I started my summer vacation by dropping off a load of clothes at Goodwill and drinking glass of iced tea at Gold Bar (I'll address my tea obsession and Gold Bar another time). I hadn't been to an Asian market in a while so I went to Asiana Market and browsed their selection of mostly Korean food. Wandering the aisles at Asian markets is so fun. Mostly I wonder how items would taste and how do you even prepare them. Many items have English language stickers placed on them so you sort of know what you are looking at. This assumes a good translation though.
I walked out with my usual assortment of yum-yums like kimchi and various packages of udon soup. I usually try to find something new to try each time I visit. This visit I went with an anchovy flavored udon soup. In the pickled stuff aisle I looked hard at the seasoned fermented pollack entrails which were right next to the fermented squid. Maybe next time I will be brave enough to give them a try. The entrails were from wild-caught pollack in case you were dying to know. Even the snack aisle at this store is interesting. Sure they have an assortment of standard things like chips and crackers, but who wants that stuff when you can buy dried squid bodies and tentacles? I guess this is just beef jerky of the sea. Maybe I will try this someday too.
Using my loot I made a tasty dinner of asparagus, a chicken and mushroom stir-fry, rice, and kimchi. I washed down my dinner with a nice twig tea. Mmm. It was a good Tuesday.
2 comments:
I think you need to save up for a trip to Hong Kong or Singapore and eat, eat, eat!
Some day I will visit a place where every market is an Asian market. In the mean time I will keep in shape by making sure to eat, eat, eat!
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