Monica Bhide True story: I called a certain organic grocery store to ask whether it carried kaffir lime leaves. The response: “Is that some kind of a cleaner?”
I figured the employee on the other end of the line had not understood me, so I decided to try the store in person. “Why do you want them?” asked a store clerk. “Don’t you know it’s illegal to sell them in Virginia?”
Really?
Do you know them? Love them? Read more! Includes a fantastic recipe for Vietnamese Chicken Curry.
Get mine at the Thai Market on Thayer Ave in downtown SS.
Necessary for larb – the most perfect food ever invented.