Why oh why have I never gone to the Asian supermarket before??

marywooyeah

wow there's some right bargains at these places! I'll have to trawl over to the one a couple of towns over thanks for the idea!

l33na

TrixieB wrote: »

Cheers, will have a mooch if I have the time and energy after being poked at ARi...

Beware of that place, it's illegal I believe to sell things without English translation labelling on so they may not be fit for consumption :eek: if they avoid that legality you have to think what else they may be avoiding!

lol. That is not the case in my local Asian SUPER MARKET. the fresh produce eg spinich/ corriander has the asian names. so if you dont know what you are looking for best to get the translation.

I don't like the fruit and veg from my local as I feel it does not stay fresh as long as the tesco ones- our local has 3 cues for a £1 but I still prefer to buy the 80p one from tesco. Fruit Punnets are the worst as half of them can be off within a day or two.

For all dried bagged items lookout for the leaflets as sometimes they have them on offer eg lentils can be down to £1/KG!!

They Also have offers like the Big 4 doing the Ramadan specials.

TrixieB

In addition to English other languages may be included on the label. It is illegal to sell food with a label that does not include an English translation.

http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/LGNL_Services/Health_and_social_care/Food/Food+labelling+and+composition.htm

Wolfhound

Does anyone know of any good Indian and Chinese supermarkets in the Glasgow or South Lanarkshire area please ?

Need2bthrifty

Wolfhound wrote: »

Does anyone know of any good Indian and Chinese supermarkets in the Glasgow or South Lanarkshire area please ?

Hi Wolfhound, I did a google search to find the Aberdeen ones.

l33na

TrixieB wrote: »

http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/LGNL_Services/Health_and_social_care/Food/Food+labelling+and+composition.htm

I think this only applies to pre-packed

Need2bthrifty wrote: »

The only thing I couldn't get was dried fenugreek leaves, it was only when I got home and searched on T'Internet that I realised I should have been looking for "Menthi", cause the guy serving me didn't know what I was looking for, my fault not his.

This I assume would have been out with the corriander and other herbs - so no packaging.

TrixieB

Well yes, thought that was a given tbh lol

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Need2bthrifty wrote: »

Thanks moneysaverboy, that's added to my shopping list along with a huge bag of dried chillies and 100g of Chilli powder for 0.89p :j.

Forgot to mention I also got a large bag of Fresh Curry Leaves, think it was about 80p, so I'm drying them off at present to keep me going throughout the winter months.

The only thing I couldn't get was dried fenugreek leaves, it was only when I got home and searched on T'Internet that I realised I should have been looking for "Menthi", cause the guy serving me didn't know what I was looking for, my fault not his.

Fresh curry leaves are better frozen on the twigs - pop em in a plastic box, freeze & when you want some just strip off a few to fry. Also green/red chillies if wanted in cooking - freeze whole, grab a couple when wanted & slice frozen & bung in

Kasuri (Qasoori) Methi is the fella to look for for dried fenugreek leaves!

asparagusnextleft

We have a great Chinese supermarket in Leeds. I've bought Thai pastes there for years now, the difference in price between them and the normal supermarket is incredible - in the Chinese supermarket it costs the same for a huge tub of red paste as it does for a tiny jar in the supermarket.