I think I’ve mentioned before just how great I think California Market is. I can walk there, and they have a terrific selection of both Asian and western foods for low prices.
I prefer to buy my produce from local farmers. I think it is healthier to eat in-season fruits and veggies that have not been treated with pesticides, and I think it is better for the environment that the food travels less than 100 miles to get to me. Blah, blah, blah. Sometimes I forget an ingredient and buy it at California Market. Yesterday I was making a coconut milk-based curry sauce and I needed ginger and limes. I was also out of onions, though I didn’t need them for the curry.
Four limes, two white onions, and a piece of ginger the size of my palm? $1.89. For serious.
I love the California Market!
There’s also one int he Valley at White Oak & Sherman Way.
Wow, do the $20 project there, and you get a whole boatload of goodies.
It’s right around the corner from me too, but I find too often that they are missing one thing I need on my list, so I end up having to go to Vons anyway.
There is another place around there and the name escapes me right now, but I guess it’s like korean food Famima!!. Have you been there?
Mmmm. I used to go out of my way to get fruit from that market myself.
Ahhhh…good ol’ California Market, home of the chicken anus:
http://blogging.la/archives/2005/05/things_other_people_eat_that_i.phtml
You may or may not catch the Militant at the deli section finding his fried tofu and kimchi there.
I also love my neighborhood + california market, but if I’m going during the day, I hit up Assi Plaza on 8th and serrano – only open until 11, but closer to me and there are large containers of marinating barbecue meat + cheap hot-pot ingredients big enough for 2 or 3 eaters.