Dried foodstuff

After running some errands in town, I walked to the wholesale centre nearby to buy some dried food. Chinese New Year is only a month away and soon this place will be buzzing with shoppers stocking up their new year goodies.

I bought dried shrimp, oysters and anchovies, dried red dates, wood fungus and seaweed, pistachio, almonds and some snacks for the kids.

Here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure.

Front row: Dried seaweed, luo han guo, dried longan.

The products are sold according to weight. So there are weighing scales placed strategically around the shop. You can see dried seaweed (the round parcel at the bottom), wood fungus, dried gingko nut, shallots, garlic, dried chilli and dried cuttlefish in the baskets.

Bags of cashew, almond, dried longan, lup cheong (chinese sausage), dried persimmon, dried kumquat (oranges), peanut, black bean and fish maw. There are many grades of dried anchovies in the boxes on the left.

Dried plums, sweet preserved olives and plums, candies and pistachio.

Raw cashew and almond. I bought some almonds to snack with cheese after dinner.