This weekend we decided to visit the asian market on West Valley Avenue because it is the largest one in town. We slowly combed each aisle, inspecting and analyzing the various products and packaging. This is more entertainment to me than going to a movie or a bar. I found the ingredients needed to make summer rolls (with fresh basil from the garden), and also bought green tea ice cream, thai tea, asian pears, and weird candy that ended up tasting quite good (as opposed to the taste-bud-marring Mexican lollipop experiment in our last food adventure). The candy was honeydew melon flavored chews. The sweet, crispy Asian pears were 2 for $1, and at Publix they are $1.50 each.

There were some other stomach-lurching items for sale, particularly in the areas of seafood and fungi.

We couldn't wait for food adventure #3, so in the same day we hit the India heritage store, looking for mint chutney. Naturally, they were out of stock. We did buy some other things, like samosa chat, dahl mekhani, chicken methi, papadi, and naan. And then we decided to eat Indian food for dinner since the craving for mint chutney had not been sated. This was our fourth or fifth visit to Silver Coin, which is located on Lorna Road. Thiis place is a hundred leagues above the other, not to be mentioned, Indian restaurant, which has been around for years. I had no idea until now that Indian food was THAT good.