Thai Food Supplies

[HD73]

I've been trying to find some kaffir lime leaves and galangal to make tom kha gai but haven't had any luck yet. Any suggestions? The closer to South Philly the better.

[mrbigjas]

both hung vuong at 11th & washington and 1st oriental at 6th & washington carry galangal. for that matter, so does whole foods at 10th & south, usually.

lime leaves i haven't seen in either place (but i don't look that closely that often), but sue's produce at 18th & sansom has had a sign in their window for the last several days saying they have them for a limited time only.

[eldereno]

I do not have any place near me to get these ingredients so must purchase online. You may want to check here.

[KatieLoeb]

The big store at 6th and Wahsington has the Kaffir lime leaves frozen. I've bought them several times and they are just fine.

[HD73]

I got some thai chiles, lemongrass and galangal at Hung Vuong and some lime leaves at Sue's produce. Thanks for the tips!

[philadining]

I've seen both at the Thai stand in the Reading Terminal Market too, although it's been a while since I looked for them there.

[JasonZ]

both hung vuong at 11th & washington and 1st oriental at 6th & washington carry galangal.  for that matter, so does whole foods at 10th & south, usually.

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Glad you got what you needed ... just to second 1st oriental, they seem to have galangal fresh all the time ... I've not seen kaffir lime leaves, either fresh or frozen there.

Regards,

Jasonz

[rockhopper]

Wegman's in Ch has galangal belive it or not.

Thank's for the Kaffir lime leaves tip; hard to find.

[mrbigjas]

Glad you got what you needed ... just to second 1st oriental, they seem to have galangal fresh all the time ... I've not seen kaffir lime leaves, either fresh or frozen there.

i haven't either, but i haven't looked real closely--they do have a ton of frozen stuff in those chest freezers over on the left side of the store. screwpine leaves, for instance, i saw there not that long ago. there were some other things that caught me off guard in that 'oh, i didn't know you could get that here!' kind of way, but i don't remember what they were off the top of my head.