I love Asian food, Asian supermarkets and products. I used my free day to go to China town in Paris. I’ve been there several times already but this time I went prepared, with the whole day open and my shopping cart. I went inside three supermarkets and checked out all the items. I bought some goodies, though I tried to to exaggerate, it was hard. The selection is huge and the prices are fairly low so I did spend few hours there just shopping.
Arranging the mushrooms in bags
Some weird stuff
I took one of these rice dough filled with pork wrapped in banana leaf
If you have any doubt how much is the mango
Just the basics of everything
If you're Parisian you know these fountains, usually green. In China town it's painted red 🙂
After shopping, stopped for lunch. It was a warm day, very warm so I didn't want to take the huge soup bowl of pho.
Instead I took the second popular dish - rice noodles with salad, meat and crunchy eggroll
It wasn't like the soup... The soup is a way better option.
Not satisfactory
Gladly I came back with my shopping, spread it on the table for a picture shoot:
Proteins and vegetables
Dry pantry products and tools
I started cooking straight away obviously. I didn’t buy a wok there because I thought I have no space for it but I do regret it, it’s not easy to stir-fry in this regular pan..
Turnip, onions, bak choy, pork balls
yum yum
I made something similar the next day, with garlic and black beans sauce
Using my mandolin, looking for anything else around the kitchen to slice very thinly
Joy!
Now I can steam dumplings in my bamboo steamer
Eaten with a lettuce with raisins and cashew salad
And of course the banana wrapped rice dough
The goodness inside. The banana leaf secreted its oil that gave it a unique flavor
Soft tofu with black beans sauce and Chinese green beans for breakfast
Two weeks after, I’m out of stock and I must go back there! Join me only if you have patience…
כל כך הרבה ארוחות שונות ושונות
סופט טופו – כבר לא מוצאים כאן…כל כך חסר לי ארוחות הטופו שלנו …וגם את כל שאר ירקות צריך ללכת לתחנה מרכזית…..אהבתי RANDOM….
את האלמט החדש של הבלוג
i want to come with you… i can spend all day in China town…