On 6/16/2013 6:14 PM, merryb wrote:
> On Jun 16, 5:29 am, George Leppla > wrote:
>> Today Becca and I are going to drive into Houston to the nearest big
>> Asian market. We only go maybe once a year (it is over an hour drive)
>> so we stock up on rice noodles of all kinds, spring roll wrappers, all
>> kinds of sauces and maybe even some frozen dumplings.
>>
>> Lunch will be at our favorite Vietnamese restaurant where I will
>> probably still order the Pho and Becca will get more adventurous and
>> order some kind of noodle dish.
>>
>> I love road trips like this... nothing important to do and all day to do it.
>>
>> George L
>
> Sounds like fun- I discovered Hmart a few years ago, and I could spend
> hours in there!
>

We had a lot of fun. Nope... didn't take any pictures, but we bought
bottles and bottles of various sauces including tamarind paste which is
almost impossible to find anywhere else. Hoisen sauce, fish sauce,
oyster sauce, low-sodium soy sauce, sirracha sauce, chili/garlic paste,
sweet soy sauce, some kind of sweet chili sauce and I'm sure I forgot
something.... oh, sesame oil, rice wine vinegar... there were a lot of
bottles.

Scallions were 5 bunches for $1... and we got some fresh bean sprouts.

Rice noodles in all shapes... thin round one for Pho... flat ones for
Pad Thai and other variations. Wrappers for spring rolls. 4 bags of
frozen dumplings... and a bunch of other stuff.

The pantry is now fully stocked again. Fried rice for supper tonight.

George L