Asian Groceries in NoVa - Looking For Ya Cai and Ching Kiang

[Simul Parikh]

Okay, so after work, I'm headed to an Asian Grocery in Northern Virginia.

I'm looking for:

1) ya cai (Tianjin preserved vegetable)

2) black vinegar (Ching Kiang)

Will H Mart have these items? Or Great Wall?

And then, when I'm out that way, I want something spicy and delicious for lunch - a little congested/sinusy. Was thinking Lighthouse Tofu, but I'm open to other ideas.

Thanks,

S

[lperry]

Great Wall has both those things - I've bought them there in the past.  I don't think H Mart has the preserved vegetable.

Uncle Liu's Hot Pot is in the same shopping center, and, although I have never been, all of my Mandarin teachers have recommended it.

[ol_ironstomach]

Possibly it's been this way for some time, but I just noticed that the Lotte near me now stocks both the 3-year and 6-year aged premium versions of Zhenjiang black vinegar (made by Jiangsu Hengshun) in addition to the common yellow-label variety; presumably all of their locations would carry it.