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Originally Posted by trigatch4
I've got the same issue. There is an Asian Market near me that I seldom explore because it's intimidating shopping in a "different language" and culture completely. What are some great things to pick up at an Asian Market that you might not know about if you weren't a "regular" so to speak?
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Yes, it can be intimidating to go to a "foreign" store where the food items are unfamiliar to one.
For chinese food stores, I would recommend that you get the following items and store them at home as they can be handy:-
1) Oyster sauce (good for cooking chicken, vegetables, marinating or even as a dip)
2) Light soya sauce (just like the above but it imparts a different taste - usually saltish in nature)
The above 2 sauces feature heavily in chinese cooking.
If it were other types of asian cooking, eg Thai, you might want to consider Fish Sauce. For Japanese cooking, Kikkoman sauce would be an important item in their kitchen.
Just browse around my web site and you will see some really simple recipes for cooking, predominantly chinese style. You won't believe how easy it is to cook sweet & sour pork ribs!