/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>5086115
sounds very interesting.

does anyone know any herbs that they might sell?

fish sauce. get a few different kinds because they are all a little different. rice paper rounds. they last forever and you can toss stuff together to make spring rolls for an easy lunch. durian fruit. you either love it or hate it. fruit that smells like cheese/feet and is strangely addictive. you have to at least give it a try. soy sauce. look for a raw one that is traditionally made for a nice change of pace. sometimes it is called shoyu sauce. buy some cardamom pods. some chicken feet to make chicken broth. buy a lb or two and toss them in the freezer. When you make broth toss in three or four feet and it will give you wonderful flavor and get really gelatinous, sea vegetables. dried or otherwise. various types of miso.

>>5086126
no earthly idea. i just moved back to the area, and oddly enough had never went to any Asian markets when i grew up around there. mostly because they didnt exist.

actually, i might just document the whole thing for you guys with my phone.

>>5086128
huh. Im really into health food, I have really been wanting to go to an asian store, maybe find a bunch of healthy herbs that are normally overpriced at other stores like vitamin shoppe.

I heard that asian stores sometimes sell herbs in BULK like big whole solid pieces that you can take home and grind, yet they cost way less because they sell at more fair prices, because they are just really cool like that, yet I don't know if this is true.

would definitely be better than going to a health food store and buying a bottle of ginger stuffed into little capsules full of additives and magnesium stearate. just Horrible.

>>5086132
well some of them do. in some you can get GREAT BIG ASS ginger root, and ginseng, along with all kinds of weird chinese medicine herbs.

i wish i could find a place that has that snake wine, so i can level up as a hipster whiteboy.

>>5086136
what in the FUDGE is snake wine!?!??!


also, hmm, really interested in finding an asian store, sounds so cool

>>5086159
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_wine

>>5086136
I want great big ass ginger and ginseng and herbs. that sounds so amazing.

>>5086161
WHSADFJGBHDFJDBSJFHSCUGICXBUWINJAFISHDFKJDSFASDFUASD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

>>5086115
Evoo, oregano and basil, sundried tomatoes and roasted red peppers should get you started. You can pick up pasta and canned tomatoes at a non asian store.

You will prob pick up aids there.

>>5086215
that's a terrible thing to say, why would you say that?

>>5086136
>>5086163
Get a big ass ginger and all you'll do is watch it slowly go bad because you can't use it all. Better to buy ginger as you need it since it doesn't store well

>>5086406
Frozen ginger works almost as well and is totally worth using versus letting it go bad. The texture suffers, but the flavor stays pretty intact.

>>5086441
Good to know, thanks for the tip.

get some o dat dried seaweed

and sum dried anchovy, or dried squid snacks.

and Korean dumplings r bretty good.

and of course fresh Kimchi is yum as fuck.

>>5086374
because he fucked a shemale in Thailand.

green tea pumpkin seeds
various teas
persimmons
sundry japanese snacks
coconut milk
ddeok bokki

hm, I might go to one today.

I usually get seaweed products, some drinks, oil, noodles, and frozen dumplings/potstickers.

Last time they had a bunch of banana chips for cheap, hoping this time would be the same.

>>5086136
I have drank the snake wine, its not really any different than normal sake except there is a pit viper staring at you in the bottle. My beat friends big brother mailed us a buncha crazy shit while he was stationed in Japan. As far as asian markets go get some thai fish sauce, thai sweet chili sauce and some good oyster sauce. Most all of the American style Chinese favorites are based on these 3 sauces.

Essential

>>5086554
I don't like it at all, too chewy for western taste.

But I would suggest the marinated fresh dried squid, as mentioned previously.

>>5086115

I don't think there really are any essentials. It all depends on what you want to make.

>>5086115
Kewpie mayo
Its better than normal mayo and goes really good with BLTs and flattened fried chicken. I'm sure you'll find other things to use it on too

>>5086660
forgot pic

>>5086664

Oh, that stuff? I've seen it before but was very concerned. I'll pick it up then.

i always buy sesame oil and hotsauce

do you like kimchi?

>>5086672
its just more asian tasting mayo but its sooooooo good with asain dishes and makes any dish that uses mayo have a little kick in every bite. Just use it in smaller amounts because the pic I posted, 500g has 100 calories, 10g total fat, and 100mg of Sodium

>>5086673
not op but I love kimchi chigay more than normal kimchi. the only tofu I can eat.
OP, get the stuff to make Bibimbap from the Korean place and I'll guarantee you the best korean dish ever.
white rice
Bulgogi (thinly sliced beef strips)
carrot
bean sprouts
spinach
shitake mushrooms
sesame seeds (not really necessary but they're good for you and it makes the meal even healthier)
egg
dark sesame oil
soy sauce
gochuchang paste
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/boy-meets-grill/bibimbap-recipe/index.html
^ recipe

Big bag of dried peppers.
Dried mushrooms (shiitake, wood ear).
Used to have to get sambal oelek there but seems to be in regular stores now.
Ginger, as already noted. You can peel and then freeze it.
Check out the sauce isle and the drink isle and pick up anything that looks interesting.

>>5086685
damn, I can't seem to post pics today
pic related, Bibimbap

>>5086115
If you wanna be pretentious, pick up some agar agar flakes for molecular gastronomy

I actually just made some fruit spaghetti. It was pretty good but only worth it to impress friends or ssomethig.

>>5086688
btw, Korean>all other asian food
I wish I had pics on this computer but I lost around 110lbs from just eating Korean meals for 8 months (and 15 mins exercise/day)

>>5086161

>>5086554
This guy knows what's up.

>>5086693
>Korean>all other asian food
koreans please leave

Buy as much of this as you can.

>>5086706
lol, Koreans make the best tasting, healthiest asian food all around

>>5086693

Lol no and this is coming from a Korean.

>>5086716
nice try kim

>>5086724
obviously not North Korean food, they barely get any but South Korea makes best Korean food/Asian food
lol

>>5086713
yep. if you make it right, its hella healthy

>>5086710

holy fuck. This. Mista brown will wake you ass up white boi.

lol Korea is best country

Koreans are the most intelligent and attractive people on the planet lol

>>5086664
>>5086678

I passed on this since it was like $6. A little too much for a light mayo user.

Not OP, but also picked up the green tea pumpkin seeds someone suggested.

Also got some Shrimp crackers, "Special Chicken" flavored ramen, and some of my usual stuff.

>>5086923
GRRR GET SOME NORI, KATSUOBUSHi, SHIITAKE AND MAKE SOME DASHI, YOU GAIJIN!

>>5086687
hi do you know what to do with sambal i have two jars i just put it on pasta.

here's what i keep in my pantry, i mostly cook cantonese food:

SAUCES:

rice wine
dark vinegar
light vinegar for dipping
palm/brown sugar
light soy sauce
dark soy sauce
kecap manis
sesame oil
oyster sauce
chilli bean paste
sweet bean paste//hoi sin sauce
fermented tofu in chilli brine
lam yu//fermented tofu with red rice
potato/corn starch

DRY STUFF:

dried longan
liquorice root
dried red dates
goji berries
dried mandarin peel
star anise
five spice powder
cinnamon sticks
tofu skin
black ear fungus
dried tea/shitake mushrooms
dried black beans
salt fish
lap cheong

with these ingredients i can throw a lot of different stuff together from just greens, meat, and maybe some bones if i wanna make broth

>>5086923
Shrimp crackers are my all time favorite treat from the Asian market. Good choice, good choice.

>>5089141
>no black bean sauce

also once you go to an asian market and buy fish, you wonder why you wasted money on other places except fish markets

they charge an arm and leg at american grocery stores