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the many Asian markets in San Francisco, California. As we visit the other districts, we'll add
more notes. As always, you should not expect to visit only one Asian market – you will most
likely need to visit several in order to find all the right brands, the fresh herbs/produce you
need, along with fresh fish. It was somewhat hard to find Kasma's favorite fish sauces
Golden Boy and Scales brands. We noted
the stores where we found them. Most of these comments actually come from a visit in 2004. Please help us out by emailing us your impressions. Contact Kasma.
We recently walked Chinatown but did not take detailed notes. In general the
markets there are not very impressive when it comes to Thai ingredients and Kasma's preferred brands. There are, however, a couple outstanding
fresh fish markets on Stockton Street, just below Broadway. We'll try to add those names at some
point. Parking in Chinatown is always a problem. Options:
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Some decent markets on Clement Street but a poor parking situation. The
markets seemed somewhat more Chinese in orientation. A couple good places for fresh seafood.
T & L Market
339 Clement St.
San Francisco, CA
94118
(415) 668-2166 | Particularly notable for carrying Tra Chang
fish sauce (one of Kasma's two preferred brands, as
well as a full complement of Mae Ploy curry pastes (including Massaman curry, sometimes hard to
find). | * Lien Hing Supermarket Number 3
400 Clement St.
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 386-6333 | A good market with fresh fish, a good
frozen foods section, and a decent selection of Thai products. |
New Sunnyland & Co. Inc.
538 Clement St.
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 668-9288
| A fairly decent selection. | * May Wah Market
707-719 Clement St.
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 668-2583 | A large market.
Our favorite part was the extremely fresh looking fish and an excellent selection of frozen foods
(fish, shrimp, etc.). This would probably be our first stop on this part of Clement Street. |
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Some surprisingly good markets
in the Tenderloin. If I lived in San Francisco I'd make a mid-morning trip there when the parking
is good – it is never good in most of the other districts with Asian markets. One item
that was hard to find in this district was Lion & Globe peanut oil. |
* Battambang Market
339 Eddy
St.
San Francisco, CA 94102
415-474-6436 | Great market. They have most of Kasma's preferred brands, including, at one time Golden Boy fish
sauce. Also fresh holy basil – a real find. I'd make
this my first stop. Here's an update via email in January 2007 – "The best. This market definitively does stock fresh Kaffer. I purchased three bags for myself after searching five other markets and came up empty handed ($2 for a small zip lock bag as of 01/25/07). Don't let the outside appearance of the market fool you. Want really strikes me about this market is the quality and freshness of the produce. This includes lemon grass (stored with the stalk in water to keep it fresh), galangna, basil etc. The produce at this market is clearly a step above all the stores I've been to. Just a tip, don't ask for "kaffer" --- "lime leaf" will get you want you are looking for (it is very close to the check out counter)." | Angkor Premiere Market
AKA Tenderloin New Market
225 Leavenworth
St.
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 567-7063 | We received an email in September 2007 saying they are under new management and no longer carry Thai ingredients. | *KTL Market
724 Ellis St.
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 776-7151 |
This was one of the few markets we came across with fresh rice noodles. Fairly good on other
things, including frozen seafood. | Options:
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Hwa Lei Market
2970A 16th Street (at Mission)
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-863-1618 | I didn't see this local SF market on your list – I recommend adding them. This small store is a grocery market catering to the Latin and Asian ethnic groups – they are located smack in the middle of the Mission District on 16th Street half a block east (towards S. Van Ness). They carry quite a variety of Thai and Vietnamese food products (the store is run by Vietnamese folks, and they are very helpful). They even have fresh ingredients you can't easily find elsewhere in town – galangal, thai basil, culantro (or viet cilantro), thai eggplants, etc; a full produce selection, and a large selection of fresh meats and seafood. Plus about every condiment you can think of. I've gone there to find culantro, which I use in some of my Puerto Rican recipes – I haven't found it anywhere else in SF, even in the Latin markets (where you would think one would find it) – plus hard to find Thai ingredients; they have a full selection. (17
August 2006, via email) |
Sunset Supermarket
2801 Vicente St. (at 39th)
San Francisco, CA 94116
415-504-8188 | Good market. They do lack favorite Fish Sauces but have most
everything else. Very good looking seafood, both fresh and frozen. Great looking pig innards. (4
March 2004) | Duc Loi Supermarket
2200 Mission Street
San
Francisco, CA 94110
415-551-1772 | They carry the Mae Ploy brand of curry pastes (red,
green, yellow, massaman), Chaokoh coconut milk, a variety of fish and soy sauces, a large variety
of noodles (Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai), the Dragonfly brand of jasmine rice in 10 and 25-lb bags,
sticky rice (white and black) and Thai rice (red). The store also has a meat counter and a produce
section (Thai basil, garlic, cilantro, mint, etc). I also found palm sugar. (from one of Kasma's
students, 04-May) | |
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