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買餸執料HER MORNING ROUNDS

阿媽都喺呢度執料
AH MA’S TRUSTED STORE

The herbalist — the hundred drawers

淮山 · Dried Chinese yam淮山蜜棗 · Candied honey date蜜棗紅棗 · Red jujube date紅棗五指毛桃 · Hairy fig root五指毛桃冬蟲草 · Cordyceps冬蟲草劍花 · Night-blooming cereus (dried)劍花北杏 · Bitter apricot kernel北杏北芪 · Astragalus root北芪南杏 · Sweet apricot kernel南杏南棗 · Black jujube / southern date南棗圓肉 · Dried longan flesh圓肉土茯苓 · Smilax rhizome (tu fu ling)土茯苓夏枯草 · Selfheal / prunella spike夏枯草天麻 · Gastrodia tuber天麻太子參 · Prince ginseng太子參川芎 · Sichuan lovage rhizome川芎川貝 · Tendrilleaf fritillary bulb川貝巴戟 · Morinda root巴戟木棉花 · Kapok flower (dried)木棉花杜仲 · Eucommia bark杜仲桑寄生 · Taxillus / mulberry mistletoe桑寄生沙參 · Glehnia root沙參海底椰 · Sea coconut slices海底椰炙甘草 · Honey-fried licorice root炙甘草無花果 · Dried fig無花果熟地 · Prepared rehmannia root熟地燈芯草 · Common rush pith燈芯草燕窩 · Edible bird's nest燕窩牛大力 · Millettia root牛大力牛膝 · Achyranthes root牛膝獨腳金 · Witchweed獨腳金玉竹 · Solomon's seal rhizome玉竹生地 · Raw rehmannia root生地田七 · Notoginseng田七當歸 · Chinese angelica root當歸白朮 · White atractylodes rhizome白朮白果 · Ginkgo nut白果白芍 · White peony root白芍白芷 · Dahurian angelica root白芷百合 · Dried lily bulb百合石斛 · Dendrobium stem石斛移山蔘 · Transplanted mountain ginseng移山蔘羅漢果 · Monk fruit羅漢果肉桂 · Cinnamon bark肉桂胡椒 · Peppercorn, chiefly white胡椒芡實 · Euryale seed / foxnut芡實花旗參 · American ginseng花旗參茅根 · Imperata / lalang grass rhizome茅根荷葉 · Lotus leaf荷葉蓮子 · Lotus seed蓮子杞子 · Goji berry / wolfberry杞子酸棗仁 · Sour jujube seed酸棗仁陳皮 · Aged dried tangerine peel陳皮雞蛋花 · Plumeria / frangipani (dried)雞蛋花雞骨草 · Canton love-pea vine雞骨草高麗參 · Korean red ginseng高麗參麥冬 · Ophiopogon tuber麥冬黨參 · Codonopsis root黨參龍脷葉 · Dragon's tongue leaf龍脷葉金針 · Dried daylily buds金針佛手 · Finger citron佛手玫瑰花 · Rosebud玫瑰花八角 · Star anise八角涼粉草 · Grass-jelly herb涼粉草桂花 · Osmanthus桂花花椒 · Sichuan pepper花椒乾辣椒 · Dried chillies乾辣椒大地魚 · Dried plaice / flatfish大地魚日月魚 · Dried Asian moon scallop日月魚海參 · Sea cucumber (dried)海參淡菜 · Dried mussel淡菜瑤柱 · Dried scallop (conpoy)瑤柱章魚乾 · Dried octopus章魚乾紫菜 · Dried laver (nori)紫菜花膠 · Fish maw (dried swim bladder)花膠蝦乾 · Dried whole shrimp (large)蝦乾蝦米 · Dried small shrimp蝦米螺頭 · Dried conch / sea snail head螺頭蠔豉 · Dried oyster蠔豉響螺片 · Dried sea whelk slices響螺片鮑魚 · Abalone (dried or canned)鮑魚魷魚 · Dried squid魷魚鹹魚 · Salted fish鹹魚海蜇 · Jellyfish海蜇海帶 · Kelp海帶金華火腿 · Jinhua ham金華火腿柴魚 · Whole dried fish柴魚蟲草花 · Cordyceps flower (cultivated)蟲草花冬菇 · Dried shiitake mushroom冬菇姬松茸 · Almond mushroom (dried)姬松茸桃膠 · Peach gum桃膠猴頭菇 · Lion's mane mushroom (dried)猴頭菇竹笙 · Bamboo fungus竹笙羊肚菌 · Morel mushroom (dried)羊肚菌茯神 · Poria with pine hostwood茯神茯苓 · Poria茯苓草菇 · Straw mushroom草菇雪耳 · Snow fungus雪耳雲耳 · Cloud ear fungus雲耳靈芝 · Lingzhi / reishi mushroom靈芝黃耳 · Yellow jelly fungus黃耳扁豆 · White hyacinth bean扁豆栗子 · Chestnut栗子核桃 · Walnut核桃眉豆 · Black-eyed pea眉豆粉絲 · Mung bean vermicelli粉絲紅豆 · Adzuki bean紅豆綠豆 · Mung bean綠豆腐竹 · Dried beancurd stick腐竹花生 · Peanut花生薏米 · Job's tears / coix seed薏米赤小豆 · Rice bean赤小豆黃豆 · Soybean黃豆黑豆 · Black soybean黑豆紅米 · Red rice紅米小米 · Millet小米黑米 · Black rice黑米麵線 · Wheat vermicelli麵線黑芝麻 · Black sesame黑芝麻松子仁 · Pine nut松子仁梅菜 · Preserved mustard greens梅菜炒米 · Roasted rice炒米白芝麻 · White sesame白芝麻米粉 · Rice vermicelli米粉伊麵 · E-fu noodles伊麵西米 · Sago西米紅腰豆 · Red kidney beans紅腰豆鷹嘴豆 · Chickpeas鷹嘴豆馬豆 · Split peas馬豆甜梅菜 · Sweet preserved mustard greens甜梅菜冰糖 · Rock sugar冰糖石膏粉 · Gypsum / GDL石膏粉大菜 · Agar大菜菜乾 · Dried bok choy / white cabbage菜乾陳腎 · Dried cured duck gizzard陳腎百子櫃THE HUNDRED DRAWERS

「乾貨去開嗰間藥材舖執,邊個櫃桶有咩,阿媽閉埋眼都知。」Every drawer is a door — click one and it opens its ingredient.

The grocer — tins, sacks and bottles

糧油雜貨THE GROCER臘味THE CURED RAIL米麵粉糖

「米、鹽、豉油、罐頭,落街轉個彎就有,阿媽從來唔會等到冇。」The rice, the salt, the soy and the tinned goods, from the shop round the corner — and she never lets the cupboard run out.

Fresh — from the market each morning

菜檔肉檔魚檔

「啲肉同魚,朝朝喺街市新鮮買返嚟。檔主識阿媽㗎,最靚嗰啲實留返俾阿媽。」The meat, fish and greens are bought fresh each morning, and your shopping list already knows the counters.