Do you ever shop at Asian food stores? What would you recommend trying?
I have not idea what i'm looking at, lots of strange dried animal parts, roots and stuff. I'm really interested in trying some of these weird exotic things but I don't know where to begin. help?
Don't go looking for weird and exotic. Go looking for Asian recipes that look good. Sooner or later you'll come across some that call for one or two of those weird exotic ingredients. That will be your excuse to try it.
Asian supermarkets smell like shit
>americans silently giving in to the fact they are not the prime culture anymore
It's just my weeb blood. I see hardly any other non-chinks shopping there when i visit.
#1 don't buy noodles
#2 almost all the candy is overpriced because it's flashy to white people
best rule of thumb - if it's flashy and you immediately want to buy it, don't. it's an asian food store in a non-asian country, half the snack and candy products are targeted at tourists and literal children, and are usually reflective to such in quality (this is obviously not always the case, especially with some japanese snacks because of mascot culture)
i'd definitely recommend looking at the frozen produce/products if you want weeb stuff, the frozen isle in asian food stores usually have high quality/interesting dumplings and treats (if you can find icecream mochi highly recommend you buy some, very hard to find outside of japan and select stores)
another thing, check ingredients, especially on snacks, before you buy them
a lot of flavoured asian snacks will be called a flavour and have absolutely none of whatever it's supposed to be in it
prime example - half the squid chips you'll find will have absolutely no squid or squid flavouring, just prawn flavouring and different seasonings
Not nearly weird or exotic, but if you're looking for something cheap and fun, try the ramen. There are all kinds of flavors not available in the US!
would you mind to elaborate why to not buy noodles?
>American culture
There really isn't one.
t. British-American for 8 years, well travelled
stay out of our markets, weeb.
Adding on to this, always check the expiration date on any packaged good you buy. The mom and pop stores hold onto their expired shit for months hoping someone will buy it without looking rather than toss it out.
the prepackaged noodles (usually udon for example) are easy to make from scratch
same goes for ramen, unless you're buying the VERY expensive ones ($3 usd+) then i'd again ask why you don't just make your own noodles, making ramen takes an hour (not including prep of baked bicarb) and you can make a better "broth" than any packets with literal storebought bouillon
this x1000
especially if you disregard my advice and buy ramen (not trying to shittalk you specifically but i have a great disdain for anyone who won't make ramen noodles from scratch) they will hold onto those packets for very not-okay periods of time.
please heed this advice - never ever risk consuming expired, or even past use-by dates on ramen. most brands will make you EXTREMELY sick about a week after expiry
>most brands will make you EXTREMELY sick about a week after expiry
how? they're just dried noodles and some spice powder
do you have any good recipes for making ramen? I've never done it from scratch and I found an amazing asian market where I live.
The thing that I always buy no matter what are purple Japanese sweet potatos. They're cheap and much healthier than normal sweet taters. The frozen seafood selection is always really good at my local store too. I like to buy mackerel (saba in Japanese) fillets because they're good grilled.
>Local Asian store is now adding pointers for normie based on common questions they get
>It's actually useful data and it helps me find shit easier
>I'm not sure if this makes me a normie or they figured out to stuff all the candy, snacks, sodas and beers near the entrance so the store doesn't get filled by retards and people looking to buy real stuff don't have to manuever through a million retards grabbing wierd looking jars and making jokes
Udon Noddles are permanently on sale and are so fucking cheap I honestly can't justify making them myself
Buy this
And any other flavors that look interesting to you.
Takes plain rice to flavor town.
Do asian markets sell pandan extract?
Try Jufran "banana" sauce. The one with the red cap, not the white one. I honestly have no idea how white people haven't blown this one up yet.
Never buy the sodas. Any of them.
Their fresh basil and green onions are top notch. Cannot be beaten. Are even harvested and packaged to stay pretty.
Buy the packages of dried anchovies. Put it on everything. Especially your sweets.
You absolutely cannot go wrong with mushrooms. Fresh or dried. Just try it faggot.
All the fish sauces are the same. This is literally a meme in all of Asia.
Anything fermented is worth trying in your cooking. Especially if it's seafood related. Fish paste will change your life.
Don't buy any of the fresh meat. Only frozen. Please, for your safety...
Check out the nicknacks isle. Asian stores stock some really nice cookware you won't find elsewhere.
As a rule: if it's got Japanese writing on it, it's the best kind in the store.
I can't believe nobody has said this yet.
Buy some Chinese soy sauce and rice wine vinegar. Take your stir fries to the next level, mane.
buy frozen gyoza. There should be at least 2 aisles full of them
If the asian store sells big inflated bags of bean sprouts, they probably grow them in buckets in the back room. If the rest of the store looks like shit, don't buy the bean sprouts because that's probably what the back rooms look like too.
>tfw I'm addicted to Japanese gummi candies
Agreed. I think American culture extends only as far as muscle cars, Christian extremism, and chilli.
>#1 don't buy noodles
What I hope you mean is, don't buy those instant noodles. Actual packages of just noodles are usually a nice price, and they have all sorts of noodles you probably won't find anywhere else: bean noodles, rice noodles, soba, etc etc.
Whatever whole plant ingredients you see that are cheaper/better there. :-)
Always check the clearance rack first.
DON'T REMIND MAYONNAISE-AMERICANS THESE STORES EXIST
I SHOP THERE TO AVOID THOSE OBNOXIOUS HONKIES
THEY'RE GOING TO GENTRIFY THE STORES INTO STOCKING MORE DRECK LIKE HOT POCKETS AND CHARGE $2 FOR THREE KALE LEAVES
Isn`t thats thw point of American culture? You get to try lots of stuff from other ethnic background?
>As a rule: if it's got Japanese writing on it, it's the best kind in the store.
Most people don't know the difference between Japanese writing and Chinese writing.
Get mustard greens because they always have mustard greens on clearance and mustard greens are always good to have.
Yes, but most people have a below-average IQ.
some do.
There's one near my house. I tend to shop there for meat and produce more often since it's usually cheaper and fresher than the next closest grocery store. It's also the only place I've found nearby that sells fresh fish and butchered meat, but I've not bought any yet.
Also, they sell fresh baguettes at 40 cents a pop. It's some good shit.
short grain rice
bonito flakes
nori
matcha (make green tea sweets with this or just drink it as hot tea)
but don't get the ube mochi, it's either expired or gross for some reason
here u go baka gaijin
unfortunaly only a few
Get roasted dried sea lavers aka nori or geem. Some stores might label those incorrectly as dried seaweed because of their lack of proper knowledge, but it's laver. You want the kind that are preroasted in sesami oil.
I hear this is made by chinese now and the ingredients list is a work of fiction
Jesus fucking Christ, that's literally how I tell the difference, and I have no particular interest in those languages or cultures.
Minus the 'faces' part.
i got some furrykake it was shit, basically like some seaweed flakes, some sesame seeds, some other spices and a shitload of sugar. gross
it's just rice flavoring, make your own however you want
Try the king. You'll need to wait two days if they're kept in a freezer. When you're ready, put on some work gloves so you don't get splinters and pull it apart.
Also save the pits. There's a neutral tasting starchy bit you can eat after boiling or steaming.
>muh white identity
Hey, we have a board where you can cry about that. You should go there.
>buy kombu seaweed
>put it in food processor of blender
>grind it into powder
>put it on everything
I ain't even joking.
It's great having a large Hmong population here. I hope we can get more Syrians in this above-average state. :-)
Sprouts are super risky from a food safety standpoint, because the conditions for sprouting are also really amenable to bacterial growth.
I go there for one thing. Dat chili oil. I've heard some people refer to it as grandma sauce.
I put this shit in everything.
I see that it is approved by the SS, probably means its good
>I shop there
*I shoplift there
Should I try to get a Hmong gf there?
Does your's have a jewelry store and/or antique /knickknack store inside of it? There's always a bunch of goodies in there, from Mona Lisa prints to Vietnamese softcore porn. Also, a lot of the stuff isn't everyday stuff, a lot of it is for new year's or other holidays.
Who owns it/main country of store? Japanese usually only have Japanese stuff, Korean have Korean and Japanese, and Chinese and Vietnamese usually have everything.
Also, don't buy any meat there, especially if they are not Japanese/Korean. All the Vietnamese and Chinese stores in my area get frequent health inspection writeups, and that awful smell isn't the fish, it's the spoiled meat.
>As a rule: if it's got Japanese writing on it, it's the best kind in the store.
This is pretty good advice. Japanese have ridiculous quality standards, and that extends to their exports. If Chinese want to buy high quality stuff, they'll buy Japanese.
In Hong Kong all of the gift cookie boxes for the mainlanders to take home are all Japanese. Korean is usually safe too though.
Have fun OP, buy random crap and try it, it's half of the fun. Candies, cookies, random objects they sell, they're all good.
STOP MAKING SENSE REEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>kombu
>not wakame
I dont know how you enjoy it, kombu doesnt taste like anything
Chinese roommate brought some of that stuff, it's amazing. Not too spicy, very oily and salty. I used it to dip or toss homemade fries into and it's so good.
Look for fresh or frozen noodles. They're cheap and good with tons of other things or in soup.
I don't do weeb food but I buy a lot of Indonesian and malay products. I guess it's part of being in Australia and those countries being so close. Mexican food is not a thing here, indo/malay stuff is oit version of Mexico.
Lots of yummy things to buy in Asian grocery stores if you look. I ignore all the gook/Korean products because they're shit
hes just trying to sound edgy
asians fill their baskets with noodles and mostly avoid the frozen shit for fresh produce and meats
>make a thread after asian market visit
>get bullied and it dies after 11 posts
>somebody makes a new thread about it
>lotsa posts
fuck you guys
>make blog post on anonymous image board
>get shit on
>see someone make post about a discussion
>make another blog post on it
here's your (You)
yeah but chilli is fucking awesome.
This.
sometimes i walk down to my local asian grocery store to pick up weird ass drinks. lychee fanta? you gotta be joking
they are great places. its mindfuck going in there luckyli here they have finnis words under them. i highly recoment. porkbuns of all sorts and the soda ramun is great.
Ooo I specifically go to the places here to get fresh salmon and tunas but have been looking more and more into other things. sounds interesting.
If you haven't tried natto, you're missing out.
I'm going to chinatown later what should I get? Don't really feel like cooking but I'm feeling highly adventurous. Later in going to get trashed and try to find a big titty Asian girl to smash.
If youre not looking for anything specific feel free to just expand and see as much as you can. The cuisine and culture are excellent and having an in with your local fresh fish guy is always excellent.
>but i suggest you look for fresh noodles and crab
dried eel, gopchang and pig's balls
yeah, it's why /pol/ is always wrong, ethnostate cucks
>Isn`t thats thw point of American culture?
The point of American culture was to create a country for White Anglo-Saxon Protestants, but it's since been perverted to become
>lots of stuff from other ethnic background
which isn't an actual culture at all.
I'm too scared to try that. Loads of people have told me it tastes like vomit
It's worth trying at least once. I've never been overly offended by it and natto+egg+green onion over a bowl of steamed rice is god tier and impossible to fuck up.
Tip: If you are attempting to eat natto on its own, don't use up all soy and maybe avoid the mustard
I've never seen any difference in quality between asian market fresh meat and normal supermarket fresh meat
only weebs and other asians are ever going to shop there the rest of america thinks asian cultures are "weird and creepy XD"
you will be safe
This. I used to shop at the only international market in Nashville and everyone there was either a 30-something hipster couple, a weeaboo, or an actual Asian.
That's a bit different than Memphis. Our 2 large ones are predominantly asian, hispanic, african and like me, the occasional white trailing after his qt3.14 asian waifu ;) The lone whites I see tend to be middle aged men who may or may not be weebs because I'm not familiar with how they profile demographically.
the chinese supermarket i go to is in a spic area so everyone that works there is chinese but everyone there is black and spanish.
>britbongs pretending like their cuisine is impeccable
>britbongs pretending like they have a rich culture
>britbongs pretending like their culture isn't getting swept under the rug to make way for brown town
obsessed~
...
buy the weirdest looking dried fish with the eyes still in it and just open it up and eat it
how?
weeb: they're buying pocky and shit
not weeb: cart full of ingredients, mostly produce
Bruh it takes me like 2 hours to make udon noodle and the frozen udon is just as good
I put my time into dashi stock because it actually is better and i save money.
Get kewpie japanese mayo, the one with the baby on it.
Not that guy, but imo it's the broth that makes the difference. The noodles are all the same, more or less.
>Faku you niiga
Fermented black bean paste and eal is really good on top of rice.
yeah fuck them politics is dumb and access to foreign food products dictates my every decision
Difference between mean and median.
Declaimer: it seems more likely to me that most people have an above-average IQ.
huge retards
American culture is all around you, you don't recognize it as American because all of your shitty countries adopted our ((culture))
>mfw the /pol/ocaust is here already
not even /pol/ just saying, american culture is everywhere, it's no race thing, film, music, fashion, etc. All pretty much american. Saying we are culture-less is pretty confusing to me because almost every country has a mcdonalds in it. If America has no culture then I'm ashamed at other countries for emulating it.
^this
>Most people have below average IQ
Please reconsider that statement
*adjusts glasses* It's perfectly possible. Consider a situation where 20 people have an IQ of 90 and 10 people have an IQ of 120. In that case, most people do have below average IQ.
Gweilo stay out my market it not for you go to pig store instead you like it there
>Do you ever shop at Asian food stores?
I had to stop after all the Asian QTs kept trying to get me to impregnate them with my superior white seed, how can little Asian dicks even compete?
Guaranteed replies.
This is bait, right?