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Showing posts with label Chinese food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chinese food. Show all posts
Monday, July 4, 2011
Photos of Asian Food Store Goodies
Saturday, July 2, 2011
The Asian Food Store
Oh wow! I'm so excited!
As previously mentioned, my husband Tim, is gone to England for 3 days or so....with the luck he's been having to get there - I can only imagine how long it'll take to get back...(it's been bad luck by the way).
Anyways! My friend Katri has graciously offered to help me with walking the dogs and V�in� - and I'd probably be hanging off the ceiling had it not been for her help!
Today we opted to go shopping - since it was so hot in my flat and outside - we figured air-conditioned stores were the way to go.
She had mentioned to me that there was an Asian grocery store in one of the K-City Markets. I had never heard of this before. And it turns out I've been near this Asian Food Store before!
It's in Sepp�l� (hope I spelled it right) - so it's quite a drive away from my flat - but there are buses...I just need to know which one to take. (Considering the amount of stuff I bought - I probably shouldn't learn what the bus route is!)
I found:
As previously mentioned, my husband Tim, is gone to England for 3 days or so....with the luck he's been having to get there - I can only imagine how long it'll take to get back...(it's been bad luck by the way).
Anyways! My friend Katri has graciously offered to help me with walking the dogs and V�in� - and I'd probably be hanging off the ceiling had it not been for her help!
Today we opted to go shopping - since it was so hot in my flat and outside - we figured air-conditioned stores were the way to go.
She had mentioned to me that there was an Asian grocery store in one of the K-City Markets. I had never heard of this before. And it turns out I've been near this Asian Food Store before!
It's in Sepp�l� (hope I spelled it right) - so it's quite a drive away from my flat - but there are buses...I just need to know which one to take. (Considering the amount of stuff I bought - I probably shouldn't learn what the bus route is!)
I found:
- Garlic and Black bean sauce
- Small bok-choy (like a leafy lettuce - since K Market didn't have any regular bok-choy)
- Pockey! Only chocolate and strawberry dipped (but I didn't buy any).
- Rice crackers flavoured with seaweed
- Hoisin sauce
- BBQ pork marinade powder
- Some frozen dim sum
- BBQ Pork steam buns
- Dumplings (But not the wrappers to make my own - that made me kind of sad)
- Pickled radish (I think this is the right stuff - I'll know once I open it)
- Chinese sausage
- Shrimp chips (shaped like French fries...so good...)
- Shrimp chips/crackers (often eaten with Peking duck I believe)
I think that's everything................hmm. Anyways, I spent far too much money....my husband will probably have a fit.
However, I figured if I go there once every 2-6 months (the later the more preferred I think by Tim) - it works out to be �ber cheap per month! :-)
It was pretty well stocked - no empty shelves, lots of options in the freezers and fridge....lots of beverage and sauce options...I was impressed!
**Sorry, no photos available as the husband has my camera...remember?**
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Interesting Chinese Food in Finland and more!
Ok - so I finally am able to upload my blog and be able to type - it's only been since 10:30 (now 12:28pm) that I've been trying to get a decent connection!
Anyhow - yesterday we went for Chinese food at the Hong Kong Chinese Restaurant - close to downtown.
They are very sneaky people there - the marketing skills - almost worthy of the devil.
There is a menu photocopied and taped to the front window - and the prices look great. About 7-8 Euros a dish. So we figure why not!!
We walk in and Tim's main concern was what if the menu isn't in English?
The first person we see is a Chinese waiter. 2 of them at that! Guaranteed they speak English I assure him and in we go.
We sit down and the waiter comes by and starts speaking fluent Finnish. We asked if he had an English menu - and YES they do! It's on the other side of the Finnish page! Excellent.
Some things we noticed are:
-No eggrolls
-No wonton soup
-No pot stickers (pan-fried dumplings)
-The prices are much more different than the menu we saw on the window outside! As in 6-9 Euros more expensive.
Anyways - turns out that the menu on the window was for "Take Away" only. Ah well.
We ordered some "Deep-fried curry triangles" - or something like that. Not a lot of flavour and they were just flat and crispy and had a bit of meat - there were 5. If you know Tim and I - we fight and try to split everything down the middle 50/50....it's the only way to keep things fair.
There was a salad bar with: pineapple chunks, cabbage, shredded carrots, wedges of tomatos, peas and some sort of ginger(?) dressing - Tim skipped it but it was nice to have a plate of peas..mmm peas.
We asked the waiter how big the dishes were - and it turns out they are only big enough for one person each. Okay - no biggy.
Tim gets the sweet and sour pork (see photo - sauce was on a different plate) which had more batter than a piece of haddock from Nova Scotia. The pork - well I think it was there - there was an incredibly thin slice of white meat in there somewheres...once again - the batter was clearly the main event. Sauce was alright.
I decided to get the beef with scallions in a ginger sauce. Well - the beef was very tender, the sauce delightful- the only downfall was the amount of scallions and onions. I think a good bigger than a baseball-sized onion was used for my dish. There was more onion than beef. Some of the beef was rare - but I just dumped more sauce, closed my eyes and inhaled it. I didn't bother taking a photo of the beef dish - because really - it's easy to picture slices of tender beef in small bits, with a tonne of sliced onions, some green onions and brown sauce.
Not something I would order again. Thankfully Tim didn't order that dish - because he wouldn't be able to eat it with all the onions on it. I don't even think an onion lover (I'm an onion-liker I guess) would be able to eat that dish - there were so many onions.
BUT there are good points to the restaurant too:
-They give wooden chopsticks (we prefer plastic - but no biggy - we're happy they even have them)
-They use loose-leaf green tea
Gave the dogs a shower each today - no tub - so a shower is the best way to describe it. We had gone downtown yesterday in the search for flea/tick medication and couldn't find anything!! So - I resorted to my Readers Digest handy tips book and discovered white vinegar and water makes a great and cheap flea/tick deterrant. Along with cider vinegar (which I couldn't find yet) in their drinking water.
So I mixed up vinegar, water and dish soap and showered them with that....I'll have to find a spray bottle to mix up the water/vinegar solution for regular flea-spray.
Today's goal is to walk to the grocery store with both dogs (and Tim - once the laundry is done washing) and pick up some things to make a cookie crust for the blueberry pie I've been saying I'll bake for the last 2 weeks.
And vegetable oil.
Yesterday we were there - and they don't sell chocolate chips! Egad.
OH MY GOSH! Today has been 1 month that Tim and I have been in Finland! We're hoping to get our ID cards by Tuesday...Tim's going to the University tomorrow to see if they have a letter for him to prove his employment there. WAHOO!
Well - that's probably enough for now....tomorrow marks the big countdown.... 8 weeks left of the pregnancy.
Anyhow - yesterday we went for Chinese food at the Hong Kong Chinese Restaurant - close to downtown.
They are very sneaky people there - the marketing skills - almost worthy of the devil.
There is a menu photocopied and taped to the front window - and the prices look great. About 7-8 Euros a dish. So we figure why not!!
We walk in and Tim's main concern was what if the menu isn't in English?
The first person we see is a Chinese waiter. 2 of them at that! Guaranteed they speak English I assure him and in we go.
We sit down and the waiter comes by and starts speaking fluent Finnish. We asked if he had an English menu - and YES they do! It's on the other side of the Finnish page! Excellent.
Some things we noticed are:
-No eggrolls
-No wonton soup
-No pot stickers (pan-fried dumplings)
-The prices are much more different than the menu we saw on the window outside! As in 6-9 Euros more expensive.
Anyways - turns out that the menu on the window was for "Take Away" only. Ah well.
We ordered some "Deep-fried curry triangles" - or something like that. Not a lot of flavour and they were just flat and crispy and had a bit of meat - there were 5. If you know Tim and I - we fight and try to split everything down the middle 50/50....it's the only way to keep things fair.
There was a salad bar with: pineapple chunks, cabbage, shredded carrots, wedges of tomatos, peas and some sort of ginger(?) dressing - Tim skipped it but it was nice to have a plate of peas..mmm peas.
We asked the waiter how big the dishes were - and it turns out they are only big enough for one person each. Okay - no biggy.
Tim gets the sweet and sour pork (see photo - sauce was on a different plate) which had more batter than a piece of haddock from Nova Scotia. The pork - well I think it was there - there was an incredibly thin slice of white meat in there somewheres...once again - the batter was clearly the main event. Sauce was alright.
I decided to get the beef with scallions in a ginger sauce. Well - the beef was very tender, the sauce delightful- the only downfall was the amount of scallions and onions. I think a good bigger than a baseball-sized onion was used for my dish. There was more onion than beef. Some of the beef was rare - but I just dumped more sauce, closed my eyes and inhaled it. I didn't bother taking a photo of the beef dish - because really - it's easy to picture slices of tender beef in small bits, with a tonne of sliced onions, some green onions and brown sauce.
Not something I would order again. Thankfully Tim didn't order that dish - because he wouldn't be able to eat it with all the onions on it. I don't even think an onion lover (I'm an onion-liker I guess) would be able to eat that dish - there were so many onions.
BUT there are good points to the restaurant too:
-They give wooden chopsticks (we prefer plastic - but no biggy - we're happy they even have them)
-They use loose-leaf green tea
Gave the dogs a shower each today - no tub - so a shower is the best way to describe it. We had gone downtown yesterday in the search for flea/tick medication and couldn't find anything!! So - I resorted to my Readers Digest handy tips book and discovered white vinegar and water makes a great and cheap flea/tick deterrant. Along with cider vinegar (which I couldn't find yet) in their drinking water.
So I mixed up vinegar, water and dish soap and showered them with that....I'll have to find a spray bottle to mix up the water/vinegar solution for regular flea-spray.
Today's goal is to walk to the grocery store with both dogs (and Tim - once the laundry is done washing) and pick up some things to make a cookie crust for the blueberry pie I've been saying I'll bake for the last 2 weeks.
And vegetable oil.
Yesterday we were there - and they don't sell chocolate chips! Egad.
OH MY GOSH! Today has been 1 month that Tim and I have been in Finland! We're hoping to get our ID cards by Tuesday...Tim's going to the University tomorrow to see if they have a letter for him to prove his employment there. WAHOO!
Well - that's probably enough for now....tomorrow marks the big countdown.... 8 weeks left of the pregnancy.
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