Asian Market — Local services in Lafayette

If you need Japanese food items, this is the market for you. I lived in Japan for many years, and I am always glad to roll into Lafayette and pop into Asian Market. It has various kinds of mochi (yomogi, or mugwort; black sesame seed; and plain) with azuki bean filling; 2 liter plastic bottles of Ito-en tea, including Hojicha (roasted green tea); matcha in two grades by Maeda-en; matcha Kit Kat cookies; nori; various kinds of soba; rice in packs for the microwave, including a new and fabulous find: multigrain Korean rice in the pack; and condiments. The guy working there told me yesterday that the store is expanding and will move into a bigger location in 6 weeks in Lafayette on Tucker Street, and that there is a Baton Rouge store as well (which I didn't know) on Florida Boulevard. Bravo,...

Jason's Deli is where to go for a great Rueben sandwich. From time to time as a kid I would visit my Uncle ( Unk ) who was like a father to me. He sometimes would make me a Rueben sandwich with a slice of pickle and a vanilla milkshake. He passed on in 1997. He had a very good sense of humor, and I think he was a great man, and really do love and miss him. One day went with a friend to Jason's Deli for lunch and got a Rueben sandwich with a slice of pickle ( they don't have milkshakes).Their Rueben sadwich was so good that it brought back a lot of memories. Have been popping in there every now and then over the years to get my favorite sandwich. Also love their Muffaletta sandwich and...

This is the only place that I've been able to find Asian ingredients that aren't run of the mill. Special miso's, lime leaves, shrimp paste, etc. This is pretty much the only place to find it. The employees that I've spoken to don't speak there best English, but I can still find what I need if I ask.

They also have great inexpensive bowls and kitchen gadgetry to look through as well. For example, I bought my mortar and pestle here. It's the biggest one I could find in Lafayette and was still...