But first, a note about Chimney Brick Toast Coffee House (shown above)...they no longer make or sell their Thai tea cream puffs. Sad lemur face. When I asked the guy at the counter he said that they weren't really popular so they stopped making them ago. Wandering Chopsticks had recommended this place for their brick toast (but I will save that dessert for another future visit) as well as that particular cream puff...
So with that fact in mind, Cathy and I kept our snacks in the car and headed into the warehouse...
This is the view from the far end of the parking lot. I wanted you to see the Indians on horseback mural. The entrance/exits are under the awnings. This vantage point is also from their bathrooms in the building across this one. I was pleasantly surprised and happy that they had relatively decent bathroom facilities.
Once we got in, a lady was offering free samples of fried fish balls and some sort of tea. Ha ha, the brand of the fish balls was "Do Do"; I'm not sure what country of origin these were from but in Tagalog, the word 'dodo' means 'boobs'!!!
Various Japanese snacks - I've seen Calpico items before but not Caplico. A quick look on the internet showed me that Caplico is an offshoot of the Pocky brand. Calpico on the other hand is another name for the Japanese milky/sour soft drink which used to known as "Calpis". As you can hear, the name "calpis" sounds a little too much like, uh, "cow piss" so they changed the name so as not to offend people. Alright then! We've all got new wrinkles in our cortexes with that useful factoid. You're welcome!
I bought one of these coconut roll boxes for my coconut obsessed sister. I'll have to get one for us next time.
It's a Jill-o-Lantern, not a Jack-o-Lantern!
More snacks and cookies and even dried fish!
We found this steel konom krok pan in the back area which is wholly devoted to Thai restaurant supplies and decor.
It's just beyond this doorway in the back:
Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING you could want to decorate your own Thai restaurant is here from wood carvings, statues, fake flowers, fancy fake silver serving vessels, and more!
I didn't quite understand why the cowboy was there though...
Sauces and marinades...
It was funny seeing a mix for "puto" for me. That can easily be made without a mix. Also, it was amusing because "puto" (which is a type of Philippine rice cake) is also a bad word in Spanish! My Mexican friends always got a kick out of hearing the word "puto", then eating it!
So many kinds of Philippine vinegar here...
Cathy and I contemplated getting a package of the Issan (also spelled as E-Sarn) sausauge but decided against it since we weren't sure if it would spoil in the car...
Heh heh...I'm so juvenile...
I have never heard of stink beans before...
The warehouse also has a seafood market where they can fry the fish for you, and an in-store eatery called A Taste of Thai where we picked up a trio of fried snacks (sweet potato, taro, and banana).
Many of the items looked and smelled spicy!
Our fried trio (3 pieces for $1/the lady tried to convince me to get more but I only wanted one of each piec)which was coated with a light batter, fried with brown sugar and topped with sesame seeds. The lady tried to convince me to get more in bulk, like she was bargaining with me, but I only wanted one of each piece.
Of the three, I liked the fried banana the best because of the the crunchy sugary coating. The taro was on the dry side as well as the sweet potato.
Bathrooms are in the building opposite of LAX-C.
This was only a tiny bit of what we saw in the store. Even for my 2nd visit, I still felt overwhelmed by all of the choices they offered.
Previous visit to LAX-C
May 2014
Next stop...Chinatown!
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