| Archive for scabies.myfreeforum.org Southern California Arachnid, Bug, Invertebrate, Entomological Society |
| elportoed |
Field trip - Asian marketIf you ever go asian markets, the most abundant in socal, is ranch99. You'd see live fish, and various seafood in the displays tanks , few strange fruits and veggies in the produce section, rows and rows of stuff that you don't know what they are used for. So that's a bit different than the regular major chain supermarkets, but it's pretty typical in asian markets kinda way.I have become to enjoy checking out the markets on Valley Blvd. You'd never know what you'd find. I discovered this market in San Gabriel recently (valley and del mar, I think) http://www.hawaiisupermarket.com/about.html This one is a bit more exotic. And I thought some of the scabies members might enjoy browsing the store just for kicks. Should you be in the neighborhood, make sure you check out the back where they have the meat and fish, and the frozen food isles as well. Warning: parking can be crazy, crazy ***** drivers and all 
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| AGTrauger |
There's also a few places I go to quite often which are Mitsuwa, Marukai which both have stores in the Torrance area (as well as Costa Mesa, Los Angeles, and San Diego), and Nijiya with stores in LA, San Diego, & Torrance (but I've never been to that store in Torrance). I've bought small high quality water dishes for my T's for around $1 as well as yummy foods/snacks 
Someday soon I will check out the stores you mentioned and see how they compare. |
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| balam |
Hawaii Market is very interesting indeed, the parking lot is always full though, (though they have two other lots) | ||
| ogershok |
The 99 Ranch Market is one of my homes away from home. For an adventuresome eater, it's Disneyland. Sometimes their fish is a bit funky but over all, I love the place. The sauces, the bakery, the produce, the teas, exotic vinegars, animal parts (some of which should not be eaten by humans . . .) Take a tip from me though, stay away from the liquors made from glutenous rice. Nasty beyond belief. | ||
| elportoed |
If you think ranch99 is cool, you'd like this place better. The stuff they sell are the kind of food that you can buy everyday from the markets in most asian countries. I guess it's a bit like an adventure to see the stuff being sold in the markets here, kinda like a quick memory lane down to asia. I just love the fact that you can get fresh seafood at very reasonable price. We always bought live dungeness crabs or lobsters to steam...yum... Which one of the liquors are you referring to, the clear kind that smells pretty ripe, or the white smokey liquid that smells sweet and vinegarie? And yeah, they both are smelly and nasty tasting. . |
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| lizmotobike |
my neighbors make rice that is fermented. it was not bad....maybe cause they use his grandma's recipe. they are Vietnamese. | ||
| crash714 |
Re: Field trip - Asian market
 
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| ogershok |
It's clear and comes in a tall rectangular bottle. It tastes like floor wax stripper. |
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| elportoed |
The Thais make the same thing as a dessert, since it has that sweet tangy taste which is kinda refreshing in hot weather. The couple days old doesn't taste that bad since it's still pretty sweet. But the longer you keep it, the more wine like it becomes, not in a good way. Dave, I think what you had was the cheap rice wine for cooking. |
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| ogershok |
Nope, this is a high-proof liquor. Burns like kerosene. Tastes like it too. The rice wine actually isn't so bad except for the stuff they put salt in so that it technicaly isn't booze anymore. |
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| balam |
Last year we took a trip to McGrath State Beach with some friends for a ceramic workshop on Raku firing. One of them had a rice liquor that everyone called "chinese moonshine"
Most all said it was harsh, it really was a tad harsh, but it kind of reminded me of Mexican Mezcal. |
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| ogershok |
Speaking of Asian places, I can't help but wonder how this place answers their phone:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/pho-king-san-diego |
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| balam |
hahaha 
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| elportoed |
http://www.funnysign.com/funnysign_044.htm | ||