Durians at a korean grocery store! The durians didn’t even smell. I wonder if they sprayed it with some deodorant or sealant that locks in the smell. In my haste to shop and take pictures, I forgot to check the price of the durians.
On Wednesday, I took an hour long drive to the nearest Korean grocery store. Along the way, I missed a turning and got slightly lost, but managed to get back on track. I took several photos in the store but most of them look like what one will see at a higher end grocery store: large produce and meat sections, wide aisles, and nicely stocked shelves. But there is one thing that one will never find in an American-style grocery store - kimchi, lots of kimchi!
Here’s my shopping list:
1 box (20 packs) of Kimchi ramen - $11.99 (lately I’ve been bitten by the eat-instant-noodle-at-night bug)
1 box (12 packs) of tofu - $9.99
Edamame - $0.99
3 cans of curry paste - $2.27
1 can of coconut milk - $0.89
5lb of jasmine brown rice - $3.29
Egg noodle - $0.69
2 packs of Mama tomyam noodle - $0.78
1 small pack of kimchi - $3.99 (it wasn’t that good, i think the ones that I made taste better)
1 pack of stir-fried jab chae noodle - $3.99 (not that good either, though I have no idea how to make this)
Dang myeon noodle - $1.99 (with this, I can find a jab chae recipe online and try it out)
I also bought ingredients to make my own kimchi:
nappa cabbage - $1.11
korean radish - $0.58
korean pear - $2.49 (expensive pear but according to my roommate, it’s an important ingredient in kimchi)
korean watercress - $0.99
green onion - $0.25
ginger - $0.30
1 bottle of salted shrimp - $2.99
