If you're looking at adding some authenticity to your Asian cooking, you can't go past this place for the best in Asian vegetables, sauces and noodles.
The staff are really friendly, and even if you don't really know what you're looking for they are more than willing to help out. I wondered in a couple of months ago pondering if my chicken with vegetables and singapore noodles could be improved with some better produce.
Telling the smiling Asian grocer what I wanted, he quickly went about helping me pick out some products; bak choy, wombok, and traditional soy and oyster sauce. Not only that, he also went out of his way to give me a secret recipe for making up the yummiest sauce to go with almost any Asian meal you want to create. It was as simple as a bit of oyster and soy sauce and a teaspoon of gravy powder, mixed with some fresh Asian herbs and garlic paste! My husband was VERY impressed, even my daughter didn't believe I'd cooked it. The ever helpful grocer also gave me a great recipe for making fresh pork and vegetable rolls using the leaves of wombok to wrap the filling in. So delish...and all of these great recipes and new, fresh ingredients have given me the inspiration to throw my very own dinner party. If only I could get the grocer to come over and cook it for me... read more