Grocery Shopping

Woke up yesterday to a near empty fridge. Not a bad thing, we had deliberately held off on buying anything, using up what we had before getting the new. And it was time to stock up again.

Fortunately, we didn't have anything big planned for the day, and with a winter storm weather forecast on the way, we decided to do a bit more of a piecemeal operation. In the end, we went to 6 different vendors to get the goods, spread across Brooklyn and Manhattan. Here's the breakdown:

Farmer's Market at Grand Army Plaza:
Every Saturday, there's a farmer's market held not too far from our place. Though the vendors are less in the winter, there was still maybe a dozen different booths yesterday. Good place to stock up on veggies and fruits. Stopped by another vendor for a panini / pizza bread snack

Met Foods:
The local neighborhood grocery market. More veggies, bread, juice, fresh turkey, etc.

The Meat Shop (as previously reported):
Reiko calls it "Palumbo's", just like the magic meat shop of West Middlesex, PA. Here, fresh country ham, Polish noodles, and garlic kielbasa. I still think they're making fun of my requests, but I don't understand their language so whatever.

JAS Mart:
Japanese store. Yesterday, we stopped in for a bag of nori (seaweed) and salt potato chips, better than it may sound.

Chinatown:
Enoki and shiitake mushrooms from one place, lotus root and thin-sliced beef from another.

Local Bodega:
Beer, bought by the bottle. They tried to rip me off too, charging me a dollar more than what was written on the bottles. Gotta watch your back in these places.

Altogther, it took maybe 4 hours for the trip, including coming back to the house in the middle for lunch. Not something we can do every weekend, but great when we can!