Thursday, November 29, 2012

Looking for FRESH Kaffir Lime Leaves in Houston Texas....
I use fresh kaffir lime leaves to make a new batch of Kroeung [Khmer Spice Paste]....and often have a terrible time finding them in Houston.   Neither of my two favorite Asian markets, Hong Kong and Mama's on the west side of town, seem to have them.   Central Market on Westheimer seems always to be out.  Whole Foods no longer carries them and Phoenicia Specialty Foods [Downtown & on Westheimer] -- who by the way were absolutely the most helpful in assisting me in my quest -- reported that their supplier only has them sporatically.

With such a large southeast asian population in Houston, one would expect easy access to such basics.  

The most viable solution seems to be to plant my own kaffir lime tree in the garden as a hedge on future shortages.     Buchanan's Native Plants on 11th street in the Heights reports having Kaffir Lime Trees in stock  [5 gal./ $40] and so does J.R.N's Nursery II on Alief Clodine Road [1 gal/$18]..  

I'm planning to check out JRN's offering tomorrow am and hope to have a young tree freshly potted on my deck by the afternoon.

UPDATEJ.R.N.'s Nursery II has 4 or 5 sizes of Kaffir Lime Trees for sale.   The full size trees even have limes on them.   I purchased the smallest size -- 1 gallon -- which should be a perfect supply of enough kaffir lime leaves to continue cooking adventures in SE Asia cuisine.

1 comment:

  1. Jenny Lin, is this YOU?!
    Let's forget HP ever happened -
    the world has you now!!

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