Visiting A Chinese Grocery Store
We had dim sum at our favorite spot in Monterey Park and then stopped to pick up a few things at the grocery store next door, a grocery store that is so well-named, it must be shown:
This is the only grocery store I should ever shop at again! I love Chinese signs and I promise that after the kids are back in school next week I'll upload all my old fave photos from when I was in Shanghai back in 1992.
Anyway, I needed short ribs for Kal Bi:
But a few other items caught my eye, like live blue crabs:
Then there was conch meat:
And live shrimp:
And look at all this fish:
And jumbo squid:
All well and good, right? Things I might buy from any grocery store, sort of. But then we take a bit of a left turn. Check out the snails:
And the beef tendons:
And fish heads:
And frog legs:
And of course, what visit to the grocery store would be complete without some pork uterus?
And here's a candy-type thing, I guess. Seems to come in sweet:
And sour:
I do love Chinese grocery stores!
Jan 11, 2009 @ 23:46:12
I can’t believe that THIS is the post I’m left to comment on…okay, it’s the most recent. But whatever, it’s creepy!
More to the point, why didn’t I know you have this blog? Hello???
Jan 11, 2009 @ 23:47:09
PS – where is your RSS button so I can subscribe???
Jan 12, 2009 @ 06:08:52
Katy, sorry it’s not to your, ahem, taste, but it was just too wacky for me not to post about.
And there’s a feedburner subscription link on the top right hand corner…
Jan 31, 2009 @ 14:39:32
Yech! Pork uterus!
Sep 02, 2010 @ 17:40:25
This is fabulous! In Honolulu I visited the Chinatown there, fresh fish market.
glad you posted these pics! Love it! Yummy seafood too; it takes an adventurous cook to appreciate:)!
Oct 12, 2010 @ 10:22:45
Amazing stuff I would love to eat some of this food maybe i will get some!