Chinese supermarket - any tips?

Sazbo wrote: »

Another vote here for dried mushrooms. And the packs of fresh wanton squares - handy for making ravioli too!

Ravioli - never thought of that! Great idea!

Adding to the cookware vote, a lot of them, certainly the big one I used to visit in Manchester called Wing Fat have frankly unbelievably priced and yet top quality woks, chopping boards, cleavers and other utensils.

The one I now use in Croydon (forget the name, sorry) is a bit smaller than Wing Fat but has the fabulous advantage of a live seafood tank … pick your lobster.

If you can store them, also big frozen blocks of uncooked prawns, rice wine for cooking. Like the other posters I always get a ton of soy which again, is so cheap you have to look twice.

Also, I like them for having products I can’t get elsewhere without a trip into Chinatown (which I love to do but can’t always fit in) e.g. Lime leaves (my Waitrose used to do them stopped some time ago) which luckily freeze very well so you can buy a big bag. Also Palm sugar and Nam pla (fish sauce).

I’ll stop there because I’m going all “thai” but you get my drift.

JackieO, there is one in canterbury in Dunstan Street near Westgate.

wee bargain hunter both are good for diets although thai food does tend to use alot of coconut from your name (wee) i'm assuming your scottish if so go to saewoo at the point it's the biggest in scotland i go there often the rice is cheap the wraps cheap the noodles everything really i got kefir lime leaves by the packet for 39p last time and as someone said they freeze really well