Where can I find Asian food supplies?

Okay so I made sushi yesterday, and I was a bit disappointed. Don鈥檛 get me wrong! It tasted really good except for the seaweed, but sushi wasn鈥檛 exactly what I wanted to make. Instead, I wanted to make something like Onigiri and/or Takoyaki. But seeing as how I live in Clarksville, TN, one of the most culture-less cities EVER, there鈥檚 no way for me to find the ingredients needed. And if there is, I just haven鈥檛 found it yet.





For short, I need to find a store that sells:


Dashi Soup


Fried Bonito Flakes


Green Dried Seaweed


Takoyaki Sauce or Worcestershire Sauce


Red Shrimp (they might sell it at Wal*Mart, but I鈥檓 not sure).


Octopus (same as above, I guess鈥?





Japanese Rice (is that different from normal rice?)


Cod Roe|||If you want the best advice, suggest you visit this local Chinese Restraurant in Clarksville. Ask the propriety about difference between regular rice, and Japanese rice.





You might also ask where they purchase their products, like shrimp and octopus.


If you cannot visit them, give them a phone call.





Better to buy local, than have to pay shipping prices.


Many supermarkets today, do have ethnic food shelves, just ask the store manager. Sometimes they can special order some foods too.


Happy cooking.


|||Ok the best place to get all the things you mentioned is at and Asian grocery store. The best thing to do is google asain market clarksville TN and it will show you where they are. Take your list and they can help you get everything you need! Good Luck|||Asia|||Krogers, or some similar big supermarket may carry some of the stuff in their Asian section.





For rice, it's just cheaper to get Cal*Rose. It's the same type of rice they use in Japan but is grown in California. All the Asian restaurants that use white rice use Cal*Rose, so it should be fine. Again you should be able to find this at the super market, or Costco (if you don't mind a buying a larger bag.)





Worchestershire Sauce is available at the supermarket, but isn't the same as takoyaki sauce.





With the exception of the seafood, you can order everything online and have it shipped to you. There are a few Asian supermarkets that offer an English website and can ship supplies to you from within the US.





For the seafood, your best bet is to see if there's a seafood monger near you (this is the seafood version of a butcher) He might have to special order the stuff, though. But making friends with a butcher and seafood monger means you can always get good product to use at home, and that's always a good thing.





Otherwise, you could try to ask at local Japanese restaurants if they could sell you some of their supplies directly (probably expensive, but never hurts to ask.)