurants in america require the people to actually move from their country to america. There hasn't been a mass migration of french people, unlike Chinese or Italians.

Also I imagine the French resturants that are around are expensive so with a higher entry fee theres going to be less of them to begin with due to the demand being low

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I stopped by an Asian grocery store in Lincoln today. I bought some chrysanthemum tea, a couple boxes of milky tea (Kyoto-style and Nagasaki-style), some rice crackers with nori, and some slab brown sugar.

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shadowsword87 posted...

Restaurants in america require the people to actually move from their country to america. There hasn't been a mass migration of french people, unlike Chinese or Italians.

The point was that once upon a time, they were more common. As for Italian places, most of the restauranteurs aren't exactly new arrivals either.


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Far-Queue posted...

lol

oi are you 'avin a chuckle there, m8?

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Yup. I always go there to buy quail eggs.

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yeah, i went there a lot at the beginning of the pandemic because the panic-buyers didnt seem to be hitting it and it was always well-stocked lol

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I know of at least one, oddly enough right next to the Anime Store, Games Workshop, and Best Buy. That is some steryotyping right there. That said, it is about 20 minutes from my house so I don't go that often (although if I ever go back to working from an office, it will be on my way home).

The grocery I am glad to be next to though is the Eastern European grocery. 30 different varieties of Kielbasa!

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Yes, about three miles away.

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I'm not sure here in Kelowna. Probably. I was way more familiar with Victoria where there were so many Asian markets. There were great sections in large grocery store chains too.

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People talk about having international sections in the better grocery stores but a few sauces and vinegars is the most I ever see. I need the produce too.

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Yeah, I ignore any international sections on my grocery stores for my stuff.
I'm looking for japanese or chinese on the label most of the time, if I can barely read it, I'm happy.

I know my grocers have very big international sections, but I haven't really spent much time down them. However, I kinda expect that those aisles are probably geared more towards Latin-America than Asia.

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Yes. We've got two where I'm at.

One is just an asian store, it sells all kinds of stuff.

The other is a Korean store, built into a family owned restauraunt, with food and ingredients to make your own.

I'm hoping they survive, because I enjoy going to those places.

I sometimes wish we had a filippino store close by.

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I feel really lucky to have dozens of mexican bakeries, delis and grocery stores independently owned.

And mant other kinds like greek, etc.

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I've got no local delis where I live, it's just all a poopshoot.

Multiple. Not only are they all over, we have a Korean part of town and a Chinese part of town full of asian owned businesses. We like going to the Korean mart for stuff like Glass Noodles and Rice Cakes.

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