Grocery Store for Thai Spices in Bay Area?
Clare Chu
Now that I've found the BIG Chinese supermarket in Cupertino
and am reveling in all the varieties of noodles and soy sauces,
vegetables, and fish, and tofu galore. The only thing I'm missing
is Kaffir Lime Leaves. These are not regular lime leaves, and
I don't know why it's called "kaffir". But that's what my
Thai cooking teacher called it. And I was able to find it
at a store in L.A. off Hawthorne Blvd. BUT, I'm 600+ miles
from there and need to know if there's a store in the South
Bay Area, i.e. Silicon Valley, or Milpitas/Fremont that sells
Kaffir Lime Leaves. I'm running out of the horde I carried all
the way out to New York, and back. Please help!
Thanks, Clare
Marty Itzkowitz
Avenue, just below Sacramento street.
It carries fresh galanga, and several types of fresh
Thai basil, including "holy basil." I don't know if it has Kaffir lime
leaves or not.
Marty Itzkowitz
hassan monu alam
searched for Kafir Lime leaves, but you might try:
1) Manilla Market
2) Tin-Tin (original, and #1)
3) National Food
Or ask your local Thai resturaunt where to get leaves.
hassan
John Dowding
The only thing I'm missing
is Kaffir Lime Leaves. These are not regular lime leaves, and
I don't know why it's called "kaffir". But that's what my
Thai cooking teacher called it.
I have gotten kaffir lime leaves at Naks Market in Menlo Park. I
don't have the address handy, but it is off Santa Cruz Avenue, a few
blocks west of El Camino.
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Rich Ragan
>need to know if there's a store in the South
>Bay Area, i.e. Silicon Valley, or Milpitas/Fremont that sells
>Kaffir Lime Leaves. I'm running out of the horde I carried all
>the way out to New York, and back. Please help!
I bought frozen ones at the New Castro Market on Castro
Street in Mountain View. I believe you can get dried ones
at Tin Tin in Sunnyvale.
Rich
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Samart Srijumnong
>...........
>I don't know why it's called "kaffir". But that's what my
>Thai cooking teacher called it. And I was able to find it
>............
>Thanks, Clare
I guess it is used to distinguish this kind of lime (ma"kruud') with
another (e.g. ma"naaw-). The term Kaffir, according to dictionary I
looked up, is used to referred to certain kind of grass, sort of weeds.
An English-Thai dictionary even goes further in defining it as a type
of corn. The term is also used to refer to a tribe in Africa. Who knows!
It could originate in that area.
For those who are not familiar with ma"kruud', it is hard to distinguish it
from ma"naaw- (lime) or som"khiew+waan+ (tangarine) if we look only at their
leaves. Their fruit, however, look different. ma"kruud' has pumpy skin while
ma"naaw- has smooth one. We also grate the ma"kruud' skin and used it in
Thai curry pasted. Its leave are also used as substitute. They are also used
in the famous tom"yam- (kung", kai', or plaa-). Pa"nAAng, another interesting
Thai dish, looks and tastes better if we top it with some finely shredded
kaffir lime leaves.
Any Thai or Vietnamese food store should have packages of dried kaffir lime
leaves if not the fresh one. The trick is we need to soak it in a warm water
for a period of time. The leaves will be softer and begins to provide good
auroma (sp?).
Regards,
Samart.
Marc Rumminger
>There is a Thai grocery store, Erewan market, in Berkeley, on University
>Avenue, just below Sacramento street.
>
I also noticed a Thai grocery store on San Pablo in Berkeley.
I was driving by and didn't really notice the exact cross street,
but I think it was between Ashby and Allston or so. I know
it was on the East side of the street.
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Vivian Aldridge
Here are a few places to get those kaffir leaves.
I got this list off the net.
Vivian
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I got a few tips on where to find those Kaffir lime leaves, and a few
requests to share any info I got, so I'll summarize:
>From j...@leo.Stanford.EDU (Jon Corelis):
I've bought them frozen at the New Castro Market on Castro near Dana
in Mountain View. It was some time ago, but they probably still have
them.
>From "Piper" <dl...@twg.com>:
I think most Vietnamese groceries carry them; try Dai Thanh (sp?) in
downtown San Jose. That's where I got them.
>From pl...@synaptics.com (John Platt):
Try Tin Tin Market on El Camino, in Mountain View, between Dale Avenue
and Bernardo (south of the 85).. I believe I bought my (dried) Keffir
lime leaves there.. You would like Tin Tin: it's full of slack.
Dwight Joe
writes:
There are 2 or 3 more places to try.
There are 1 or 2 markets on Castro Street in Mountain View.
(They are also frequented by Japanese-cu customers.)
There is also 1 market called Yaohan in Saratoga.
Marty Itzkowitz
yesterday. University Ave, just below Sacramento, on the Oakland side of the
street.
Marty Itzkowitz
phil mueller
makrut, Citrus hystrix, is a native of SE Asia and has a terrific
aroma. I have several small trees here in New Orleans. My Thai
friends keep them half bald. The fruit is an indispensable
ingrdient in some Thai curries.
Good luck
Phil Mueller
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