Well, it’s not that new; it’s been my favourite store since we moved into this house. Behold:
That’s Gourmet Warehouse, and it’s two blocks from my house. Dangerous, I know. They have all kinds of amazing stuff here… cookware, bakeware, glassware, knifeware and any other kind of -ware you can imagine plus some pretty cool gourmet foods. I’ll just let the pictures do the talking.
The Lodge Logic window
Hot sauce land
Olive oil shelf #1
Olive oil shelf #2, also with various other oils and vinegars
Part of the bakeware section
The Chocolate Aisle. They have a few different brands and types of chocolate here, including Cote d’Azur and Valrhona, in dark, milk, bittersweet, white, etc. It comes in up to 10 lb. bars. TEN POUND CHOCOLATE BARS. Yeah.
Naturally you can spend a lot of money here, it’s not called Gourmet warehouse for nothing. Their spice aisle, for one, is out of control, containing things I had never heard of, such as grains of paradise. One of the staff actually opened a jar for me and let me try a few. They’re a complex taste, bitter when you first take a crunch at them, but with a slightly citrus-y aroma (at least in my opinion), then as you chew you start to feel the heat - both the spicy and temperature varieties - but the aftertaste is almost… buttery? One thing they have particularly good prices on is nuts. Pine nuts especially. I wrote a few weeks ago about my new love affair with pine nut rolled lasagna, and Gourmet Warehouse is keeping me in pine nuts without hurting my wallet too much. Compare:
On the right we have 100 g. no-name pine nuts from Super Valu (well, they were in there anyway), which I am embarrassed to say that I bought for $6. On the left, 210 grams from Gourmet Warehouse for $5. They have unsalted shelled pistachios (which can be quite hard to find) for quite a reasonable price as well. And if you’re looking for cocoa butter, this is the only place in Vancouver I have ever seen it.
If you’re in the Vancouver area, definitely do yourself a favour and make a visit.
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This looks like a great store to get lost and spend way too much money in. My sister lives in East Van too, I wonder if she’s been here.
And I like your blog, it’s great. Those tulip slippers are so cute, it makes me jealous about people who can knit-it’s too fiddly twiddly for me.
Finally, for the first few seconds I was totally disarmed by the fact that you use a wordpress theme I used to use (and will probably return to at some point). It confused my small brain-I thought, what is all this stuff on MY blog? Then my brain went, oh, right. Ahem.
I cannot thank you enough for posting about this store! I can’t WAIT to go and wander around the place. Thanks!
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