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I really enjoy my Thai Food. As a matter of fact I love it so much that I went to Thailand to learn authenic Thai Food cooking from the best there...the street vendors of Bangkok.
I'll be the first to tell you that there is not a single Thai eatery in either Honolulu or the Big Island that serves up authentic Thai cuisine. Honolulu's favorite,'Keo's Thai Resturant doesn't even come close to tasting like real Thai Food in my opinion. That can also be said about any Thai places I tried on the Big Island too.
So, that being said, I want to know if there is any Asian Markets in Hilo where I can buy the necessary things to make Thai Food at home?
I need to know if I can find to following stuff on the Big Island:
Thai Curry paste (red,green,brown) fish sauce, Kiffar Lime leaves, Thai egg plant,palm sugar,shrimp paste, Lemon Grass, etc.etc, These are just a few of the basic stuff to make Thai food daily besides garlic & chili which I know is easy to come by on the Big Island. I need to know this ASAP as I move to Puna on Wednesday!
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When you get to Puna, open a Thai restaurant, silly. Be sure and have plenty of Singha on hand.
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Most of the stuff listed is easy to get, Kaffar limes & lemongrass grow here, so that is just a matter of either finding someone with it, or growin' your own. The only thing I do not remember seeing (but I also haven't looked for) is the Palm sugar. Most of the grocers have extensive asian supplies already... there are a number of different brands of curry paste & fish sauces, so if you have a favorite it would be easy to check if any have it. I have seen Thai egg plant at the farmers market, I think that it is grown in Waipio Valley.
Good Cooking!
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I really enjoy my Thai Food. As a matter of fact I love it so much that I went to Thailand to learn authenic Thai Food cooking from the best there...the street vendors of Bangkok.
I'll be the first to tell you that there is not a single Thai eatery in either Honolulu or the Big Island that serves up authentic Thai cuisine. Honolulu's favorite,'Keo's Thai Resturant doesn't even come close to tasting like real Thai Food in my opinion. That can also be said about any Thai places I tried on the Big Island too.
So, that being said, I want to know if there is any Asian Markets in Hilo where I can buy the necessary things to make Thai Food at home?
I need to know if I can find to following stuff on the Big Island:
Thai Curry paste (red,green,brown) fish sauce, Kiffar Lime leaves, Thai egg plant,palm sugar,shrimp paste, Lemon Grass, etc.etc, These are just a few of the basic stuff to make Thai food daily besides garlic & chili which I know is easy to come by on the Big Island. I need to know this ASAP as I move to Puna on Wednesday!
Totally agree.
KTA in Puainako (sp?) and Walmart have Thai curry paste and fish sauce.
Has not seen any Kaffir lime leaves but Garden Exchange nursery has two big plants for sale at $20 each in November. I was going to wait until I have my own place, but both plants were gone when I went back a month later. There's a Thai lady, named 'Sommai' sell fresh vegetables at the Hilo's Farmers Market every Wedsnesday and Saturday. Sometimes she has Thai eggplant and Kaffir lime plant. She might have lemon grass too. On the other side of the street at the market, another Thai lady named Ratana has a stall selling green papaya salad and others Thai ready-to-go food. She has Palm sugar for $5 a jar. You can ask Ratana which stall is Sommai's. Ratana also sells her stuff at Makuu's Farmers Market.
Has not seen any shrimp paste either but there are two Oriental grocery stores at the Hilo Bay Front shopping area; TNT Seafood Imports, a Filippino store, may have something similar to Thai shrimp paste. I don't remember the name of the other store, it's on the different block, sells many Chinese gift items in the front but there are some grocery items in the back.
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Hi, Beachboy.
I'm a fan of Thai food at home too.
No problem getting ingredients here.
I was trilled when I started getting my little, hot chilis, lemon grass, and kaffir lime leaves at the Volcano farmer's market.
KTA has everything else.
Hmmm. I'm getting hungry now. 
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Sawadee,
thank you all for your replies. If there is one style or type of food I like it's 'Thai'. I've gone way past the point of Thai food being trendy for me. It's more of a life style for now,and I find it healthy eating for the most part too.
I also want to clear something up too. By me stating that there is no authenic Thai food places in Hawaii, is very true. But how many of you have actually tasted authentic Thai cusine anyway? But the Thai places that are around taste great,but food has been changed slightly to compensate the western palate.
Thai food can be cheap to make, and also very healthy too. Plus, most dishes can be made within minutes, making Thai Food a working mom's .friend at dinner time
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I don't know beachboy Ning's in pahoa town has some pretty yummy food.(also all the other places on island don't even compare to Nings and you have to go on the nights when they have the "good" cook.
I make their kine of green curry all the time.
So what would be an authentic recipe for green curry?
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I just remember that Cost-U-Less also has Thai curry paste, fish sauce, Sriracha sauce, etc. Their price is a lot less than the other stores.
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I don't know much about Thai food, but the Thai salad(green papaya) I had at the Pahoa Farmers Market was very good.
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I love Thai food too. We started going to Somsomai at Maku`u Open Market on Sundays and I got hooked. She sells green papaya salad which is one of my favorites. She also usually has palm sugar, and the fish sauce and thai soy sauce for sale on her table. We love the food so much we bought our own papaya salad pestle and mortar and use it when we return home to Kona so I don't get withdrawals for the papaya salad. One thing though, everytime I stand in her line, people just cut in front of me. What's up with that Puna people?
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