Here’s a little insight into how I handle business back home.

While you’re back in “base camp” Jonesing up for your next trek, you've just got to slide a little sideways from your major supermarkets to find an Asian grocery...

So how much do you reckon the above swag of healthy greens cost me?

At the local Supermarket I'd say it would have been around $15 dollars.

At my local Asian supermarket I dropped a cool $6.30 on the following:

1 x Cauliflower
1 x Brocolli
1 x Bag of Mushrooms
1 x Asparagus bunch
1 x Gai Choi Bunch
1 x Bag of baby spuds
1 x Spinach bunch

And the produce is all high grade gear. It tastes and looks excellent. PLUS I'm not supporting the insane duopoly that is the mainstream supermarkets.

The exploratory foodie in me loves wandering around foreign buying lands too. It's precisely how and why I've ended up getting to know the wider Choi family. It all started with Bok, and up until this latest purchase I'd never heard of Gai. It's freakin delicious in a Horseradish meets Spinach uptown kind of a way.

Wish me luck for my Cauliflower & Asparagus tart!