cheap prawns and sea food....

[Dupont666]

anyone wanting things like tiger prawns, scalop meat, etc....

should go down to the vietnam supermarket near columbia road.

It is frozen (but unless you get it fresh from billingsgate and no flash frozen are you going to notic) but tiger prawns at £8 a kilo and scalop meat (small cuts) at £8 a kg is good and it doesnt stop there, cuttle fish and everything else you can think of starts at £3 per 500g and goes upwards to £30 for a big bag of exoitc crabs.

Also the stinkfruit is available there... frozen of course to hold in the smell.

Thought you lot might like to know

Will be going back there once the freezer is empty.

[grumbledoak]

E2, or E13?

Neither is exactly a walk for me, but £8 a kilo is cheap. Almost worryingly so, in fact.

[Dupont666]

e2 7rg

Longdan express

37 hackney road, london

for some reason google map wont let me do a zoomed in map but put in 37 hackney road, london and zoom in and you will find it.

if not to you taste, go to columbia road on a sunday and get some cool plants instead

[Soovy]

LOON FUNG near City Airport.


Un-be-lievable.

[grumbledoak]

Dupont666 said:

37 hackney road, london

Thanks muchly!

Truth be told, though a pleasant enough walk on my own, I'd have to take a small wheelbarrow full of nappies, food, and stuffed toys to do that at present. But, we do outnumber him on alternate days so I'll try to get there next week.

[Mobile Chicane]

I go to Wing Yip in Croydon. This isn't quite as cheap as it once was, but any commodities bought in bulk are a quarter of the price of supermarkets. It's also worth a gawp at the freezer section for the ingredients you would never have imagined anyone ate.

Edited by Mobile Chicane on Sunday 31st May 19:02

[Soovy]

Mobile Chicane said:

I go to Wing Yip in Croydon. This isn't quite as cheap as it once was, but any commodities bought in bulk are a quarter of the price of supermarkets. It's also worth a gawp at the freezer section for the ingredients you would never have imagined anyone ate.

Edited by Mobile Chicane on Sunday 31st May 19:02

Same at Loon Fung.

Ten pound bags of prawns for a fiver.

[Dupont666]

dont forget to look at the herbs and spices... things like whole nutmeg is £4 ish for 400g, which is cheap as chips.

[Mobile Chicane]

As a student I lived on the 3-minute noodles from the local Oriental supermarket. At the time these cost 25p a packet, and curiously enough they still do.

[Soovy]

I buy Dim Sum and Samosas by the kilo for pennies. Same stuff as I used to pay 100 quid for.

Loon Fung ROCKS.

[Wadeski]

christ i think I've been to all of the supermarkets listed here. Billingsgate is still the best for sense of adventure and occaision...nothing better than coming home with a haul at 7am on your day off, straight round to a mates house, into an iced sink, crash out, then crack open the wine at lunch at start cooking all afternoon.

[Mobile Chicane]

Wadeski said:

christ i think I've been to all of the supermarkets listed here. Billingsgate is still the best for sense of adventure and occaision...nothing better than coming home with a haul at 7am on your day off, straight round to a mates house, into an iced sink, crash out, then crack open the wine at lunch at start cooking all afternoon.

Well, hello...

[Dupont666]

thegavster said:

Dupont666 said:

Also the stinkfruit is available there... frozen of course to hold in the smell.

Durian?

Yes thats the ones... just couldnt be bothered to spell it and its called stink fruit on the containers

[Dupont666]

Soovy said:

I buy Dim Sum and Samosas by the kilo for pennies. Same stuff as I used to pay 100 quid for.

Loon Fung ROCKS.

This them?

http://www.loonfung.com/ourstores.htm

Just the one in silvertown that has the cheap prices or all of them?

[Soovy]

Dupont666 said:

Soovy said:

I buy Dim Sum and Samosas by the kilo for pennies. Same stuff as I used to pay 100 quid for.

Loon Fung ROCKS.

This them?

http://www.loonfung.com/ourstores.htm

Just the one in silvertown that has the cheap prices or all of them?

That's it. Awesome place.

[Melman Giraffe]

Soovy said:

LOON FUNG near City Airport.


Un-be-lievable.

+1 Alperton

[Dupont666]

Soovy said:

Dupont666 said:

Soovy said:

I buy Dim Sum and Samosas by the kilo for pennies. Same stuff as I used to pay 100 quid for.

Loon Fung ROCKS.

This them?

http://www.loonfung.com/ourstores.htm

Just the one in silvertown that has the cheap prices or all of them?

That's it. Awesome place.

All exicited now... they have one not 5mins from work and im off there in a minute to see what i can buy tomorrow

[Soovy]

Dupont666 said:

Soovy said:

Dupont666 said:

Soovy said:

I buy Dim Sum and Samosas by the kilo for pennies. Same stuff as I used to pay 100 quid for.

Loon Fung ROCKS.

This them?

http://www.loonfung.com/ourstores.htm

Just the one in silvertown that has the cheap prices or all of them?

That's it. Awesome place.

All exicited now... they have one not 5mins from work and im off there in a minute to see what i can buy tomorrow

Report back.

Check out the fish and prawn section, also the Dim Sum and sauces.

[Mobile Chicane]

Soovy said:

Dupont666 said:

Soovy said:

Dupont666 said:

Soovy said:

I buy Dim Sum and Samosas by the kilo for pennies. Same stuff as I used to pay 100 quid for.

Loon Fung ROCKS.

This them?

http://www.loonfung.com/ourstores.htm

Just the one in silvertown that has the cheap prices or all of them?

That's it. Awesome place.

All exicited now... they have one not 5mins from work and im off there in a minute to see what i can buy tomorrow

Report back.

Check out the fish and prawn section, also the Dim Sum and sauces.

+ 1

I'd be interested to know how much the really huge prawns are. I've eaten all mine and am craving more...

[Soovy]

Mobile Chicane said:

Soovy said:

Dupont666 said:

Soovy said:

Dupont666 said:

Soovy said:

I buy Dim Sum and Samosas by the kilo for pennies. Same stuff as I used to pay 100 quid for.

Loon Fung ROCKS.

This them?

http://www.loonfung.com/ourstores.htm

Just the one in silvertown that has the cheap prices or all of them?

That's it. Awesome place.

All exicited now... they have one not 5mins from work and im off there in a minute to see what i can buy tomorrow

Report back.

Check out the fish and prawn section, also the Dim Sum and sauces.

+ 1

I'd be interested to know how much the really huge prawns are. I've eaten all mine and am craving more...

About a tenner for a ten pound bag - they're MONSTERS at least six inches long.