Saturday, 3 April 2021

A Plausible List of Essentials and Kitchenware

Essentials found in Sydney's international food stores 

Various Stores 
Heng’s Salt and Pepper Duck Egg Powder (Eaten) 
Maxim Snowy Mooncakes (Eaten) 
Chess Biscuit Red Bean Paste Mooncakes (Eaten) 

Rodríguez Bros 
Chufi 

Naan House 
Paneer Manchurian (Eaten) 
Ras Malai (Eaten): Tastes like tart bread, because Chenna is made of milk solids.
Chicken Manchurian (Eaten) 

Miracle Supermarket (Seen) 
Osmanthus Jam (Eaten)

G4Buy (Seen) 
Isabelle Emperor Salted Duck Egg Custard Mooncakes (Eaten): Although manufactured in Taiwan, they’re still made in the Cantonese style. 
Dalgona Latte (Drunk) 
G Lab Long Jing Momoyama Lava Mooncakes (Eaten) 
Pokka Sapporo Prawn Clam Chowder (Eaten) 

Thai Kee IGA (Seen) 
Manila St Cheddar Cheese Ice Cream (Eaten) 
Manila St Ube Halaya Ice Cream 
Japanese Style Basque Cheesecake (Eaten) 
Monica Thousand Layer Lapis Cake (Eaten)
Heng’s Salt and Pepper Duck Egg Spread (Eaten) 
Koon Salted Egg Spread (Eaten)
Mergini Duck Egg Sauce (Eaten) 
Dalgona (Eaten) 
Plain Financier (Eaten) 
Tteok (Eaten) 
Ichioka Steamed Cakes (Eaten)
Momoyama Manju (Eaten): this is a true Momoyama mooncake from Japan! 
Sosro Bottled Jasmine Tea (Drunk): despite questionable sustainability claims, this drink is partly manufactured in the sucky conditions of an overworked jasmine tea paddy. Fortunately, while it doesn’t really contain palm oil, it’s still made in a destroyed part of the already shrinking (and perhaps still shrunk) jungles of Java, Indonesia. 
Ommi's Taro and Salted Egg Yolk Momoyama Mooncake (Eaten): although not actually made in Japan’s Momoyama prefecture, that doesn’t mean it’s a total ripoff; it’s made in Australia from 50% Taiwanese and 50% Australian ingredients. 
Ommi’s KuKi Black Sesame Momoyama Lava Mooncake (Eaten): same thing, but with sesame seeds. 
Maman Soy Milk Manju (Eaten)

Tierras Latinas (Seen)
Mate and Bombilla kit (Kitchenware) 
Turrón De Doña Pepa Por San Jose (Eaten): despite being one of the stickiest and numbest desserts from Latin America, it still has an illustrious history in Peru, its native country. 

Fiji Spice Market (Seen)
Chocolatera (Kitchenware)
Molinillo (Kitchenware)
Esnaloa Dulce De Batata y Chocolate (Eaten)
La Serenissima Dulce De Leche Colonial (Eaten) 

Indian House Mart (Seen)
Kalakand (Eaten) 
Milk Cake (Eaten) 
Srikhand (Eaten) 
Besan Barfi (Eaten) 
Khoya Barfi (Eaten) 
Badam Barfi (Eaten)
Chocolate Barfi (Eaten)
Kesar Peda (Eaten): it tastes more tart than sugary, mostly thanks to a kind of dairy food called Khoya. 
Khoya Peda (Eaten): a plain white Khoya Peda. 
Mathura Peda (Eaten): this Peda is from Mathura in Uttar Pradesh. 

Pyrmont Convenience Store (Seen)
Mardel Dulce De Leche (Eaten) 
Lotus Cookie Spread (Eaten) 
Yoki Paçoca (Eaten) 

Emperor’s Garden Bakery (Seen) 
Malai Go (Eaten): there’s no plain beige Gai Dan Go at this place, instead there is this caramel coloured heavyweight and the fluffier Hong Kong Fa Go. 
Hong Kong Fa Go (Eaten): Despite its other name, it’s mostly made of eggs and flour, with only a bare batch of almonds on top. 

Coles (Seen)  
Marshmallow Fluff (Eaten)
Nissin Hong Kong Chicken Noodles (Eaten) 
Mission Hong Kong Seafood Noodles (Eaten) 
Britannia Ghee (Eaten) 

Bread Top (Seen) 
Hong Kong Egg Tart (Eaten) 
Paper Wrapped Chiffon Cupcake (Eaten): not to be confused with the related but distinct Gai Dan Go in cupcake form. 
Salted Duck Egg Custard Nian Gao Pudding (Eaten) 
Traditional Nian Gao Pudding (Eaten) 
Baked Cheese Tart (Eaten)
Portuguese Tart (Eaten) 
Cotton Cheesecake (Eaten) 
Salted Duck Egg Custard Mooncakes (Eaten)
Duck Egg Lava Custard Mooncakes (Eaten)

Oriental Express (Seen) 
Macau Hong Hong Lava Mooncakes (Eaten) 
Dai Pai Dong Milk Tea (Bought) 
Dai Pai Dong Coffee (Bought) 
Dai Pai Dong Yuan Yang (Bought) 
Maruto Castella Cake (Eaten) 
Maruto Cotton Cheesecake (Eaten)
Maruto Milk Pudding Cake (Eaten) 
Maruto Chocolate Cake (Eaten) 
Nissin Japan Seafood Cup Noodles (Eaten)
Nissin Japan Beef And Shrimp Cup Noodles (Eaten) 
Nissin Japan Curry Cup Noodles (Eaten) 
Nissin Japan Cheese Curry Cup Noodles (Eaten)
Nissin China Seafood Cup Noodles (Eaten)  
Nissin China Tonkotsu Ramen Cup Noodles (Eaten)
Egg Flavoured Konjac and Rice Cracker Rolls (Eaten) 

Om Grocery (Seen)
Popped Lotus Seeds (Eaten) 

Stolichny Mini Mart (Seen) 
Karums Curd Snack (Eaten) 
Wedel Cake (Eaten) 
Birch Juice (Drunk) 
Plombir Ice Cream (Eaten)

Masagana Oriental Ashfield   
Yema Cake (Eaten): Despite the poor presentation, it just tastes great, as it mixes generic Australian pizza cheese and the usual dessert ingredients very well. 
Ube Jam (Eaten) 
Egg Pie 
Nissin Batchoy Cup Noodles (Eaten)
Nissin Sotanghon Cup Noodles (Eaten) 
Nissin Filipino Chicken Cup Noodles 
Nissin Filipino Seafood Cup Noodles (Eaten) 

Krinsky’s 
Hashahar Chocolate Spread (Eaten): I bought the Pareve variant.  

Vegan Food Store 
Massel Chicken Salt (Eaten) 
Bragg’s Traditional Yeast (Eaten) 

IKEA 
Kalle’s Cod Roe Spread (Eaten) 
IKEA Swedish Chocolate Cake (Eaten) 



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