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Snow Day

The store will be closed Tuesday February 1 due to the weather. We hope to be reopen regularly on Wednesday, weather permitting. Sorry for any inconvenience. Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.6

Thai Green Papaya Salad "Som Tam"

Green Papaya Salad also known as “Som Tam” is one of the many dishes popular is Thailand . It is mostly serve with Thai sticky rice and a meat. Som Tam is to Thai as Kimchi is to Korean. It is simple, low calorie, and full of flavor, plus very nutritious. We’ve got fresh green papaya available this week so here is a recipe to try for your dinner menu this week. Read More Thai Green Papaya Salad w/ Dried Shrimp (Som Tam Thai) Serving Size: 4 Prep Time: 20-30 minutes (Available at Mama Nida's Asian Market) Ingredients: 1 Green Papaya (small to medium size) Shredded 3 tbsp Palm Sugar 1 Lime 1-2 Gloves Garlic ½ cup Carrots, shredded 3 tbsp Fish Sauce 2 tbsp Dried Shrimp 2-3 Thai chili pepper ½ cup Cherry tomatoes, halved 3-4 tbsp Roasted peanuts, chopped Instructions : Peel the outer green layer of the papaya then rinse well. Shred the papaya lengthwise using a regular chees...

Special Hours

The store is going to be running modified hours from December 1st until December 18th. We are going on vacation and will be shorthanded around the store. As such we will be closed Monday-Wednesday and open regular hours Thursday-Saturday. The store is fully stocked and Lynn will be watching the place for us and can help you out. If you have any special requests let her know and we will get them for you as soon as possible. Apologies for any inconvenience this causes but normal hours will return in time for Christmas. We look forward to see y'all when we return.

We are in the paper!

The San Angelo Standard Times has graced us with a second write up in the paper. We would like to thank all of our customers who keep us going. Y'all are the reason we are here. Special thanks to Denise Morris and Kimberley Parker for the article and pictures. Standard Times- Shop's shelves feature taste of Asia

Chicken Kelaguen

After several parties of tasting chicken Kelaguen, I had to learn how to make it. Kelaguen is a meat salad dish full of savory flavor. It is a spicy, juicy and simply wonderful Guamanian delicacy. Items marked in yellow are available at the store. Finadene Sauce (The Marinade) 1 cup soy sauce 1 cup lemon juice 1 large onion, fine chopped 5 hot peppers, finely chopped Mix all four ingredients and store in the refrigerator for a few days allowing the flavors to blend together. Chicken 1 whole chicken (cut up) 1 fresh coconut or 1 cup of grated coconut 4 green onions, finely chopped 3 hot peppers , finely chopped 4-6 pita or naan bread Serving Size: 6 Prep time: 1 day 1. Marinate the chicken in the Finadene sauce overnight. 2. Grill/broil the chicken, basting with the sauce. Let it cool. 3. Debone and shred or chop the chicken 4. You may choose to get a whole coconut and grate it OR just buy the a pack of frozen grated coconut meat. Squeeze the milk off t...

New Neighbors!

We had some new neighbors move in down the way in the form of Lucky You Tattoo. If you interested in getting some ink done, check them out. Lucky You Tattoo