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SwEEt[TearS]

Canada1575 Posts

May 26 2009 21:14 GMT

TL;DR: here's what I got

So today was one of the rare days I am off from any kind of duty (wether it be college or work) so I decided to spend the day visiting the surroundings because even if it has been nearly 15 years I've lived in the same city I never really bothered looking around to see what's up.

About 20 minutes from my house there's a city that is very multicultural. In fact, it's almost a running gag to claim the city itself is a "China Town" because it's literally overrun by asians. But there's indians muslims and whatsoever there, you name it there's a great chance you'll find it.

So I started driving around and from afar saw Kim Phat. I'm like lolwut and decided to check out what it was. Obviously from outside I could see it was some kind of grocery store/market because well, people were coming out with bags and there were grocery baskets scattered around the premises.

Anyways, I enter and I'm greeted by some kind of recording machine who tells me "Hi welcome to Kim Phat Superstore" in like 10 languages. I'm kinda stunned, wondering what the hell just happened while a cute japenese couple stared at me almost laughing because I was obviously a noob. I was kinda wierded out when I noticed the god damn thing was still greeting me even if I was 30 feet away.

As I walk by the alleys I'm really fucking amazed. This ain't no asian market every ramen blog talks about, it's an actual grocery store with a fruit section, fresh fish and meat, and an actual bakery which let out an awesome smell.

I figured I might as well buy something 'cause this doesn't happen everyday, and teamliquid instantly pops to mind. SHIN RAMYUN SHIN RAMYUN SHIN RAMYUN SHIN RAMYUN SHIN RAMYUN zergs my mind as I slowly search it through the hundreds of choices of Ramen and Udon. A kind-looking middle aged chinese lady approached me and throwing all sorts of questions at me. Armed with my awful mandarin I introduced myself and asked her to speak slowly.
"CHINESE GOOD" she said, "WHAT YOU SEARCH?".
"Shin Ramyun?"
"HMMMM" she pondered. "HAO RAMEN YES?"
"hen hao?"
"hen hao."

She pointed me to the good stuff and before I left she said "SHIN RAMYUN HAO, MY RAMEN HEN HAO". I smiled and walked along trying to look for more of the good stuff.

Before leaving I had to pass by the bakery. Man, so much choice. Tons of cakes that would yell my name if they knew it.

The ironic thing about them is that in Quebec, every in-store made product has to have labels and a list of ingredients in at least French and some places push it to both French and English. However, 1. I was probably the only white guy in the store and 2. the city, while being notorious for it's overpopulations of immigrants, has some english people that come from other provinces of Canada. So all the tags were in French yet I bet those tags are useful to uhh, the 0.01% who come to the store by curiosity.

So TL.net, any Ramen/Udon/cake/whatever suggestions for when I make another trip to that awesome store? :D

freelander

Hungary4707 Posts

May 26 2009 21:29 GMT

shin ramyun..
This is what GTR suggested somewhere else, right?

alffla

Hong Kong20321 Posts

May 26 2009 21:31 GMT

i love the yellow bread on the bottom right corner T_T
if its available , try to get a pastry/bread thing that looks like this

mideum

United States12 Posts

May 26 2009 21:33 GMT

Hm, i actually like udong more than ramen, but they're both good. As for suggestions, there's this awesome ice cream that I used to buy when I went to Korean supermarkets called 'mochi ice cream.' It's basically a small circular piece of dduk (not sure if you know what that is >.< and I don't know the translation in English) filled with either vanilla, strawberry, or chocolate ice cream. However, I remember it being pretty pricey. Anyway, enjoy chowing down, hope you're sharing all that with someone.

paper

13196 Posts

May 26 2009 21:40 GMT

red bean bread & peanut butter that really isnt peanut butter bread are my favorites at korean bakeries :D

SwEEt[TearS]

Canada1575 Posts

May 26 2009 21:44 GMT

On May 27 2009 06:29 freelander wrote:
shin ramyun..
This is what GTR suggested somewhere else, right?

no clue, but there's a lot of fanboyism for it in http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=30466

On May 27 2009 06:31 alffla wrote:
i love the yellow bread on the bottom right corner T_T
if its available , try to get a pastry/bread thing that looks like this

what are they filled with? looks sooooooo good
and oh god that bread was good. wish I had taken more >_>

alffla

Hong Kong20321 Posts

May 26 2009 21:47 GMT

On May 27 2009 06:44 SwEEt[TearS] wrote:

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no clue, but there's a lot of fanboyism for it in http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=30466

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what are they filled with? looks sooooooo good
and oh god that bread was good. wish I had taken more >_>

its kinda like a sweet grated coconut filling.. haha my childhood food >_<

u can see the inside of it : http://www.flickr.com/photos/aiyah/3326293151/

HeavOnEarth

United States7087 Posts

May 26 2009 21:50 GMT

wtf @ childhood foods
i ate soy sause and rice every day O_O

alffla

Hong Kong20321 Posts

May 26 2009 21:50 GMT

also if u can find this brand Ting Yi (aka Master Kong or Kang-shi-fu, > > 康師傅 < < it is a chinese brand of instant noodles, has tons of different flavours : )

YUM

alffla

Hong Kong20321 Posts

May 26 2009 21:50 GMT

#10

On May 27 2009 06:50 HeavOnEarth wrote:
wtf @ childhood foods
i ate soy sause and rice every day O_O

u were a neglected child then

alffla

Hong Kong20321 Posts

May 26 2009 21:53 GMT

#11

and of course you can't miss this instant noodle

NISSIN brand, the original fuckin instant noodle from japan!!!!

i know we're all korea lovers on this forum but when it comes to food gotta try it all man

So no fek

United States3001 Posts

May 26 2009 21:54 GMT

#12

I think I'm the only member of Team Liquid that doesn't like Shin Ramyun.

Sapporo Ichiban all the way.

SwEEt[TearS]

Canada1575 Posts

May 26 2009 21:57 GMT

#13

ahfaiohsdqw coconut pastry is awesome. I really regret not taking a single one home

nK)Duke

Germany936 Posts

May 26 2009 22:22 GMT

#14

http://noodleson.com/review/2005/09/07/nong-shim-shin-ramyun/#comments

Shin Ramyun only got 3.5/5

Racenilatr

United States2756 Posts

May 26 2009 22:40 GMT

#15

I don't like the spicy stuff

I like mine salty and chickentastyish

daz

Canada643 Posts

May 26 2009 22:50 GMT

#16

theres tons of those kids of supermarkets here in toronto but they're more chinese then anything else. theres even a chain of them called TNT with a whole bunch of locations in the city

SpiritoftheTunA

United States20903 Posts

May 26 2009 23:01 GMT

#17

Carnivorous Sheep

Baa?21244 Posts

May 26 2009 23:09 GMT

#18

I read this thread and went to make ramen. Tasty things! ^_^

HeavOnEarth

United States7087 Posts

May 26 2009 23:12 GMT

#19

On May 27 2009 06:50 alffla wrote:

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u were a neglected child then

well its not like i didn't have food ..D:

Falcynn

United States3597 Posts

May 26 2009 23:15 GMT

#20

On May 27 2009 07:22 nK)Duke wrote:
http://noodleson.com/review/2005/09/07/nong-shim-shin-ramyun/#comments

Shin Ramyun only got 3.5/5

Edit; nvm

Misjudged the stars for the spiciness rating. All of the ramen they have in their "recommended" section have 3.5/5 as well though (haven't seen a single 4 star, let alone 5) so I wouldn't mark their rating as a negative point.

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