Sooooo, after a bit
more of a month upon my return to Europe, and after stuffing my face with all
the Mediterranean goodness that Spanish food represents, I started to crave a
little bit of those spicy, sweet and sour deliciousness that is Asian food. However,
I live now in a pretty small town in northern Spain, where people tend to be
very conservative about their food and well, as it always happens in small
towns, the Asian food is scarce to be the least brutal on the definition (The
guys at the Oat Meal have it pretty much figured out: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/asian_food).
So, what to do? What to do? Well, I tried to find out where the Asians living
in town got their things, most of them ordered in bulk from big places, which
to be honest didn't really work for me. It was until after a couple of weeks of
continuous research (and by research I mean carefully harassing every single
Asian looking person I could find; which is ok, I am Asian-ish myself) that I
heard the rumors of a pretty well stock Asian Supermarket in a town nearby. So,
armed with the sole promise of Asian goodies and some sort of
"directions" I embarked myself on a journey (not really, it was, in
fact, pretty easy to find) and the bounty was plentiful:
- Pho Noodles
- Fish Sauce
- Oolong Tea
- Sesame Paste
- Dark Soy Sauce
- Udon Noodles
- Lo-Bao
- Egg Noodles
- Szechuan Pepper
- Dry Chili
- Miso Paste
- Pickled Daikon
- Hard Tofu
- Red Curry Paste
- Rice Cakes
- And fresh chilies (a generous gift from the owner of the joint)
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