International foods store in Kirkwood, MO. *reply to Tina

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Posted by: " Tina " onevoiceforgod onevoiceforgod

Mon Mar 3, 2008 8:16 pm ((PST))

 

Do you remember the name, address, or location of this place in

Kirkwood? I live a couple of hours North of St. Louis, and I am

always looking for good places to buy these types of foods.

 

Thanks~

Tina

 

 

 

Tina,

The name of the store is " Global Foods " , and it is off of Kirkwood Rd.,

which is actually part of Lindberg Blvd., which is really just highway Rt. 67.

The road runs north & south, and

the store is not huge, but you can see it--on your right as you drive south on

the road. It's just a block or so north of Adams St. (which is an east-west

street, right in the center of Kirkwood) and a few blocks south of Manchester

Rd., which is another main east-west road.

 

Here is the link to the web page, and I was surprised to see it has a

good map you can use to get directions:

 

http://globalfoodsmarket.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage & Itemid=1

 

They have a remarkable variety of foods--each aisle is like a different

country! For really good beans, legumes, lentils, and such--go to the " Mexico " ,

the " India " , and there are a couple of middle aisles (which country, I can't

remember) that have some really NICE small bright red lentils. The aisles for

the Asian countries will have lots of rice--at the front of the store is a HUGE

rack (unless they change things around from time to time) that holds large and

small bags of many kinds of rice. They sell large bags of brown rice and I

remember a friend of mine tried that dark purple-colored rice from there.

 

The produce section is very interesting. My DH, who is a minister, took a

church-related trip to Liberia, in Africa in 2006 and again just a couple weeks

ago. He encountered there something called " sweet potato greens " . It's the

leaves and small stems of the vines from sweet potato plants, which are very

nutritious, and (in Liberia) are served often as a topping on cooked rice. My

picky DH LOVED the sweet potato greens, and this place, Global Foods had them.

(My own first experience of cooking the greens wasn't all that impressive, LOL!

But the second trip my DH made to Africa, he made the effort to find out from a

" local " woman just HOW these greens are prepared, so I might go to Global Foods,

get some greens, and try it again!

 

I hope you like what you find there. You might also try Whole Foods,

which, I have learned are in TWO locations in the St. Louis area now. One is

just south of the Galleria, on Brentwood...the other is off of Ladue, (I think

the neighborhood is called Clayton--or maybe there's a street by that name--it's

just a little north and east of the other Whole Foods.)

 

When DH and I have any reason to go down to St. Louis, which is about an

hour and 45 minutes from where we live--I beg for a chance to stop at Whole

Foods, Global Foods, or both. There is a Trader Joe's just a block or so from

the Brentwood Whole Foods, but having been there, I was less impressed with

their offerings, which seemed to be more pre-packaged. Best wishes to you in

exploring Global Foods! (A member from the slow-cooker recommended

it to me--it's nice to have some info to pass along to someone else!)

 

Blessings and peace!

--Laura B., in Illinois

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Posted by: " Tina " onevoiceforgod onevoiceforgod

Mon Mar 3, 2008 8:16 pm ((PST))

 

Do you remember the name, address, or location of this place in

Kirkwood? I live a couple of hours North of St. Louis, and I am

always looking for good places to buy these types of foods.

 

Thanks~

Tina

 

 

 

Tina,

The name of the store is " Global Foods " , and it is off of Kirkwood Rd.,

which is actually part of Lindberg Blvd., which is really just highway Rt. 67.

The road runs north & south, and

the store is not huge, but you can see it--on your right as you drive south on

the road. It's just a block or so north of Adams St. (which is an east-west

street, right in the center of Kirkwood) and a few blocks south of Manchester

Rd., which is another main east-west road.

 

Here is the link to the web page, and I was surprised to see it has a

good map you can use to get directions:

 

http://globalfoodsmarket.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage & Itemid=1

 

They have a remarkable variety of foods--each aisle is like a different

country! For really good beans, legumes, lentils, and such--go to the " Mexico " ,

the " India " , and there are a couple of middle aisles (which country, I can't

remember) that have some really NICE small bright red lentils. The aisles for

the Asian countries will have lots of rice--at the front of the store is a HUGE

rack (unless they change things around from time to time) that holds large and

small bags of many kinds of rice. They sell large bags of brown rice and I

remember a friend of mine tried that dark purple-colored rice from there.

 

The produce section is very interesting. My DH, who is a minister, took a

church-related trip to Liberia, in Africa in 2006 and again just a couple weeks

ago. He encountered there something called " sweet potato greens " . It's the

leaves and small stems of the vines from sweet potato plants, which are very

nutritious, and (in Liberia) are served often as a topping on cooked rice. My

picky DH LOVED the sweet potato greens, and this place, Global Foods had them.

(My own first experience of cooking the greens wasn't all that impressive, LOL!

But the second trip my DH made to Africa, he made the effort to find out from a

" local " woman just HOW these greens are prepared, so I might go to Global Foods,

get some greens, and try it again!

 

I hope you like what you find there. You might also try Whole Foods,

which, I have learned are in TWO locations in the St. Louis area now. One is

just south of the Galleria, on Brentwood...the other is off of Ladue, (I think

the neighborhood is called Clayton--or maybe there's a street by that name--it's

just a little north and east of the other Whole Foods.)

 

When DH and I have any reason to go down to St. Louis, which is about an

hour and 45 minutes from where we live--I beg for a chance to stop at Whole

Foods, Global Foods, or both. There is a Trader Joe's just a block or so from

the Brentwood Whole Foods, but having been there, I was less impressed with

their offerings, which seemed to be more pre-packaged. (And more meat

stuff--since this is a vegetarian group, I won't even go there!)

 

Best wishes to you in exploring Global Foods! (A member from the

slow-cooker recommended it to me--it's nice to have some info to

pass along to someone else!)

 

Blessings and peace!

--Laura B., in Illinois

 

 

 

 

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