Nuts & Spices Ibarra

Mi Tio, a small grocery store across from the bus terminal, but heading toward the Amazones Market. We’ve been coming here for a while, buying our Snow Mints or Chao mints, as well as our almonds by the pound (which we now get from a spice shop). But then we started noticing how many tienda owners come here to stock… Read More

Gourmet Spezia – Ecuadorian Salt Company

They sell in Super Maxi, Mega Maxi, Coral They are working on getting the organic and kosher certificate for next year. Meanwhile they invite you to try their sea salt which is pure and delicious. All of their salt is 100% Natural, without any added anticaking agent or iodine. I have been on a quest for Kosher Salt for 4… Read More

Mercado Iñaquito/Carolina – Quito

Juan Jose Villalengua y Jorge Drom, between Amazonas and Diez de Agosto Extremely wide selection of fresh produce (all the fruits and vegetables you can dream of), plus stations for fresh meat, poultry, fish (Pescaderia Resbalón is great, the leftmost of the fish shops).  Fresh herbs and raw honey are also available (there are a couple small stands between the… Read More

New Asian Store – Quito

Asian store – Sriracha Sauce (near Luxemburgo N3-140) No signage. Just some Chinese lettering and paper lanter outside. Immediately caught my attention. Not hard to miss. It’s street level. Only store on the block. I am headed back, will post exact address and see if they have a #. Owner spoke English well. Prefers it over Spanish. Decent selection of… Read More

Tao Tao Asian Market – Ibarra

thanks to David Sasaki for finding the new location for us OK, I found the place where the Asian food store is being relocated in Ibarra. Look for a restaurant called Tao-Tao. It’s across from Parque de la Familia on Av. Rafael Sánchez. The restaurant isn’t even open yet. Tomorrow will be the first day. It’s a pretty decent size… Read More