[WertyNtont]

Check out this place:
Asian Foods, Etc.
1375 Prince Avenue Atlanta, GA 30341
Tel: (404) 543-8624

[verybigf]

What I am interested in is good Asian markets outside of Thailand, especially in the south eastern United States (Atlanta?), that have a good selection of Thai foodstuffs. The internet is a good resource but it does not necessarily provide all the answers.

all kinds of goodies including fresh lemongrass, major brand curry pastes, and various brands of Thai fish sauce.

Are there any others hiding out there that forum members know about?[/QUOTE]

I used to have problem finding spices for my dairy consumption, Till I grow my own garden in medium size pots, like lemon grass can grow all year round but must cover durring snow, small kuffir plant will survive the winter with care you can buy small one for $30.00 lucky me I have two large trees which I transplant the branches and give to the friend who needed, for the spices like basil very easy to grow and fun to watch them grow.

If you like hot chilli normally jalapino chilli not quite as hot as Thai chilli but if you grill them before use, the grilled chille will turn in to Volcano heat 2-4times hotter than normal.

I use alot of dried galangal and powder type, Tom yum gung turn out to be prety good with it.

Every time my brother (lucky dog) goes (every month) to Thailand I ask him to bring me variety of seeds. I have seeds of Thai chilli, holy basil,egg plant, long bean, kuffir seeds from my trees will share with anyone.

[TobaccoNUE]

ShimyShamrock,

That's great to know, it looks like we won't be wasting our time next week!

Our garden is prepared and as soon as the weather lets up we will be planting although I doubt whether we can get coconut palms growing here in the mountains. Mind you, I do have 5 Lychee plants from nuts although they did suffer one night when I forgot to bring them in. Look forward to see what other plants we can find in the International Market.

Also: My fiancee's swears that the lemongrass she has in water will sprout roots at which point we will have an active lemongrass plant!

[TobaccoNUE]

CHINO, what spices are used in DAIRY products??.

Another very fat finger, the L is a long way from R on the keyboard!

[TobaccoNUE]

If you like hot chilli normally jalapino chilli not quite as hot as Thai chilli but if you grill them before use, the grilled chille will turn in to Vocano heat 2-4times hotter than normal.

It's strange, when my fiancee' tried a Jalapeno at the supermarket she didn't think it had any fire to it at all. The Habanero's were a little different which I found out to my regret the other night when she made Lab Gai

[Chooriwrocafn]

PeterG,

I've been to all the Markets in Atlanta on Buford Highway, and being a sheltered Thai living in the South (ya know the delta region of the US), I found it quite international... I have never seen so many foreignors in my life - considering I live in a small town. Nonetheless, I take my family to Disney World every year (cuz my oldest daughter works there ), we always stop and visit that location. We eat at all the local restaurants, shop all the asian markets, and the best of all is the International Farmers Market! They have pretty much everything, from all over the world!

My wife is soooo strange, but cute . Whenever we visit, she thinks everyone is staring at her. I tell her, "No" everyone is staring at me for having an attractive american wife.

Nonetheless, the prices on the url are quite pricey even for the US. I can get that stuff relatively cheap in my neck of the woods. On the other hand, I have a very large garden and I grow most of that - anyone wants some let me know I send it to ya!

[WertyNtont]

Here is a pretty good online source of Thai goods http://importfood.com/freshthaiproduce.html

[verybigf]

CHINO, what spices are used in DAIRY products??

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5555555555555 Thank you friends now you know my secret after send my daughter to two Universities to make Phd. degree (Optometry) now it is the time for me to go back to High School which will take me at least four more years that is why I like to post so when I come back to read it give me a chance to correct my mistake.

What I meant is daily use as Peter's correcting, but actually I eat chilli with breakfast omelet, boiled eggs including hamburgers.

I love hot inferno volcano flame hot I can eat 10 jalapino in one sitting but I can not finish two grilled chillis.

[TobaccoNUE]

I see VC already got the first one tho, But there is quite a list for Geo.

I followed up on the references in this post and found Buford Highway in Atlanta is known as International Drive. It's literally Atlanta's Chinatown and there are numerous markets in the area. Will be passing through Atlanta next Sunday on the way to Vegas to get married. On the way back will visit the area and check out the various stores with the new wife.

Then will come the next part of the immigration process which is temporary residency for my Bangkok bride. I have already previewed the paperwork necessary and it's pretty much what we submitted for the K-1 visa. Why they need it all again is anybodies guess. By now that paperwork is sitting in the local immigration office since we saved them postage by bringing it with us and handing it to immigration on landing in the US. The real pain is that we will not be able to travel outside of the country until residency is granted or an emergency visa is applied for and received. Gives a whole new meaning to government machinations.

Will probably be a good topic for a future blog.

[TobaccoNUE]

WOW, got to be rich to eat Thai there,,

Luckily it's not that bad. My fiancee' is pretty adept at using local produce and adapting recipes to use it. It was quite amusing the other week when she sampled Jalapenos in the local market and decided there was no taste to them. She is quite satisfied with Habeneros though, although the neighbors the other night might have disagreed.

We did bring a suitcase back with us filled with staples and we have found a number of online sources for stuff but as the above posting points out it can be quite expensive.

The big problem around here is fresh seafood. Last week in NJ and NY, there was fresh seafood everywhere. Here in the mountains about all you get is trout, catfish and farmed salmon. and for some reason I can't fathom the fiancee' doesn't eat freshwater fish. So a good market in Atlanta will be well appreciated.

[DownloadMan]

WOW, got to be rich to eat Thai there,, I looked at that site and for the kit of lemongrass ,galangal and chilis cost $25 here we buy more than that for 25 cents [10 baht].
Sounds like eating Thai there will cost you more than me eating Washington state spud products, Angus 150 days grain fed beef rib eye steaks and imported north sea smoked or F F salmon fillets, and vegs frozen and shipped from europe. that includes freight from BKK to my house, costs me 600 baht for 4 big styrofoam boxes with dry ice and 5 hrs delivery time.

But you can go out and in 5 minutes be eating a whopper with cheese, onion rings and a choc shake. where it take me 26 hrs of flying and a $1500 ticket.so we about even on that one...5555

[DownloadMan]

CHINO, what spices are used in DAIRY products??
Peterg,,some jalapenos are not as hot as others, depends on how much water I guess, I do prefer them flavor wise to Thai Chilli, but the last bunch I bought here, that come down from Chiang Rai were nothing to fool with, I made a big pot of Mexican chicken and rice for supper this week, put in one jalapeno and it was as hot as anyone wanted it, and it was a BIG pot,15 pieces of chicken,2 cups of rice, 8 large tomatoes and 4 big bell peppers, plus onions. and 1 pepper was plenty.

[DownloadMan]

I see VC already got the first one tho, But there is quite a list for Geo. I used to eat and take prospects, dealers, clients to a Korean Resturant in a mall in Columbus that was the very best Korean I have ever eaten, and that includes all of Korea.

Asian Foods, Etc.
1375 Prince Avenue Atlanta, GA 30341
Tel: (404) 543-8624


Augusta Market Oriental Foods
2117 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Altanta, GA 30901
Tel: (706) 722-4988

Bharati Food & Spice Center
6163 Reynolds Road Suite G Morrow. GA 30340
Tel: (770) 961-9007

Khanh Tam Oriental Market
4051 Buford Highway NE Atlanta, GA 30345
Tel: (404) 728-0393

[TobaccoNUE]

Will do, thanks a lot visionchaser

[DownloadMan]

well I won't eat freah water fish here either,,once ya see the ponds and where the water for em comes from, you will not eat em either, but do like trout if I catch em in a nice cold mountain stream over there somewheres,, here the water in the ponds is first ran thru a cess pool which all Thais have in their yards hooked direct to their toilets..

[Ceriopal]

If you do get up to New York, there is a good Thai grocery store on Mosco street (between Mulberry and Mott) in Chinatown called Bangkok Groceries. It carries a lot of sauces, spices, pastes etc... from Thailand and the owner knows how to find what you are looking for. Around the corner on Mulberry is Asian Groceries, which carries a lot of fresh asian produce, including Thai ingredients. I can usually find almost everything I am looking for in these two places. Good luck, Mike

[TobaccoNUE]

I am not sure this post is entirely appropriate but it is Thai related so I will go ahead and post and trust the mediator.

What I am interested in is good Asian markets outside of Thailand, especially in the south eastern United States (Atlanta?), that have a good selection of Thai foodstuffs. The internet is a good resource but it does not necessarily provide all the answers.

For example: I cannot find much of a reference for the Kan Man market located in Hanover NJ and chinatown NY. I was in the NJ location last week and found it be the size of medium size super market with all kinds of goodies including fresh lemongrass, major brand curry pastes, and various brands of Thai fish sauce.

Are there any others hiding out there that forum members know about?