Every year, I make my way down from Calgary to Penticton for the Dragon Boat Festival. At some fests, I like to make it a tradition to provide some pork buns and the like, but this past year I didn't have the opportunity to do so as the cities we raced in didn't have a chinese bakery available or just plain open when I want to pick it up.
Imagine my surprise to find out that there's an asian Supermarket in Kelowna, only 45 min from Penticton, and was on the way down. Curious to see what it was like, I took a gander.
As I walked in, the place was actually a good bit larger than what I expected. While by no means the size of say, a T&T Supermarket in a city, it was still a good enough size to offer rows upon rows of honest to goodness asian ingredients and more, such as frozen dim sum and baked goods from Vancouver, utensils, cooking tools and dried spices from the Orient. I honestly didn't expect such a decently supplied store in the middle of Kelowna, especially considering the city's relatively small population and that of the surrounding towns.
While I found the baked good prices to be high, when compared to prices I am used to in Calgary, it is imported probably by truck from Vancouver, so that's to be expected. Still, if someone wanted to make a genuinely authentic Chinese dish, it's good to know that they won't be lacking for ingredients. read more