Comments on: Asian grocery stores save you money http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2006/01/17/asian-grocery-stores-save-you-money/ Just tidbits about money and finance. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:15:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: sfgal http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2006/01/17/asian-grocery-stores-save-you-money/#comment-7023 sfgal Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:56:55 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/?p=28#comment-7023 Ranch 99 is amazing! And it's got everything! Lion City and Marina Foods are catching up and I'm starting to like Lion city because of better pricing and more seafood variety that's cheap! Ranch 99 is amazing! And it’s got everything!

Lion City and Marina Foods are catching up and I’m starting to like Lion city because of better pricing and more seafood variety that’s cheap!

]]> By: Mapgirl’s Fiscal Challenge / Festival of Frugality #58 is Up! http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2006/01/17/asian-grocery-stores-save-you-money/#comment-6966 Mapgirl’s Fiscal Challenge / Festival of Frugality #58 is Up! Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:53:55 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/?p=28#comment-6966 [...] WiseBread echoes my Asian grocery store post. Seriously, ethnic food markets are cheap cheap cheap and fun! [...] […] WiseBread echoes my Asian grocery store post. Seriously, ethnic food markets are cheap cheap cheap and fun! […]

]]> By: Uncle Foobar http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2006/01/17/asian-grocery-stores-save-you-money/#comment-34 Uncle Foobar Tue, 24 Jan 2006 21:00:00 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/?p=28#comment-34 The other thing that's cheaper at Super 88 here in Boston is the "rooster" sauce...it's like $2.50 while in regular stores it's treated like it was some exotic thing..saw it in Zathmary's (a too expensive "new yawker-style overpriced deli in Brookline) for $7.50 a bottle! Another thing: bulk tofu! Foob The other thing that’s cheaper at Super 88 here in Boston is the “rooster” sauce…it’s like $2.50 while in regular stores it’s treated like it was some exotic thing..saw it in Zathmary’s (a too expensive “new yawker-style overpriced deli in Brookline) for $7.50 a bottle!

Another thing: bulk tofu!

Foob

]]> By: mapgirl http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2006/01/17/asian-grocery-stores-save-you-money/#comment-33 mapgirl Wed, 18 Jan 2006 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/?p=28#comment-33 The jook recipe will be coming out soon. I have to meter these posts out. I have like 7 waiting! I still have to write the jook post, but I think you are really going to like it. Pocky was fun when I was a kid, but for some reason, as an adult, I've lost the taste for it. The frozen shumai and bao are awesome! Bao means 'bun'. The BBQ pork buns are called 'chashu bao'. Look for those if you've never had them. I used to get two large fresh ones for $1 each in San Francisco. nummy. The jook recipe will be coming out soon. I have to meter these posts out. I have like 7 waiting!

I still have to write the jook post, but I think you are really going to like it.

Pocky was fun when I was a kid, but for some reason, as an adult, I’ve lost the taste for it.

The frozen shumai and bao are awesome! Bao means ‘bun’. The BBQ pork buns are called ‘chashu bao’. Look for those if you’ve never had them. I used to get two large fresh ones for $1 each in San Francisco. nummy.

]]> By: Caitlin http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2006/01/17/asian-grocery-stores-save-you-money/#comment-32 Caitlin Wed, 18 Jan 2006 01:42:00 +0000 http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/?p=28#comment-32 A topic near and dear to my heart...sigh. In Boston <a HREF="http://www.super88market.com/" rel="nofollow">Super 88</A>, which I believe has two locations (the Allston-Brighton location has the BEST food court) and there's also Ming's (saved my butt one thanksgiving!) I love asian food, but I am a total n00b to asian cooking and I still find a lot of great deals at the asian market. Produce overall is much cheaper and things like specialty oils (walnut oil, grapeseed oil) are VASTLY cheaper and are useful for dishes that require high smoke point oils (not that I know a lot about this either...) We also find a lot in the frozen section like chinese steamed buns and shumai and dumplings that we like to have around for quick meals. We also stock up on pocky for snacking. It's a bit of a drive for us and we used to go every other week due to being in the area for something else. Now it's a special trip so we don't go as often. Great post...this will definitely be useful info for me as I expand our food horizons. When's that jook recipe coming out? ;) A topic near and dear to my heart…sigh.

In Boston Super 88, which I believe has two locations (the Allston-Brighton location has the BEST food court) and there’s also Ming’s (saved my butt one thanksgiving!)

I love asian food, but I am a total n00b to asian cooking and I still find a lot of great deals at the asian market.

Produce overall is much cheaper and things like specialty oils (walnut oil, grapeseed oil) are VASTLY cheaper and are useful for dishes that require high smoke point oils (not that I know a lot about this either…)

We also find a lot in the frozen section like chinese steamed buns and shumai and dumplings that we like to have around for quick meals.

We also stock up on pocky for snacking.

It’s a bit of a drive for us and we used to go every other week due to being in the area for something else. Now it’s a special trip so we don’t go as often.

Great post…this will definitely be useful info for me as I expand our food horizons. When’s that jook recipe coming out? ;)

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