Adventures In An Asian Food Market

This is my husbands favorite Asian drink. He lived in Japan for two years as a teenager and during that time he drank quite a bit of it, as I understand. He says you could buy it from vending machines all over. It is orange juice pretty much the same orange juice you would find at any grocery store but with a twist. It has a super amount of pulp in it. Somehow they have been able to keep the little juice filled bubbles in an orange intact so that you sort of drink and eat this orange juice. when you tip the can up you get juice filled with the little orange juice bubbles.

If you like Orange juice with pulp then you should try this, if not skip it. It tastes like orange juice but I don't like to eat my drinks and so I am not a huge fan. The thought of ordering it from a vending machine is pretty cool though. Maybe when we go to Japan if you can still get it from a machine I will try it again.

We picked these up on our last trip to the Food Market. The first time we went there we bought some pork Gyoza but although they were good these chicken ones are much better. This time we fried them up in the Wok for 10 to 15 minutes and that was it. I do not even think we used any oil or anything. On the back of the package it gives instructions for Microwave and although that would make it faster to eat I just do not think they would taste very good that way. There are also instructions for Gyoza soup maybe I will try to do this sometime.

I was was not introduced to Asian food much as a child but as I have experienced it through my life I like it more and more. I venture out to Japanese and Chinese food restaurants every once in a while but I was just recently introduced to the Asian Food Market. A grocery store full of nothing but authentic Asian food. Most of these items I am not familiar with. I do not know how to cook them or how to eat them or for the most part what they are made of in any way. The writing on most of the packages does not include a word of English. My husband and I have decided to do more of our weekly grocery shopping at this store. Why? Because we like a little adventure, it is a way to expand our minds, our palettes and feed our stomachs. So I invite you to join us. In this blog I am going to write about the different products we find in our trips to the Asian Food Market as well as any dishes that we make form these items and other fun things that may happen along the way.