/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Where my a dong bros at?

I Asian grocer, we laugh at baka gweilo farang gaijin idiots like you as soon as you walk out into the parking lot.

>>6150374
they can call me a cunt to my face in any language they want as long as they keep re-stocking the shit I like

han ah reum is top tier. That said, I recently learned they make dashi packets like what the fuck, I don't have to boil some dried ass seaweed and dried up sardines to make stock??? It's just like a tea bag but its full of dried seaweed and sardines and perfectly for my single serving life. That said I've been having a lot of udon since its winter.

H mart [in virginia]'s grocery selection by far outstrips any grocery I have near my residence [in DC]. Sadness.

>>6150521
>not just buying huge thing of powdered ajinomoto hondashi

>>6150521
I grew up down the street from a Han Ah Reum. Since I left, they have turned it into a 2-story Korean shopping mall with Han Ah Reum on the 1st floor, and a Korean food court on the 2nd floor (with a bunch of Korean stores inside too). Love going there whenever I'm back to visit family.

But you know what? They haven't restocked Tako Chips since 2009 so fuck 'em.

>>6150525
I've been that route but I don't like it as much as the dashi packets.

>>6150538
yeah the super H mart is like, trying to model after a korean dept store on a mini scale, with a food service area, make up counters, and home goods. It's a good effort, although the scale of department stores in Korea and Japan are inconceivable in an American context. Sure would be nice tho

I live in boston, so we have H-mart in cambridge and burlington, a lot of Chinese stores and a few Japanese food stores in the area. I am blessed. I grew up with a mostly Japanese diet so I'm glad I can eat the food I like best more often.

These things are fucking dope

>>6150546
Department stores there are more like a fucking mall size.

>chilling with some friends/coworkers
>two of them go to asian market to get snacks for everyone
>they come back with various iterations of rice cakes and nothing else

An entire fucking store filled with treats from all over asia and this is the best they could do.

>>6150569
Were they women?

>>6150569
I'd eat senbei forever.

>>6150588
No, it was male coworker and his gf.

>>6150550
What? They're Asian?
We get full English ones in the tuckshops

>>6150569
Are they the lightly sweet, lightly salty biscuits?

>>6150657
Funny you say that, last I went a dude and a gf did have a basket full of crackers. Asked them the question above and they didn't know.

But fuck, most people I know reporting their first time from an Asian grocer just buys candies and chips. That's what I got the first time.

I get those fucking cheap ass kiwi knives. Those things are easy as hell to keep sharp and for $5 if it gets messed up you just toss it and get a new one. Also the bigger ones usually have a lot of good, cheaply priced cookware.

>>6150767
yes, that's exactly it. They're sweet and salty, and very light.

They're certainly enjoyable, but if I'm going to be eating a snack food, I'd rather give myself a treat that has more flavor or substance.

>>6150569
>Japanese
Oh man is that how they market wangwang now?

Asian here. I fucking love these. My mom used to get them for me all the time until I realized how unhealthy they were.

>tfw I have a sudden craving for these

>>6150954

Oh SHIT I saw these in my asian market last weekend and I almost bought them, but my girlfriend scared me off of them.

What do they taste like?

>>6151037
Like solid-er pork rinds, except shrimp flavored. Why would your gf do that? Is she a child?

>>6151037
get them, they're kinda polarizing. but you might like them.

>>6150954
I remember saving up my pocket money for those as a child.

ive got some tasties, strawberry cream chocolate pocky, cocoa dusted truffle cubes, ramune sweets, DIY stuff and mandarin sweets

I don't live anywhere remotely near an asian grocery, was considering ordering from asianfoodgrocer.com, idk about markup though

>>6150787
I'm a sous chef and its amazing how much of my knife roll/tool kit came from my local Asian grocery store.

>>6151186
Nice snack haul anon. Looks like what I would get when I would go to H-Mart after school as a kid. Now I tend to buy a lot more Puccho and hard candy and a lot less pocky.

>>6151224
I compared the prices on that site to what I pay locally for a few snack-food items, and they're pretty comparable at +/- $0.30. Regardless of whether your buying online or in an actual store, there's a big markup on pre-packaged foods from Asia, so I think that evens out the prices from online stores vs. actual stores. Shipping would be the biggest additional cost. That website also carries a lot more than my local place, so that's another bonus.

If you do end up ordering from there, report back and let us know how it goes. I browse that website a lot but because I live near a few different asian markets I never bother ordering. I'm considering it though...

I split my trips between H-Mart in Cambridge and Reliable Market in Somerville. H-Mart doesn't seem to have Szechuan peppercorn, but Reliable does, and has better prices for pork belly.

My last haul was batter and all the fixings for okonomiyaki, some huang fei hong spicy peanuts, black vinegar for making dumpling sauce, and teriyaki nori strips. Awww yisss.

I bought ghee aka clarified butter at a south asian grocery store yesterday. It has zero flavor and makes me choke but i still use it. It doesn't make me choke because it taste bad tho. I don't know why or how it does it (make me choke). My throat doesn't like it, or it doesn't like my throat, or both.

>>6151595
Anon, there are ways around needing to use ghee. You really shouldn't be consuming things that your body violently rejects.

>>6151595
>>6151604
what?
ghee is great for curries and steaks or as industrial lubricant

>>6151037
What did she say that made you piss your pants over them?
"I wanted to buy some red lettuce but mom scared me off them". See? I dont get it.

I stopped using Soysauce when I bought my first Soba Sauce.

>>6151104
>>6151106
>>6151741

My grillfriend doesn't like spending money on things she might not like (lel) and I had no idea if they'd be shit or not. Next time I go I'll buy them.

>>6152096

What is that?

What is this?

>>6150548
Got any favorites to recommend? I just moved to Boston.

>>6152373
Zaru soba dipping sauce

>>6152384
What they look like inside. Any clue what it is?

>>6152410
Just eat one and show us already.

>>6150360
Puccho is a miracle of the god damn universe.

>tangy yogurt taste
>softer than starbursts
>gummies and fizzy candy shoved inside the taffy roll

Thank god they're individually wrapped. That's the only thing that keeps me from eating them all in one sitting.

>>6151595

stop putting it on your boyfriend's dick, then

also

>2020 - 5
>not making your own ghee

>>6151581
>buying okonomiyaki batter
also
>cambridge/somerville
mah nigga!

>>6152390
H-marts are both pretty good, but a bit more expensive. The Chinese market in boston chinatown proper(that keeps changing it's name) is alright, but steer clear of fish from there unless frozen. If you can, KamMan in Quincy is huge and has a good variety of Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese/other SE Asian ingredients, as well as being an almost one stop shopping trip. There is also cherrymart in Boston near the Prudential and it's alright.

>>6151581

>black vinegar for dumpling sauce

this is crucial for dumpling happiness and one of the best things at an asian grocery, shocking how little-known this is

Any natto fans? I've become pretty addicted to these slimy little beans, and they make me feel healthy whenever I eat them. I can't distinguish really the different types very well though. The one I just ate was mugi toro natto, which has some barley in it, I guess. Interesting taste. I can only find frozen, and so I can't compare it to fresh natto.

>tfw moved recently and there's no big Asian supermarkets here, and the nearest big cities that would probably have them are both about an hour and a half away by car
There's a small Filipino one in town which I haven't been in yet, but it's pretty small so i sorta doubt they have shit in there.

>>6153016
natto sounds gross. I've never tried it.

BBQ Pork buns

Why are fresh products from Asian markets so shit?

>>6152367
Eh, you guys can dump them as appetizers at the food bank if you don't them. Not wasting then.

>>6153016
>make me feel healthy
Too bad those pictured are loaded with msg.
But I love it too anon. And fermented foods are good for you yes. Wish it weren't so expensive where I live, and that they sold in bulk rather than those packets.

>>6153403
>Too bad those pictured are loaded with msg.

MSG is not unhealthy.

>>6153403
>msg
Literally nothing wrong or "unhealthy" with a little sodium bound to the amino acid glutamate

>>6150767
>But fuck, most people I know reporting their first time from an Asian grocer just buys candies and chips. That's what I got the first time.
Do they? First time I went I just went crazy over how much cheaper soy sauce, noodles and bulk bags of rice were than in regular supermarkets and bought a ton of that. When I brought my mother she did the same thing. I don't like buying snacks I might not like, since I live alone and if I don't no-one will.

>>6150360

who /dong market/ here?

>>6153458
lol first post was for dong market

I haven't been in a while cause I've been exploring different food stuff at best market

pretty much I've been eating a "big salad" with other random things since christmas

>>6150372
>>6150954
shrimp snacks posted here are better than shrimp cracker

>>6153458

This coffee mang.
It's nice and strong, and cheap to boot.

>>6150360
>tfw moved away for college
>no Asian markets in college town
>train fare to nearest city with one costs more than I'd probably spend in the shop

I thought my hometown was bad, because it just had two normal supermarkets that didn't even sell soy sauce in bottles larger than 250ml (and expensive!), but it was only a half-hour train ride to the nearest big city, which had about six. It was a pain walking 20-30 minutes back to the station carrying multiple glass litre bottles of soy sauce and vinegar, but still a better situation than I'm in now. They also had a South Asian supermarket in the nearest big town, which had shit like daikon (sold as mooli) and a great selection of cheap fresh veg.

I can order online if I pay $10 delivery (which is less than the train fare, I guess) but I can't get fresh or frozen produce that way, only stuff with a long shelf life like soy sauce and rice.

>>6153488
Enjoy your daily dose of cadmium, fluoride, and lead alongside your caffeine.

>>6153495
Most shit grown in Asia would have cadmium traces.

>>6153440
heh. when I discovered H-mart I took my Mom there and she did the same thing - stocked up on produce because it was so cheap.

>>6153527
Yup! She went totally crazy about the price of crabs and frozen squid, lol. I was more excited about the tofu, which she doesn't like - for some reason, tofu in ordinary supermarkets is 2-3x the price as in Asian grocers for a block half the size.

>>6153514
>>6153495

>implying those aren't good for you

bruh if iron, copper, and magnetism is good for your body, what makes you think those things aren't?

>>6153546
>if iron, copper, and magnetism is good for your body
>iron, copper, and magnetism
>magnetism

>>6152384
that's 薯仔 obviously

>2015
>being a weeb

>>6151526
thanks for the price check! I will post results if I do order stuff, I really hope it goes well I would use them as a regular shopping thing.

>>6151186

Meltykiss are absolutely delicious, a friend brought some back from Japan for me and dude, they tasted so good. Wish I could buy some more

>>6150360
I swear this stuff is only in the Asian shops. I never see any whtie friends have it (maybe their grandma's buy it?)

Can the caucasians confirm if their family buys these things?

>>6153457

So what's everyone's typical shop when you go to Asian markets? I don't go often (every couple of months) so I tend to buy a lot at a time.

>Chinese soy sauce (usually Pearl River light because I'm cheap)
>Japanese soy sauce (usually Yamasa)
>Chiankiang vinegar
>chilli oil with chilli and garlic bits in the jar (usually Lee Kum Kee)
>sesame oil
>sesame seeds
>egg noodles
>thin or flat mung bean noodles
>maybe some soba or udon if I have a specific recipe in mind for it but usually I don't bother getting Japanese noodles because of the price
>giant bag of dried mushrooms
>kombu seaweed
>wakame or wakame-like seaweed
>dried tofu sheets
>firm tofu
>maybe some fried tofu
>water chestnuts
>frozen vegetarian dumplings (I've forgotten the name of the brand but the writing on the packaging is in Korean)
>frozen squid
>green tea ice cream if I'm feeling fancy

>>6155770
Oh yeah, forgot rice. I get the 5kg bags of Yume-Nishiki Japanese rice when I'm there.

prepare for disappointment with that dragonfruit bro. theyre all style / no substance.

The Asian market near me has started to sell more stuff from Africa and the Caribbeans
since immigrants from those places have been shopping there alot

>>6155946
>I'm 5 years old so all of my fruit needs to have 67g of sugar

>>6155706

I've seen these before at friend's houses and the like, and it's definitely mostly the older crowd that will buy them among the people I know. Those kind of cookies are sometimes bought around the holidays. Otherwise, usually when I see those tins, the cookies have been long missing and the tin is being used to store sewing materials or something like that.

>>6155706
White dude here.

Yes, these are danish butter cookies. Royal Dansk is the name-brand most are familiar with. They sell them at CVS, Walgreens, and usually supermarkets have them during the holidays.

My grandmother used to buy them, so that's how I'm familiar with them.

>>6153051
It's delicious, you're missing out. I heard a lot of people talk about how disgusting it is before I tried it, but I was surprised by how underwhelming the smell and flavor are. It's definitely not sweet like a lot of foods, but if you have the kind of palate that enjoys things like strong cheeses.

I think the texture is actually the more off-putting aspect of it for a lot of people, but I find the sliminess really appealing. Reminds me of slurping semen, in a good way.

>>6155946
I did enjoy it. It was fucking delicious, like every dragon fruit I've ever eaten.

>>6155978
Was literally prepared to reply to anyone who badmouthed dragon fruit with that response.

>>6156174
The texture reminds me of baked beans with grated cheddar cheese. When I was a kid I used to put a ton of cheese on my beans so they'd go like that. But the taste is something completely different.

>>6150521
>tfw live in DC with no car and the only decent Asian grocery store is that tiny Japanese one
It fucking sucks since it's impossible to find certain ingredients (like kitsune) without having to travel for a freakishly long time via metro. I hate gentrification.

>>6155946
the flavours too subtle for your palette piggu?

the texture alone is delightful; the way the seeds pop lightly in contrast with the firm but creamy pear-like flesh

>pic vaguely thread related

>>6156843
kitsune is fox

and tanuki is racoon

I usually get mochi (taro, green tea or the packs with strawberry and blueberry, the latter not as often because I'm super fond of taro and they cost twice as much), udon, and a drink (recently fell for maneki soda) and something I haven't tried.

Just came back from the Asian store, got:
>Green tea & red bean steam buns (just tried, pretty nice)
>pic related, Pandan drink - making it now
>a Thai milk tea (instant regret but finished the whole thing - had more sugar than milk or tea in the ingredients list but felt like a tea milkshake badly)
>Lychee jelly juice for my friend
>pack of Shin Raymun (never tried)
>natto
>instant chicken noodle pho

This thing is great, not just for Japanese food cooking but for anything that go well with fish stock.

>>6157306
Kitsune also refers to sweet fried tofu. Step up your japanese knowledge pleb.

>>6158261

Yes, that's the etymology of the term. According to Japanese folklore, foxes like fried foods, which is why the term is used in that manner.

>>6150360
recently started to make a lot of dim sum and have finally learned the value of Hshao Xhing rice wine

I went to an asian grocer but I couldn't find any bonito flakes to make stock, anybody know what aisle they would be in?

>>6150550
Msg msg msg msg salt msg

>>6157572

>> for anything that go well with fish stock.

No shit. Because it is fish stock.

>>6155701
they really are delightful, and the individual packaging helps prevent you from scarfing them mindlessly in a single sitting

truly a melty chocolatey kiss

>>6157556
never tried that stuff in your pic, but pandan is godly in everything

>>6158506
is their an isle with instant miso soup, nori, dried mushrooms, noodles, and other stuff used to make soup stock? That's usually where I find it.

>>6158560

No, but there is an aisle.

>>6157306
>>6156843
>>6158261
>>6158276
Nonono kitsune udon is a reference to fox demons, inari is still always called inari you idiots.

>>6153527
H-mart produce is not cheap...

>>6156843
I've been to that market you mentioned, and their stock is really limited for every day cooking unfortunately. They seem to sell more novelties than basics, however, they do get bakery products delivered from NJ on thursdays so I can get shoku-pan in a pinch.

Travelling to annandale is far superior but a royal pita without a car.

>>6153422
Whenever I eat something with msg, I end up with a headache so healthy or not I will avoid it.

>>6153458
I get those shrimp snacks every time I go to our local supermarket (Cam Asia).

>>6158750
Do you also get headaches whenever you eat tomatoes? Cheese? Seaweed? A lot of things contain MSG, you just don't know it.

>>6157556
Report back with how it tastes.

>>6155770

the following things just because they're cheaper at asian markets:
tofu
water chestnuts
bamboo
rice
sesame oil
sesame seeds
sambal
steak
nori
fresh ramen noodles
gochujang
shin ramyun
miso
various vegetables
fresh ramen noodles
various flours
tea
kimchi
dried mushrooms
crab
i'm probably forgetting some shit

shit I buy that I can't get from normal markets:
red bean paste
dashi
pork belly
dried cuttlefish/squid
octopus
whole squid
very thinly sliced beef (yes, I'm lazy)
on rare occasion caplico because it's fucking expensive and I don't typically like to drink my calories
tapioca balls
seaweed salad
soju
rambutan
mackeral

>>6158750
It's probably because things that have MSG added (typical chinese food, snack foods, etc) are loaded with sodium anyway, so I'm willing to bet whatever you ate was loaded with grease and salt.

yesterday was a fun oriental grocery day. I went with my friend who had never been to one before. We chugged a few beers before we went in and had a grand time. got pic related ($0.75 for all the cilantro, fuck yea) as well as a few other things, she got some shit too

we then went down the block to a bar and drank some more, watched thr games and shared the green tea iced cream we got with the bartenders. all but one loved it. one of the bartenders blended up some of the iced cream and some milk for a delicious milkshake

which fish should i try first?

>>6158750
>everybody in this thread now hates you. Never got full retard

I love going to my local Asian market. It's actualliy closer to my house than the nearest normal American market. I love it.

I want to buy fish, but I don't know hwo to cut it. The fish looks so fresh, but I'm afraid to buy it.

I recently made my very first miso soup this past weekend. It was a success.

I like anal sex with women as my hobby.