/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.19552680]

gonna go to the asian grocery store and have a look around, what should i pick up there?
basically the only thing confirmed on my list is some gochugaru but if anyone else has good ideas lemme know

[Anonymous No.19552688]

angry grandma sauce
oodles of noodles

[Anonymous No.19552692]

>>19552680
pick up some chilli vinegar there

[Anonymous No.19552723]

>>19552688
i already have more than enough chilli crisp in my fridge
>>19552692
good call anon

[Anonymous No.19552799]

Raid the snack aisle for interesting flavors of chips and get a bag of pic related

[Anonymous No.19552811]

>>19552680
frozen wantons

[Anonymous No.19552813]

seafood. the prices will shock you

[Anonymous No.19552821]

>>19552799
shrimp flavored shit are nasty

[Anonymous No.19552841]

>>19552821
You're nasty

[Anonymous No.19553046]

>>19552680
probably forgetting stuff but this is usually my list:
dark soy sauce
black vinegar
white and/or red miso
shaoxing wine
doubanjiang
tianmianjiang
chinese sausage
kimchi
anchovy stock powder
dried tofu skin
glutinous rice/glutinous rice flour
szechuan peppercorns
dried mushrooms
dried seaweed
canned eel
rice cakes
fish cakes/balls
mung beans (make your own bean sprouts)
black bean paste
frozen udon
sweet potato noodles
gochujang
doenjang
ssamjang (if you don't make your own)
basic stuff that they'll have better quality/variety/price compared with regular stores (rice, mirin, fish sauce, etc.)

[Anonymous No.19553079]

gochujang
black vinegar
pickled spicy radish strips
pickled mustard greens
shirataki noodles
calpico
doenjang
bbq pork buns
weird taiwanese oreo
tamarind candy
milk candy

[Anonymous No.19553160]

>>19552680
Galangal. I've been experimenting in stir fries this week and found an excellent flavor combination. Galangal, fish sauce, pepper, and pickled veggies. If they have fresh galangal, awesome, otherwise frozen is fine. The flavor is not at all like ginger, it's its own thing entirely. Hard to describe, kind of vegetal, herbal, and medicinal.

[Anonymous No.19553191]

>>19552680
>what should i pick up there?
The Asians. They're a small people, and they love when a white guy picks them up, carries them a couple feet, then puts them back down. They love it, I'm telling you, even the old men. Just have fun out there!

[Anonymous No.19553195]

fish sauce

[Anonymous No.19553216]

Long handled Korean spoons. Cheap butane cannisters and a butane burner if you don't already have one.

[Anonymous No.19553224]

>>19553191
kek

[Anonymous No.19553225]

>>19552680
if you like chirri sauce but, like me, you're sick of sweet sauces, get yourself some Koon Wick Wah Kee

[Anonymous No.19553471]

>>19552680
Soy sauces (take your pick)
rice vinegar (mirin)
Mayo
Curry boxes
Glass noodles, really any noodles you need
The frozen eel is fantastic, skipped the canned they are shit.
They have plenty of matcha if tea is your thing
Mushroom powder for stock is fantastic
Dried mushrooms are good too
I was disappointed with my local shop's bbq buns, but I've had some that are good in other areas, so take the risk and try them.

[Anonymous No.19555786]

>>19553046
Szechuan chili oil is more convenient than the raw peppercorns. Sometimes called "prickly ash" oil.
It has a lemony aroma and the mouth numbing effect they're known for.
It's an easy way to add some variety to your favorite instant ramen, but you wouldn't want to use it the first time you try a certain flavor because it changes it so much.

[Anonymous No.19555807]

>>19552680
Pick up some milkfish so you can make a dank Bangus ala Pobre (don't forget the oyster sauce if you don't have some already)

[Anonymous No.19555817]

>>19552680
Snes Sneed oil

[Anonymous No.19557301]

>>19553216
these are all incredibly useful
asian utensils are GOAT
big metal strainer spoons, soup spoons

spiced vinegar is one of my greatest discoveries, pic related is frfr
also mushroom soy sauce is amazing

[Anonymous No.19559170]

I always get chicken feet for making a thick gelatinous chicken stock. Good for the stomach, skin, and joints. You'll want to use other parts of the chicken for flavor though.

[Anonymous No.19559206]

>every fucking division is tied up with champs trying to go for double belts and actual contenders having to sit around with a thumb up their ass instead of getting the title fights done
nightmare scenario

[Anonymous No.19559290]

>>19552680
>Asian grocery in yankeeland
>aisles have to be 3 times as wide as normal to accomodate amerifats
topkek

[Anonymous No.19559295]

>>19559290
or maybe it's just not necessary to have 30cm aisles because the store is larger than a closet, chang

[Anonymous No.19559306]

I live in the inner city and go to the 7 nearby asian groceries once a week just to check the clearance shelves. Occasionally i'll get some spicy pickled veg but if i'm not careful they'll give me the sodium shits. Fuckloads of salt in those little bags.
They have the best prices on tofu, shallots, coconut water, noodles, and greens

[Anonymous No.19559311]

>>19559295
larger store means you can have more shelves and stock more products, unless of course half your customers are hamplanets and require 2 metre wide aisles or else they get stuck.
Believe me, the owners of that store would very much like to stock more products. Asians are like jews but more honest

[Anonymous No.19559335]

why do asian groceries smell like unwashed genitalia

[Anonymous No.19559349]

>>19559290
>>19559290
it's to accommodate shopping carts. you can see one in the image. it's dictated by suburban sprawl and fridges which makes stocking up a preferable option to the local market foot traffic which dictates authentic Chinese store design

[Anonymous No.19559436]

OP returning to blogpost
picked up
gochugaru
gochujang
ssamjang
sesame oil
coconut vinegar
frozen udon noodles
rice cakes
benishoga
bonito furikake
big ol bucket of kimchi
bunch of dried stuff for the pantry
had a bbq pork bun about the size of my head from their hot food section which was actually fantastic
Definitely have some other goodies to pick up on my next trip there based on posts i didnt see in time

[Anonymous No.19559442]

Pagpag and sewage oil

[Anonymous No.19559467]

>>19552680
Grab a bunch of different noodle brands and flavours you've never heard before.

[Anonymous No.19559567]

the real strat is to look up which ones have the most versatile application, then look up what things you can make with them in combination with other ingredients, and buy those too.

[Anonymous No.19559913]

>>19553160

seconded, grab some kaffir lime leaves and get going on some tom kha gai or other Thai dishes.

If they sell booze, get some umeshu (plum wine). It should have a few plums floating around in the bottle. It's a bit too sweet for me to enjoy neat, but amazing on the rocks with a splash of soda.

[Anonymous No.19559993]

>>19559436
>>19559567
a good fish sauce
you can add a splash of it to any soup, stew or sauce for more flavor
can also be diluted with water as a dashi substitute
its the second most versatile pantry item i have behind msg

[Anonymous No.19560072]

>>19559993
>a good fish sauce
there is literally only one. red boat has made everything else obsolete