We’ve been to Bambu a few times now and realized we haven’t written about it yet. Bambu is a small Asian market located in Montevideo where you can pick up a variety of Asian foods, spices and more.
It’s a small store, but you’ll find the staples to make an Asian meal, such as rice noodles, chili sauce, sesame oil, coconut milk, soy sauce, wasabi powder, etc. They also have prepared Asian meals available for take out. And, as unusual as it may sound for an Asian market, one of the things we frequently visit Bambu for is their rice “Cheerios.”
We’ve mentioned before that you can’t get Cheerios in Montevideo (at least not that we’ve seen). There are a couple of imitations at the supermarket, but we don’t even find them edible.
Bambu has private-labeled their own version of Cheerios, but they’re made with rice (instead of wheat) and sweetened with honey. I’d actually say they’re better than the “real thing.” This trip we picked up 4 of the big bags (250 grams each) so that we won’t run out for a while. The large bag runs UY $37 (U$S 1.78).
We also purchased a bag of rice noodles (340 grams) for UY $74 (U$S 3.57), and chili sauce for UY $115 (U$S 5.54)… both for yesterday’s Recipe of the Week.
Bambu is located at San Jose 1290. Phone: 902-7720.
Arleen Bothwell says
Cheerios with rice? Nope, that would be hands down better tasting than the oats.