where to buy kaffir lime leaves, galangal

Can%26#39;t get these in manila. So i%26#39;m buying lots to bring home so i can easily whip up tom yum goong when the craving comes.:D where%26#39;s the most convenient place to get these? Will be going to Chatuchak and MBK. Do they have them there? Or best bet is to go to a wet market? I think there%26#39;s one near Chatuchak.

Is there a particular type of tea leaves that locals use in their iced tea? Want to bring some home also.

Thanks.

where to buy kaffir lime leaves, galangal

Any local market (where are you staying?), because there is always one handy.

Also Villa, Foodland, Tops, these are all ordianry supermarkets that sell fresh fruit and vegetables.

Then, as you say, there is a great market opposite Jatujak, also there is a Tops Supermarket on the ground floor of MBK where you will find what you need.

where to buy kaffir lime leaves, galangal

These 2 herbs are ubiquitous all over Thailand. You can get them in any wet market and also any supermarket.

Oh yes that%26#39;s right! the supermarkets - why hadn%26#39;t i thought of that?.i usually check out supermarkets when i go on trips.

Yonny, we%26#39;ll be staying near the Emporium.

Hmmm, now i%26#39;m thinking of buying a tree to plant? Although i don%26#39;t know if it will adapt to our soil. I guess the wet markets would have kaffir tree in pots?

Thanks guys!

Shoemaker,

I believe that JJ market does not have such ingredients. Tokyu, which is part of MBK, might have such ingredients. Otherwise, supermarket at Siam Paragon will have them. Since you are speaking of Tom yum, you might need lemon grass too. Do you have that back home, too? From my experience, you can keep these ingredients in the freezer for quite a long time.

Happy traveling!

Certainly almost everywhere. We have seen them even in 7-11s.

Lemon grass can be easily brought back with you and you can then use it to grow your own, if not available in Manila/Philippines.

(I don%26#39;t recall if available there or not)

We grow our own lemon grass...Simply put it in water until it sprouts roots and then plant outside.

We do, however, bring back a large bag of Kaffir leaves and both fresh and dried chili too.

Enjoy!

Supermarket on top of the Emporium Shopping Mall, then.

Villa Supermarket, Soi 33, opposite the little park next to Emporium Mall.

Cheapest and freshest would be the local, morning market on the corner of Asoke and Sukhumvit Road, tucked in behind the MRT Station there.

Happy shopping!

Thanks everyone for the head%26#39;s up!

Yes, we do have lemongrass here in the Philippines. In fact, we have one in our backyard. It%26#39;s just the kaffir lime leaves and the galanggal which are not readily available here. We do have the local lime (dayap) but only the fruits are sold, not the leaves.We can get galangal in bottles here but crushed in a solution of some sort and does not really taste the same.

Yonny, i%26#39;m looking at a map here and i can see that Villa supermarket is even nearer to our hotel than the Emporium.Many thanks. :D

Just want to share that i found everything i needed in the public agricultural products market across Jatujak market. I loved that market!! Everything is fresh; there%26#39;s lots of variety; prices are cheaper than in the city markets; and the place was spanking clean!.

Since i was looking for kaffir lime leaves to bring back home for my stash of tom yum ingredients, one vendor advised me that i get the fruit instead then plant the seeds. He also gave me a bunch of the leaves for free and instructed me on how to preserve it for a few months (while i wait for my tree to grow lol).

Hehe, hubby and i didn%26#39;t get to buy anything at all in the JJ market which was our initial destination. We were so happy with our loot in the agricultural market that in our next trip, it will be straight to the agri market!!

When I was growing up in my native Malaysia, I planted the seeds of the Kaffir lime in my garden. It grew nicely. I think both Kaffir lime and galangal can grow well in the Philippines since it is the same climate.

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