Skip to main content[THAI] When you think you've seen every Asian spice, condiment and variation on pork rinds available, motor over to Amphaphone Jeung's goldenrod-hued palace and prepare to have your taste buds schooled. Although the homey, super-organized store, which the family has run for 25 years, specializes in Thai staples (who else needs four varieties of frozen, chopped lemongrass?), its aisles-long selection of noodles, hard-to-find strains of rice, fish and shrimp pastes and frozen exotic fruits are the answer to many a pan-Asian recipe head scratcher. When you're done shopping, grab a mountain of funky-fishy pad Thai and a fried banana from the on-site deli and hunker down near the tropical fish tank to people-watch.
Grocery list: Thai hot basil, 5-pound bag of fresh noodles and a Thai TV-show rental on VHS.
WWeek 2015