Wednesday 18 November 2009

Asian shops abound here

This is a post I have mislaid for a long time because I am always busy as a bumble bee. Anyway, I'd like to go back in time when I first arrived in the UK. My husband took me out for a walk and we passed by a couple of Asian shops but I didn't dare go in because I thought they only sold spicy Indian foods. A couple of weeks later, I found Asian Foodmart which previously was called Filipino shop. There I found mostly Filipino and Thai foods so I was very happy--well I still am. On top of that the owners/managers are Filipinos.
Here's a screen shot of their website which has more Chinese than any south-east Asian touch.


This is just one of the many Asian shops here in Norwich. I think there are about ten of them scattered across the city centre. So even if I'm thousands of miles away from home I can still eat my favorite tom yum, Silver Swan soy sauce or Datu Puti soy sauce with kalamansi, kare-kare*, sinigang*, pinakbet*. They also sell tilapia, bangus (milkfish), kamoteng-kahoy (cassava), ampalaya (bitter gourd), papaya, and all those stuff. They even have banana leaves for baking but oh well, I don't get to buy everything I want like tondan (sweet small bananas with very delicate skin, hence, not suitable for export), malunggay, fresh buko (young coconut)  but at least whenever I fancy a real Filipino food I can just go to any of those shops.
*these are typical Filipino dish


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4 comments:

  1. great, you have an asian shop there! so you won't miss bangus eh. bonuan bay ya? hehehe! thought it's your mellow yellow entry:)

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  2. Talaga, may malunggay din? okay eh. dalawang tulog na lng matitikman ko lahat yang mga sinabi mo.wala ba fresh seaweeds diyan as in arorosep? hehehe!

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  3. Yes, actually the Filipino shop is very close to our church kaya ang saya.
    Sorry to confuse you but I don't get malunggay, oh wait I think I do but they are frozen.
    I tried to post for MYM but I think it's too late because it was Tuesday night here and when I didn't get any comment I deactivated the link and will put it back next week.

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  4. This is awesome. I remember how I felt the first time I entered the Asian supermarket that recently opened up by my house. It was like stepping through automated sliding doors and into Heaven.

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