A trip to Asian Pacific Market always leaves me with new ingredients to try and beautiful packaging to admire.
Canton Style Egg Noodles – $1.59
Canton Style Wide Egg Noodles – $1.59
Wide Bean Threads – $1.85 (because Abby made me think they looked good)
Dried Chicken Noodles – $1.29
Baby Bok Choy (complete with blossoms) – 72¢ (.73 lbs at 99¢/lb)
Snow Peas – $2.36 (.79 lb at $2.99/lb)
Mung Bean Sprouts – 90¢ (.70 lb at $1.29/lb)
Dill Bunch – $1.50 (hoping to make pickles)
Garlic, 6 pack – 99¢
Jasmine Rice, 25 lb – $23.95
Whole Grain Brown Rice, 15 lb – $24.99
Total spent: $61.69
Total saved over traditional grocery store prices: no idea. The produce is a screamin’ deal for sure. Garlic is over 50¢ each at any grocery store in town.
The noodles are a good deal compared to purchasing Asian noodles at a regular store. If you’re comparing to American pasta, it’s more expensive. Once you use the real Asian noodles in Asian food, though, you’ll be hesitant to use American noodles as a substitute.
The rice – eh, maybe not a good deal. I’m seeing that Sam’s has bags of Jasmine Rice for $11.19-16.48. Oh well. However, the bag at Sam’s Club does not have a cool ribbon that says “New Crop 2010″ so I figure that’s worth at least a few extra bucks.
I forgot to buy ginger and paid $3.99/lb for it at King Soopers. Not a huge deal overall, since it’s so lightweight, but it’s much cheaper at the Asian market.
Usually when I go to Asian Pacific Market, I buy a bunch of condiments as well, but didn’t need any this time. I’m stocked on soy sauce, oyster sauce, hoison sauce, fish sauce, and mirin (sweet rice wine). At least, I think I am. I’ll find out when I go to make a recipe and realize I’m out of something.
Now if I can just muster up the energy to cook all of this yummy food…
Carrie, did you happen to see the price of their boneless, skinless chicken breasts? I know I’ve gotten them there pretty cheap before, but can’t remember what I paid. I’m all out, and don’t want to stock up at Albies 1.77/lb. if I can get it cheaper somewhere else. 5 out of 6 people in my family will only eat white meat chicken and by June 15th, I’ll have all my kids living at home, plus my new daughter in law, until they get a place in Denver. Trying to stay on a budget with 7 in my home is a lot of work! Especially when they are not little kids anymore!
Yes! I checked and they were $1.89/lb.
I love going to the asian markets in my area. I find that although the rice may not be quite as cheap as places like Sams Club, it is a better quality of rice. At least it seems to taste better and have better texture. Not only that, they have so many kinds to choose from.
I haven’t ever bought rice at the Asian market before, so I’m anxious to see what it’s like. This one makes me chuckle when I go there. There have LOTS of different kinds of rice, and it’s not really priced on the shelf. There’s a sheet of paper with each brand and weight listed and the price. So you have to match up the brands/size/type with the prices on the spreadsheet, which is *not* always easy when you’re looking at stuff that’s been imported from Asia!
I really should go back in there and explore it some more. I was in a few times as they were building it, but haven’t been in in more than year. Shame considering I work across the street!
The jasmine rice there is much better than the jasmine rice at Sam’s. We’ve tried both and you won’t be disappointed! Have you ever bought their duck in the deli section? It’s great.
Asian Pacific Market has a $5 off $50 printable coupon at http://www.krdo.com. It’s good on all food purchases! You can find it by going to http://www.krdo.com, clicking on the LIFEstyles tab, and then clicking CO Coupons!
Suh-weeet! Wish I’d seen that before I went today. :)
Carrie—you need to post a bunch of your asian recipes! I’m not a good asian cook at all. Everytime I try a recipe, it always seems to fail in some area……which is sad because my husband’s favorite food is asian! So please, help a girl out, and share your recipes and your asian expertise. :)
I’ll try – but, all the Asian recipes I cook are from Cook’s Illustrated, and they’re a subscription-only website. Not sure if I can re-publish them here, but in the past I’ve posted links to other sites that have posted them or something very, very close. I’ll try to post some soon, obviously I’ll be cooking some Asian food in the next week or two!
You mentioned the garlic, and that made me think – I saw “elephant garlic” at Safeway this week in the produce section, and I wondered if anyone had ever used it, and what they thought? Had never seen it before this week!
My father baked it, gooooooood stuff! Which Safeway did you see it at?