Today I found my new favorite grocery store. I was on a quest to find lemon leaves and lemon grass. I’m still on the hunt for the leaves.
But in the process, I ended up at Tony’s Finer Foods in Riverside and, well, it’s clearly bumped Ultra as my new favorite store for staples.
I can get almost all my Indian food basics without having to make the drive to Devon in Chicago. The produce was far superior than anywhere else I’ve been in the Chicago area (except maybe Caputo’s).
And, I was blown away by the selection of fresh peppers. I counted more than 12 varieties, including a beautiful display of Anaheim green chilis – my absolute favorite. Now I can roast my own for recipes instead of resorting to cans!
Before I headed to the checkout, I spied bottles of Mexican Coca-Cola and Mexican Pepsi, both made with real sugar instead of fructose and high fructose corn syrup mixtures.
The bottles are chilling in the fridge. And tomorrow, we’ll be doing our own Pepsi Challenge to see which reins supreme.
I’d place bets that we’re a Coca-Cola house, even though I favored Pepsi products growing up.
We’ll see what the blind taste test reveals.
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