What are your favorite cheap foods to get at your local Asian grocery store?
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Some of my favorites (probably not cheapest like instant noodles and the like) that I haven't found at the American grocery store:<br><br>Pork and chicken potstickers. 5 lbs for $20. 8000 calories<br>White rice cakes, 90 calories each. Perfect for making my Korean pancake. 5000 calories for $1.25<br>Mini spring rolls. 24 pieces for 1.69<br>Squids for $3.99/lb<br>Crispy fried shallots. 15 oz for $1.50<br>Korean chili paste. I like to mix it with rice and soy sauce. 55 oz for $6<br>I make kimchi out of the fermented fish sauce. $4.66/48 oz<br>Korean noodles, 10 oz for $1.99<br>Miso paste, 53 oz for $8<br>Korean rice cakes for 14.99/10 lbs. Make kimchi boosam using this.<br>Japanese rice crackers senbei, 28 oz for $2.99<br>Korean side dishes. Kimchi, braised tofu, noodles, etc for 2.50/lb<br>Napa cabbage head, 1.99/lb<br>Korean chili flakes. 7 oz for $1<br>Pineapples, 1.99/lb<br>Daikon radish, 1.29/lb<br>Korean zucchini, 1.50/lb<br>Dried bean curd, 8 oz for $2.49<br>Frozen Korean-style fried chicken, 2 lbs for $4.99<br>Frozen seafood balls, 2 lbs for $5<br>From the Chinese grocery store:<br><br>Green beans, 1.49/lb<br>Dragonfruit, 1.50/lb<br>Squash, 0.99/lb<br>Pear, 0.99/lb<br>Mandarin oranges, 1.99/4.4 lbs<br>Taro, $1.29/lb<br>Dragon fruit, 1.49/lb<br>Coconut jellies, 30 oz for $1.98<br>Rice vinegar, 64 oz for $1.99<br>Chinese-style BBQ sauce, 67 oz for $4.99<br>Sugar cane juice, 64 oz for $1.99<br>Chinese noodles, 37 oz for $2<br>Chives, 0.66/lb<br>Pickled mustard, 2 lbs for $1.99<br>Frozen papaya, 4 lbs for $5<br>Frozen passion fruit, 4 lbs for $5 (probably not cheapest like instant noodles and the like)<br><br>What are yours? Thanks!
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