Remember I posted about the Latin Grocery?(here)
Well, today daughter 2 and I traveled to Japan.
We were looking for unusual Asian fruit (yeah I am weird that way) and just like the adventure of looking in foreign grocery stores and markets I guess. Went to one I'd been to before, sort of a pacific-Asian / Filipino place, with seafood, all sorts of strange frozen confections, including "Cheese" Ice Cream- think I'll pass on that one!
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| Lovely packaging for simple udon noodles |
Here, we hit the mother lode. It's a Japanese grocery store called Marukai, and honestly, I could have happily stayed there all day roaming the aisles...here are just some of the great finds we uncovered:
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| The pommelo, some noodles, and some greens. |
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| A set of three for 1.59! |
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| Mochi buns from Japan |
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| The packaging is so pretty! |
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| Beautiful Sake bottles |
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| Baby Octopus |
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| Heretofore mentioned Pizza Crackers |
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| Giant Taro 2 lbs for a dollar! |
If you are in SoCal, visit
Marukai here
Make it a Great Day!
Ann
That's so interesting seeing all those Japanese wares. It's alost like stepping into another wolrd, isn't it? It makes me think that all the food I think of as normal, probably looks completely strange to someone from another culture!
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Yeah, it was so much fun roaming those aisles.
ReplyDeleteOh, yes! We do shop at marukai :) I love those Sunflower crackers - my favorite!
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What an adventure! You have inspired me to look for some local spots here in NoCo
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