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brento1138
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 Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:10 pm Post subject: In Search of certain Chinese food ingredients... |
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Anyone have any idea where I can find (in order of importance):
- lotus leaves
- Har Gow Filling (shrimp dumpling filling)
- Chinese sausages (lop cheong)
- bamboo shoots
- Chinese rice wine
- Chinese dried mushrooms (are they different from the Korean ones?)
- Glutinous (sticky) rice
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Especially those lotus leaves... that would be a huge amazing help... I am trying to make myself dim sum. Almosy all of these items are a huge undertaking... but I really want that sticky rice wrapped in lotus leaf!!
http://chinesefood.about.com/library/bldimsum.htm |
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stevemcgarrett
Joined: 24 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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Ah, got a hankering for REAL Asian food, eh?
Where are you located? |
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brento1138
Joined: 17 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:11 am Post subject: |
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| stevemcgarrett wrote: |
Ah, got a hankering for REAL Asian food, eh?
Where are you located? |
I'm in Gunpo city. Heh, I realise this is a strange request. Most people just post about European or American foods. I'm thinking I should try the Incheon Chinatown... but depends on what kind of Chinese inhabit that area.. hopefully some southern Cantonese, as I don't think Dim Sum is popular in the Mandarin speaking parts of China. I'd make the trip out to Incheon if it has the stuff I'm looking for.
Since we're right next to China, you'd think we'd have more Chinese products available... ohh well...  |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:13 am Post subject: |
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| I'm thinking the Chinese store down the street might have some of that. If it pops into my head I'll poke my nose in and check. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:41 am Post subject: Re: In Search of certain Chinese food ingredients... |
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| brento1138 wrote: |
Anyone have any idea where I can find (in order of importance):
- lotus leaves |
No idea.
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| - Har Gow Filling (shrimp dumpling filling) |
Make your own.
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| - Chinese sausages (lop cheong) |
This will be *lap* cheong... not available in Korea as far as I know.
You can buy these in tins from any supermarket.
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| - Chinese rice wine |
Supermarket has some rice wine, might not be chinese one but will work just fine.
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| - Chinese dried mushrooms (are they different from the Korean ones?) |
Same in Korean. Are you looking for Mok-yee mushrooms? You know, dry-ear mushrooms..
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| - Glutinous (sticky) rice |
Chap-sal in Korean. You can buy it in any supermarket.
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| but I really want that sticky rice wrapped in lotus leaf!! |
When I went through your list, I was wondering if this was what you wanted to make...
Perhaps you could go to a Jackie's kitchen and ask them to sell you a leaf or two?
Alternatively, there is a huge (relatively speaking) Chinese grocery store right by the Suwon Station - come out, cross the bridge and it is exactly by the foot of that bridge, you can't miss it.
May be they have some of the stuff you need. Let me know if you can buy lap cheong, cos I want to make a Chinese carrot cake but without lap cheong it tastes gross...
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:44 am Post subject: |
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| Ew ew ew. I'm hoping a Chinese carrot cake is savory rather than sweet, because otherwise the inclusion of sausage sounds GROSS! |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:51 am Post subject: |
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| OiGirl wrote: |
| Ew ew ew. I'm hoping a Chinese carrot cake is savory rather than sweet, because otherwise the inclusion of sausage sounds GROSS! |
Oh yes, it is totally savory.. you eat it with soy sauce. Nothing sweet about it.
Might have been better to call it a turnip cake, actually.. cos it uses what we call *white carrot* in chinese but really it's turnip. |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:05 am Post subject: |
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| tzechuk wrote: |
| OiGirl wrote: |
| Ew ew ew. I'm hoping a Chinese carrot cake is savory rather than sweet, because otherwise the inclusion of sausage sounds GROSS! |
Oh yes, it is totally savory.. you eat it with soy sauce. Nothing sweet about it.
Might have been better to call it a turnip cake, actually.. cos it uses what we call *white carrot* in chinese but really it's turnip. |
Ok, that sounds much better! |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:07 am Post subject: |
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| Wasn't it in one of the Bridget Jones books where someone followed a trifle recipe in a cookbook and some pages were stuck together and they ended up with a beef trifle? |
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brento1138
Joined: 17 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 3:55 pm Post subject: Re: In Search of certain Chinese food ingredients... |
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| tzechuk wrote: |
Perhaps you could go to a Jackie's kitchen and ask them to sell you a leaf or two?
Alternatively, there is a huge (relatively speaking) Chinese grocery store right by the Suwon Station - come out, cross the bridge and it is exactly by the foot of that bridge, you can't miss it.
May be they have some of the stuff you need.
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Now this is the kind of advice I was looking for. Will go there as soon as I can... as for Jackie's kitchen, I've never seen lotus leaf wrapped rice there before... however... that place does have some great, though limited, dim sum...! |
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johndoe
Joined: 29 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:23 am Post subject: Chinese |
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You will want to check out Garibong Shijang. It's somewhat like a micro chinatown in terms of groceries.
Line 7 Namguro station walk down the hill; or better yet ask anybody walking by and they will point you in the right direction. |
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