Ethnic Groceries – Rapid Growth
June 25th, 2009
After a little hiatus due to my busy life, I wrote another article for Rapid Growth this week about ethnic groceries. If you read my blog or you actually know me well, you’ll notice that I love to travel. Recently we’ve done the Asian trip again. We headed to Hong Kong and China. It was so exciting to come home after a cooking class in China that my hubby, Steve, and I took together – because I came home, bought a wok through one of my sources and he seasoned it and started using it immediately! Now that our farm share has started, it’s truly stir fry season! (Next we need to try to stir fry on the grill!)
Anyway, I wanted you to know that the new installment is out of my writing and that if you have any feedback on where to shop for the ethnic groceries in the greater Grand Rapids area, I would love to know more places. I haven’t even ventured to the West Side much and would love to. Share a comment so we can all see it!
June 25th, 2009 at 11:40 am
Yes, i just posted, now i realized i forgot to tell you all about the Guatemalan grocery down here on Wealthy – they put up a sign Tuesday – far after my deadline! Oh well, it’s called La Esperanza – visit!
June 25th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Hi Amy -
My family is Syrian and our favorite shop is Sami’s Pita House in East Town. We don’t go there to eat, we go there for the grocery store which offers everything from sumac to tahini to zatar spice. They have yogurts, olives, cheeses, lentils, bulgur, etc. Inside scoop: they even sell the really thin traditional pita bread if you ask the owner for it specifically (they store it in back.) This is a million times better than the thick traditional pita bread.
Here is the website: http://www.thepitahouse.net/grocery.html
Thanks for the article!
Liz
July 6th, 2009 at 11:58 am
Definitely check out the Mexican market on Fulton street (near the intersection of Fulton & Lane). I discovered it earlier this year and found bell peppers for $2.99/lb when they were $3.99/lb at Meijer. Cilantro is a mere .25 cents a bunch, and they have quite a few specialty fruits, such as papaya, for much better prices than the mainstream groceries in town. They may not be as pretty but they’re definitely functional. Service is friendly, there are some hot food items (haven’t tried any) and you can even score some Mexican coke. Not THAT kind, I mean the Coca-cola that is sweetened with sugar instead of corn syrup.
Still looking for a bakery where I can buy some churros, though…