mkr5000 > writes:


> Anything I'm missing out on?
>
>
> I'd like to make a list for next time I visit.


TONS!!

shrimp chips
coconut milk
frozen coconut cream
canned drinks (papaya, mango, etc)
fresh drinks (pennywort, fresh soy milk (nothing like it))
Thai curry paste (to go w/ the coconut milk/cream)
fresh pork (best price in town!)
sashimi
fresh mung/soy sprouts
fresh fish*
prepared peking duck or bbq pork
Chinese rice wine
fish sauce
frozen lumpia
Asian pears
Kim chee
1000000 yr eggs
Smithfield hams
sake
instant dashi
miso
rice
cookware
smoked eel (unagi?).......


Holy crap, I could go on forever. If I miss one thing from SFBA, it's
the Asian markets. Get a couple asian cookbooks and start
experimenting. If I had only one choice to shop for food....

* Approach the fresh fish warily. I only tried 'em once and it was
catastrophic. I bought two live dungeness crabs and cooked 'em
myself, thinking "live" would be safe. After eating the crab, I had
a severe full body rash and the green apple shouts for a week!!
Never had this reaction buying pre-cooked (frozen) or live off
fishing boats. Always wondered if it was due to contaminated live
tanks at market. It was my only bad experience with Asian markets.

nb