THe Oriental grocery-What can you not live without?

Sesame oil.
Silver Swan Soy Sauce.
Hoisin sauce.

Sesame oil
Pearl River Soy
Kechap Manis (thick, sweet Indonesian soy)
Fish sauce
Nori
Rice vinegar
Kaffir Lime leaves
Dried shitake mushrooms
Yeo’s Malay hot chilli sauce
Palm sugar
and that’s not counting South Asia.

Rice vinegar
Nori paper
Wasabi peas
Sushi rice
Teriyaki and Soy sauce (though I can get those at the supermarket)
Chinese dumplings
Wasabi
Pickled ginger

Rice vinegar
The ROOSTER (Sriracha sauce)
Nishiki rice
iced coffee
kimchi
Ohh, and this Vietnamese sauce that is a sweet chili sauce. Man, is that stuff awesome.

Tibs.

Maggi
Sriracha sauce
Chinese 5 Spice
Stir-Fry Sauce

The good kim chee, not the crappy “Occidental” brand in the supermarket :smiley:
Panko
Tempura mix
Wasabi
Rice vinegar
Nori

Mae Ploy

Vietnamese chili garlic sauce - Tung Ot Toy (?) brand

Frozen bbq pork buns
Dark sesame oil
A particular brand of ramen with no English on the package - spicy WOW!
Kasugai Super Juicy Gummies at reasonable prices
Cracker Nuts - bbq and garlic flavor
Rice flour
big bags of nishiki rice at a great price
Yogloo - honeydew melon flavor
Rice springroll wrappers

tamarind chili paste
wide rice noodles (for Pad Thai)
coconut milk
curry paste
green papaya (whenever we can find it here, which ain’t often)
nam bpla (fish sauce)
wonton wrappers
thai chilis
thai ramen (spicy duck is the best)
50 pound bag of jasmine rice
chinese sausages

(and yeah, that sweet chili sauce is da bomb. just grab a rotisserie chicken somewhere to dip in it)

Koon Chun brand hoisin sauce
Sambal oelek
Sesame oil
Preserved black beans
Coconut milk
Star anise
Curry powder
Rice vinegar

Black bean and garlic sauce. Mrs. Plant threw it out, I think. Maybe she just hid it. :frowning:

What is Sambal oelek?

everything listed

chili bean sauce
shrimp sauce
sesame paste
dried shrimp
whole fish
fruit
asian veg
i’m sure there is more
i live five blocks from oakland chinatown. how good!

Tengu brand beef jerky
Pac Sun Filipino Adobo sauce
Kashu Koshihikaru (or something) rice.
Pocky
Japanese curry
Furikake
Tomoe arare
Bean thread (a.k.a. long rice)
Soft ika

And since it’s Uwajimaya I have in mind, their beef is incredibly good-- nicely marbled, soft, and perfect.

They also have tasty sushi-grade ahi, which I promptly waste by pan-frying in butter.

I can’t live without:

Ramune drinks (the kind sealed with a marble)
Kasugai Roasted Green Peas
Haw Flakes (although their quality has gone down lately)
Kasugai gummies (orange, preferably)
Glico tomato pretz
some kind of soy sauce (the name escapes me, made in Taiwan)
various noodle soups.

What, indeed?

Authorities differ:
http://www.mingspantry.com/m-chpst.html

What I buy has some garlic and vinegar in it, and not as much sugar as the Epicurious definition suggests.

Another vote for kimchi!

Pocky!

Fish sauce
Curry paste
Jasmine rice
Lemongrass and chili noodles

Mmm, now I’m hungry.

Knorr Chicken Powder (it actually tastes like chicken!)
WonTon wrappers
Dried deep fried onions
Palm sugar
Mae Ploy green curry paste
Fresh coriander
Mostly I can get the rest of what I use at the supermarket, although oftentimes the little grocery stores are cheaper…it tends to depend on what I forget to buy at Safeway!

Hey, anyone know how to make good Tapioca milk tea?

Tibs.