Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Asian food Market!
After a long hiatus from the blog, my bento obsession was refueled by stumbling upon an oriental food market. I have really missed the bento scene, and hopefully I am back for good this time. I don't know how many of you in the states are from the East coast, but if you ever happen to wander down to Myrtle Beach SC there is a little store tucked in Socastee which is just out of the beach. No bento boxes but there is a great collection of foods and treats and cooking ingredients. I bought a lot of things that had to be eaten before I made my trek back home and unfortunately I did not get any pictures. I do however have a few pictures of the treats I bought! A assorted pack of mini jelly cups. These are a lot like jello. Some grape flavored gummies, a lychee and coconut jelly and some golden rabbit caramel. I also got some buckwheat soba, rice sticks or pho noodles, seaweed sheets, furikake, some bean paste filled things....They were covered with like a powder and kind of chewy with red bean paste inside...Should these have been cooked? I wasn't entirely sure. I also got some mochi ice cream, it came with chocolate, green tea, and vanilla. It was ice cream wrapped in mochi from what I could tell. I can't wait to start putting these things in bento! Hope to be hearing from you all soon!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Fun! The Asian grocery is always my downfall. I go in for rice and come out with bags of interesting things. Worst part is? We kind of need rice again.
ReplyDeleteasian grocerys and similar shops are great! I love wandering around and trying new things to eat <3 the mochi ice c ream sound so yummi!!! <3
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like the buns you ate are a food that I normally steam first but they can be pretty chewy. Sounds like you have fun. I usually buy many things for very little money in a good oriental market. I like the one's that sell all types of food from different cultures. In Miami the best one is about twenty minutes from my home. It's like taking a daytrip to the grocer. I am so spoiled everything else is just around the corner.
ReplyDeleteWhere I live there are no Asian specialty stores. I was so excited when I finally found one that is easy for me to actually go too.
ReplyDeleteNew2Bento: I thought maybe they should be steamed....They were pink and filled with red bean paste. The doughy stuff was edible without being steamed but had a really strange texture. If i ever venture into these again will definitely try steaming them.
Ah, the joys of Asian food shopping--looks like you scored some great treats and bento staples here...I'm sure they will inspire a burst of bento/cooking creativity!
ReplyDelete