To complete the trifecta of posts on my adventure to the local asian specialty grocery, I give you fruit! There was a great mix of both your standard fruits and your stand-out beauties.
Mangoes!
Some lovely speckled nectarines
Gorgeous persimmons!
Citrus galore!
At the time I didn’t know what these were, however, now I do! QUINCE!
And this little beauty. Any ideas on what this is?
Categories: Adventure out of the kitchen
Tagged: Asian Grocery Adventures, fruit, lemons, limes, mangoes, nectarines, oranges, persimmons, quince
As a continuation of the lovely veggies I showed you guys last week (Thanks Ben for telling me it’s a bitter melon!), I thought I would show you some of the seafood wonders to be beheld at the same grocery store.
I had never seen such complete (head, eyes, antennae) shrimp uncooked before!
Fighting crabs!
Freeze dried anchovies! I personally am more a fan of freeze dried fruit, but to each their own.
Categories: Adventure out of the kitchen
Tagged: Asian Grocery Adventures, fish, shrimp
There are a few big Asian grocery stores in the suburbs of the town where I grew up. When home for winter break last year I took a little field trip to take in the wonders. Here is what I saw in the veggie department:
Peppers of every imaginable shape, color, and level of spice.
Symmetric stacks of scallions (try to say that 5 times fast)!
Skinny Thai eggplant
And two things I couldn’t identify:
Does anyone know what this is?
What about this?
Categories: Adventure out of the kitchen
Tagged: Asian Grocery Adventures, eggplant, mystery, peppers, produce, scallions, vegetables, veggies
