Afra’s star feature is the huge sangak flatbread oven at the very back of the store. It is easy to miss since the entrance way is a nearly hidden doorway tucked into the an area that looks very much “employees only”. The oven is indeed an impressive sight – twenty feet of sheet stainless steel [...]
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Market Watch: Los Guerreros – Latin American and Mexican Grocery on Kingsway
This Salvadoran and Colombian-owned grocery store has a nicely curated stock of Latin American and Mexican goods. You will find the usual, more familiar brands such as Goya and La Costena here along with more obscure (for Vancouver) labels such as Rosarita, Sara and Dona Maria. They have an impressive array of bagged specialty [...]
Market Watch: Shop Sri Lankan at Thurga on Fraser St
Thurga Mini-Market and Video doesn’t look like much from the outside. The barbershop that takes up half the storefront, but is really only about ten feet deep, makes the grocery store behind it look deceptively small from the street. The entrance is dominated by a chest freezer filled with various seafoods and frozen vegetables. To [...]
Market Watch: Go Crazy at Big Crazy Supermarket in Richmond
All cooks who dabble in Chinese cuisine should know about Richmond’s Big Crazy. Its odd English name describes the place well. The chaotically organized aisles are well stocked with a tumble of products imported mainly from Mainland China. The range of merchandise here differs significantly from T&T Supermarket which markets primarily to immigrants from Hong [...]
Market Watch: Jovo, the Butcher of Burnaby
I love that this place is named “Jovo the Butcher” without a hint of irony. It fits. Jovo is a laconic Serbian butcher who specializes in cured meats from Serbia and Croatia. He is friendly, but his limited mastery of English lends a certain brusqueness to his demeanour. I have actually seen him crack [...]
Laleh Bakery – Satisfying your Sweet Tooth Persian Style
North Vancouver’s Laleh Bakery specializes in Persian cookies that you serve to accompany traditional afternoon tea. These melt-in-your-mouth treats pair well with tea drinking. They come in a variety of textures that complement the ritual – often slightly dry, flakey, and grainy – with crunchy punctuation provided by walnuts, or pistachios. Some are sticky sweet, [...]
Market Watch: 88 Supermarket – a panoply for the Southeast Asian cook
88 Supermaket is one of the many reasons why I feel privileged living in the East Side. As an avid cook and general enthusiast in all things pertaining food, I’m always on the lookout for great sources for ingredients. When I am cooking Southeast Asian food, I would usually head on over to stock up.
Ayoub’s Dried Fruit and Nuts – Trail Mix for the Smart Set
The Persians have had millenia to perfect dried fruits, and nuts and elevate their craft into an artform.
88 Supermaket’s fish sauce aisle
The best selection of SE Asian fish sauce anywhere. Much bigger selection of regional Filipino bagoong and patis than even the best stocked Filipino store. Huge selection of different Vietnamese nuoc nam as well.
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