For our Christmas Day meal, I was short of some items and could not find them in regular supermarkets. There were only a couple of places in KL that we know of that stocked the things we needed -- and one of them is Ben's Independent Grocer (B.I.G.) in Publika, Solaris Dutamas KL.
Newly opened this year, we have been here a few times and totally love it here. True some of the things are more expensive but the selection is vast. And there are also a lot of items which are cheaper than regular supermarkets, for example whipping cream.
So much cheese
My utmost favorite section at Ben's Independent Grocer is the "Gourmet Goodies" by the main entrance. Here you can find goose liver pate, truffles, truffle butter, wild mushrooms, cep mushrooms, fleur de sel, Heilala vanilla pods and pure vanilla extract, and so much more! You can also find Echire butter in the dairy section. Truly a gourmet's heaven (well, for me anyways :P).
We also managed to get some delicious Spanish chorizo; Hubby loves chorizo and he has given the chorizo we got here a big thumbs up. For those interested, the brand is Cecinas Pablo, and it's called Maragato Hot Chorizo (price approx RM70).
Champagne anybody?
Ben's Independent Grocer houses many of its signature restaurants such as T Forty Two, Ben's General Food Store, and also a Chocolate Bar, The Gingerbread Man and G-Stick gelato sticks. We got some stuff from a few of these places so will blog about that soon too.
The Barn Butchery stocks some great quality beef and lamb, I spotted some high marbling Wagyu. I often complain that it's hard to find duck in supermarkets - now I know where to go if I ever want a whole duck.
Even if you're not getting anything, it's a great place just to walk around especially if you're a foodie. But as always, temptation is too great and we found ourselves leaving with a few bags of groceries and gourmet goodies to spice up our Christmas :)
Location: Ben's Independent Grocer (B.I.G), Lot No. 1A, 83-95, Level UG1, Publika, Solaris Dutamas, Jalan Dutamas 1, 50480 Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: 03-6209 1700
GPS Coordinates: 3.1711, 101.66583
You forgot the Amedei chocs! Exquisite indeed. Go here if your pockets are deep;)
ReplyDeleteNice place! Passed by here when we were driving.. must stop to visit one day. Truffles!!
ReplyDeletethis reminds me of the deli section in victoria market!!
ReplyDeletethere's some greek yogurt sold here that i've been meaning to buy, but haven't managed to yet. it's been haunting my dreams! :D
ReplyDeleteThe bad thing for me is I don't have transport to go that far
ReplyDeleteThe good thing for me is that might be lucky for me at this moment, I can't go there because I don't have money to spend(I'm surely I'll buy a lot of things from there!)
Ciki: You're right.. deep pockets on the way in, empty pockets on the way out. :P
ReplyDeleteiamthewitch: You must! Can find lots of interesting ingredients here. We got the truffles, but it's not that great.
ReplyDeleteSean: Oh then you must revisit. Plus they opened a few new outlets in there.
ReplyDeleteMichelle: This place is a Godsend for us Malaysians.
ReplyDeleteFui: Go when yr pockets are fuller :)
ReplyDeleteAiyo...was planning to get the truffles. But now that you said it's not that great...haih. :(
ReplyDeleteBangsar Babe: It's like one of those cheap, rubbery truffles which taste of nothing. Only looks good. Haha.
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