How Asian Parents Grocery Shop
"you know how you always wanted to go to seaworld" slew me
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"this is made of chinese parents hopes and dreams" /crying
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/CACKLES
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The Sea World thing made me crack up so hard
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right?????
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I miss the local Asian market, they had great produce and tons of cool snacks.
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/pats
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we are lucky here, lots of local asian shops
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I don’t think our Asian population is as big in my area. North half of the state is where most of the Asians live so they have a Mitsuwa. It’s like 2 hours away from me, sadly...
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Otherwise I’d go there constantly.
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aw that's a pain
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my area has become INCREASINGLY chinese, like, mainlanders
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it used to be very Malaysia/Singaporean with dashes of Viet
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but now its mostly HK/Mainland Chinese
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so our shops have changed to match
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What Asian ethnicity are you again? Malaysian?
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malaysian yep!
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I always want to learn about different cultural cuisines but I have to be so careful about certain spices. I haven’t had Malaysian food yet though!
beachcryptid
malaysian food is a real mishmash haha! there's some EXTREMELY chinese dishes and some that are very almost indonesian or indian ... we're a melting pot! Same as Singapore tbh, the dishes we share are basically identical except for minor details
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(Anything that tastes or smells like licorice/anise is an instant no, and I have a very low tolerance for chili pepper heat.)
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/pats I feel you, I can't eat chilli at all
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Oh wow that’s cool!
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but that's one of the nice things about malaysian/singaporean cooking! Chilli is often on the side, so you can avoid it entirely unless you're specifically eating a curry or laksa
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Yeah I have a cat’s tongue in regards to spice
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like, Hainanese Chicken Rice is not Hainanense, altho it WAS invented by Hainan migrants lol
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it's EMMINENTLY a Malaysia/Singaporean dish
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you go to Hainan and they look at you blankly
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they have some chicken & rice dishes but not like that
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But I love lots of herbs. Bland food is awful. I avoided growing up with bland “white people” food thankfully. Dad’s Polish, he’s a great cook and loves seasoning.
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Oooo I love chicken and rice both so I bet I’d like that.
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yes! it's main seasoning is ginger
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what makes a good chicken rice is the ginger
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Oooo I love ginger
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saaame
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you can cook it at home, but it takes forever
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I also want to try tsaoko powder
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my cousin made it once, and it took her so long she vowed to never do it again lol
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oooh what's that? I don't know that one
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I wonder if you could use it in cookies or a spice cake since it’s a type of cardamom.
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ooooooh
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Lanxangia tsaoko - Wikipedia
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Tsaoko | Cao Guo | 草果 16 oz or 3.5oz
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ooooooooooooooooooooooh
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I might order some, and I want to try sumac too.
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let me know how it goes if you do!
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filipino-american and I feel this in my soul
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: its SUCH an ethnic parents shop XD