Comments on: Funky, Ethnic, Vibrant Patronato

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By: Liz Caskey

Liz Caskey — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:39:46 +0000

In reply to Natalie. You can find fish sauce everywhere now, even in the supermarkets like Jumbo (although very marked up). I buy fresh lemongrass in La Vega from the Peruvian stalls, Lider occasionally has it and Chinese Mark on Merced (b/t Miraflores & Mosqueto) and the places on Patronato should have it dried. I use this in Thai curry and you cannot tell too much the difference. Chinese Mark also has dried galangal and all the exotic Chinese / SE Asian ingredients like black vinegar, everything for moshu pork, homemade tofu, etc. Suerte.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:30:24 +0000

Quick question, is it easy to get nam pla (fish sauce) and lemongrass (maybe jarred, I think fresh is a little optimistic) in Patronato?

By: Natalie

Natalie — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:25:43 +0000

Thanks so much for this post. Patronato has a lot of what I miss about London, so next time we’re in town, we’ll be visiting some of your recommendations.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 31 May 2010 17:44:07 +0000

When I was there a few months back I thought Patronato was one of the most interesting neighborhoods I wandered through.

By: Matt Wilson

Matt Wilson — Mon, 31 May 2010 16:31:07 +0000

I am hearing so many good things about this Vietnamese restaurant (Vietnam Discovery) I have to bribe, steal, blackmail my way there one day.

The photos of the kebabs took me back to my youth in the UK, drunk from a pub at 11pm needing food, those style kebabs were all we could get. Thanks for that memory, but no thanks to trying one again