December 26, 2022
One perk about living in New York City is the authentic international markets about the boroughs. I recently discovered two new ones: Fei Long Shopping Center in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn and HL Supermarket in New Dorp on Staten Island. I was on a mission to make my holiday treats a bit Read more…
December 12, 2022
I’ve always wanted to join the annual Holiday Nostalgic Ride… when the MTA allows its vintage trains to ping-pong from Chambers Street to Harlem. And so with a day of Manhattan errands, I made it happen. I tried to do most of my holiday errands locally. This was a neat Read more…
July 8, 2022
I really love hitting international grocery stores. Today is was Rochester’s Asia Food Market for summer roll ingredients… and a general exploration. Because Asian cuisines have been my go-to vegan friendly choice for over two decades. My goodies. Always like to stock up on agar agar powder for marshmallow making. Read more…
August 20, 2021
Jmart in Bensonhurst, like many Asian grocers, has a plethora of vegan items within its aisles. To follow, a pictorial to remind myself to go back and experiment often. What I got…
July 20, 2017
I can spend many hours in V & T Supermarket in Hempstead, Long Island. Well actually, I can spend many hours in the sauce aisle alone. I stopped in during some errands recently and felt inspired enough to cook a labor-intensive lunch along with a bunch of fresh summer rolls Read more…
July 7, 2015
I can spend hours in an Asian grocer, especially a gigantic supermarket like V & T in Hempstead. The packaging of the goods is a draw enough! But they are often very veg-friendly, albeit preservative and sodium-laden. Though Hempstead is a bit of a veg-void (except during the all-vegan Hempstead Food Read more…
July 29, 2012
V & T Supermarket in Hempstead, Long Island is a place I can spend hours in. It is a huge Asian grocery store with long aisles of interesting food items–noodles, sauces, sweets, a frozen section, and… canned goodies. I visited V & T with a clear mission in mind: get Read more…
July 8, 2011
Remember, faithful reader, my obsession with Khao Tom Mad, the local dessert I lived off of for two months in Thailand? Save for Sookk on Manhattan’s West Side, I have basked in memories of the street delicacy since then. Surface perusal of Asian bakeries in and about New York’s Chinatown were Read more…
November 12, 2010
Summary: I kind of love V & T Supermarket in Hempstead, Long Island. Scoring the car for the day for some errands, I knew I had to hit V & T Supermarket on Franklin street in Hempstead. I had been seeing it for years, the huge white cryptic building off Read more…