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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
Great minds, and all that! I made a Thai Green curry for dinner last night! But I cheat. I use Mae Ploy curry pastes. Mother Ploy can do it better than I can. I discovered her when we lived in Thailand, recommended to me by my Thai friends. I buy the larger tubs of her red and green curry, and they last long enough in the fridge to be worthwhile.
Stitchawl |
We finally made it to Rajas Asian Supermarket today, and oh boy was it a treasure trove! We found the coconut vinegar, the Chinese dark vinegar, cassia bark, some coriander seeds that look freshly dried rather than like old stale peppercorns as we usually get, glutinous rice, and a whole lot of other stuff that we couldn't think why we needed it but we pretended we did. They even had (frozen) pandan leaf which I don't think I've seen anywhere outside of Sydney's Chinatown.
But, to the point, they also had those larger tubs of Mae Ploy's products. I had recognized it from your link, but that was back in Sydney where there is a much broader demand. I didn't buy any, but it's likely we will later buy a smaller tub to give it a try, or just keep for last-minute efforts.
Also, cheap bamboo steamers in a variety of sizes, and good, large, decent woks (functional over fancy)...future presents for The Loved One.
Great place. I wish I'd found it and gone in sooner. Now we know, and we ride our pushbikes past all the time, so we'll grab stuff as we need it when passing by. Happy.
Cheers,
Marc