buy 24 April 2007
Venturing into new cuisines always brings along the predicament of where to find the ingredients here in Metro Manila. Good quality, and sometimes authentic, ingredients can make or break your dish. This is our new hobby - ingredients hunting! It is always an adventure to go to a new store and find just exactly what was called for in a recipe!
Read this entry first.
I’ve compiled some of the groceries and specialty stores here. I’ll be updating this often:
Bread
Sometimes we’re lazy to bake. Here are some good sources of great bread:
- Jipan
- Breadtalk
- Le Coeur de France
By INGREDIENT:
Eggs (free range, organic; great brand: Purpose Driven Farm): available at both Santi’s Deli and Cherry Foodarama
Flour
- Assad Mini Mart - wholewheat flour (for rotis and other Indian breads)
- Healthy Options - stone ground, organic, wholewheat varieties; rye and other mixtures; pastry flour. Favorite brand: Bob’s Red Mill
- Rustan’s, Makati - OO flour, O flour (for breads)
- Santi’s Deli - semolina
Herbs
- Greenhearts Gardens, Quezon City
- Manila Seedling Bank (various shops), Quezon City (via Agham Road or via EDSA)
- Perlie’s Garden (and others), Quezon City Circle, Quezon City
- The Flower Farm, Tagaytay
In packets
- Cherry Foodarama
- Rustan’s supermarket, Makati
- Santi’s Deli (a good local brand: Antonio’s)
Olive Oil: try Colavita (at most groceries) or Medolio (available at Santi’s)
By CUISINE:
- Assad Mini Mart - spices (including whole nutmeg), curries, read-to-eat dishes (canned dishes, snacks, desserts), ready-to-eat rotis and chapatis, lentils
- Rustan’s Supermarket, Makati
Middle Eastern ingredients
- Tahini - Assad Mini Mart
Japanese ingredients
- Fujimart, Timog, Quezon City
- Okame, Park Square, Makati
- Yamazaki Japanese Grocery, Makati
Cooking and baking gadgets & accessories
- Cook’s Exchange (best bet!)
- Chocolate Lovers (I don’t particulary like this store, but it’s sometimes good in a pinch)
- Living Well / Gourdo’s
- Santi’s Deli (mostly Kuhn products)
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