Exotic delicatessens Midi-Pyrénées

Many sushibars have opened on Nîmes in recent years. It was therefore normal for an outlet to the halles - the temple of the greedy products - to have mounted. Before opening his business, the well appointed Wafu (translated "character"), Eve-Laure Pons gave courses in Indian cooking. Then the young stove formed with a Japanese master. So she knows the art of maki rolls, small fish cutting, smooth cooking of Asian rice. At home you can buy or order any kind of sushi, maki, nigiri, uramaki, all made with fish and seafood products, directly from the fish garden. Bento, kind of hot or cold meals, including fish, rice, vegetables, peanuts, algae, etc., are served in a plastic box and sold between 7 € and 14 €. At Wafu, you also have the guarantee of manufacturing non-industrial sushi, which is not negligible for these specialties of raw fish. The réticents can taste the rolls.

The name of the shop is in no way used: here the raw material is queen. A dozen kinds of pasta, the classics and specials, to the ultra-fast cooking to keep all flavour and texture. More developed, "al ragù" ravioli, spinach and ricotta, and salami and dried tomatoes are guaranteed to be home and are fondre under the palate. There are also real little little and potato gnocchis. Italy is then omnipresent on all floors, with famous olive oils, the raw hams of Parma and San Daniele, sausages and typical cheeses or a few chianti and lambrusco that breathe the splendid Italian soil. Lovers of tiramisu will satisfy their search for raw materials that are essential to the success of Venetian dessert, such as the almost impossible and particularly unique marsala. Finally, balsamic vinegar has no taste of caramel and antipasti are legion: olive-oil, candied tomatoes, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, coeurs, etc. A successful Assortment and excellent Italian culinary specialities. Fresh pasta also holds an outlet at the Halles open every day from 7 am to 13 pm except Mondays.

For ten years, Florence Grimm has realized his dreams while enjoying his customers well! Its modern grocery store has conquered more than one, with carefully selected products for their high quality. She works regularly with the same producers and follows the same brands, such as Jacques Barthouil in the Landes, for smoked salmon, tarama and duck, Infinite for the caviar of the Pyrenees, Olivier Roellinger for spices and gourmet boxes, Castelas olive oils… Florence Grimm also has a cellar, for fine deals and wines!

Welcome to " la tienda " (the store) which, with its hand-picked Spanish specialties, boasts a strong following! The decor combines a contemporary spirit with touches of tradition, for a welcoming shop that makes you want to linger. In fact, a tasting room and a pretty terrace opening onto the Place du Salin are the perfect place to indulge in trans-Pyrenean delights: Bellota ham, Manchego cheeses, sandwiches, tapas, beers... It's even rumoured that the best tortillas in town are served here!

One of the addresses that made the "rue des Senteurs" a legend in Perpignan. How can such a small shop hold so many treasures? More than 3,000 products are crammed into twenty square metres and a stall outside! Thousands of spices, dried fish, real soubressade from Majorca, dried fruit... and of course olives. Rare spices from the ends of the earth, concentrates of flavour also in small bottles. Professionals find here all the aromas and natural colourings to sublimate their dishes.

Fancy a good Iberian ham sandwich? Then go to Iberika, a delicatessen renowned for the quality of its cured meats, located in the district of the very popular Victor Hugo market. From the window, the temptation is great. Bocadillos everywhere: crispy baguettes topped with thin slices of that ham you love so much. Coming directly from Spain, the hams rub shoulders with sausages, soubressades, chorizos and other meat delicacies from Castile. A little novelty for your sustenance: hornazo de Salamanca, a salty pie to be damned! These products are sold vacuum-packed to preserve the taste. To be eaten at home, if you can resist until then.

Thirty-five years that the Casa d'Italia has been regaling the people of Toulouse with its Italian recipes. Two addresses to supply you: the shop next to the Marché des Carmes and the lodge in the heart of the Victor Hugo market. Both a grocery store and a caterer, the house offers a selection of imported products and a range of ready-made meals prepared on the premises. Its speciality? La pasta, certo! Fresh pasta: Spaghetti, macaroni, tagliatelle, cannelloni and ravioli, available in twelve flavours, plus sauces and other typical recipes, caponata, peperonata or tiramisu and panna cotta. Smart info: from Monday to Friday morning, the chef welcomes you and gives you his culinary advice!

Le Petit Futé discovered Esther and Enric in Perpignan at Pa amb Tomate, followed them to the Halles de Thuir and finally to Cabestany, where they have just opened a store specializing in refined Iberian products. Enric knows everything there is to know about the different ham appellations, and Esther is unrivalled when it comes to organizing events around good food. Come and meet them in their new lair and succumb to the charms of Iberian cured meats and cheeses. The quality is always top-notch, and you can't get enough of their lilting accents.

Not easy to locate this large hangar located on the edge of the Zac of Saint-Césaire! But once you've done it, you're sure you're sure to find exotic cooking. This supermarket is well worth a visit in Asian food products. Long-term rayons, in summary presentation as in discounters, align all kinds of basic ingredients to make, in choice, rice patties, spring rolls, nems, sushi, achards, samoussas… You will find rice in large quantities, Indian, Japanese, Chinese but also sake or agricultural rum from Martinique! Condiments coming from the Indian Ocean and whole linéaires of imported spices as well as a fresh, frozen, different drinks, teas and more or less spiked sauces, such as soy or nuoc-mâm. Fresh fruits and vegetables, jars, preserves and still profusion of food or food aid to be discovered. Let's not forget, the famous dehydrated soups whose offer has deteriorated. A real trip to the station of Saint-Cézaire.

The reference of Italian gastronomy in Nîmes has of course its stall at Les Halles. Unmissable, the space offers all the stars of the laboratory established since 1948 in the city of Antonin: cannelloni, ravioli, tagliatelle, cold cuts, cheeses and varied and tasty antipasti. Depending on the season and the mood, the ravioli change stuffing: with porcini mushrooms, brandade, eggplant.... The welcome is friendly and attentive despite a queue that grows longer during the weekends. An address without equivalent in Nîmes.

The world can be found in this boutique, which brings exotic flavors to your kitchen. From the Caribbean to Asia, from North America to South America, this is the supply point for flavors from elsewhere. Looking for spices for your cooking pots? You're spoilt for choice. On the shelves, you'll find Caresse antillaise juice, Neisson rum, dried hibiscus flowers and açai. On the fresh side, manioc, christophines and plantain bananas. Beyond the islands, a few oriental nuggets: babaganoush, tahina sesame cream, rose water. A well-stocked cosmetics department. Nou ka alè!

Does the Black Sea remind you of any particular country? Perhaps Bulgaria? Let's set off on a gustatory journey through the unmissable specialties of this beautiful country, such as banitsa with sheep's cheese, bean soup, stuffed peppers, vine leaves, kavarma... Products are imported directly from local producers: fresh or preserved, spices, cookies and colorful sweets... You'll also find Bulgarian yoghurts.... and, to top it all off, the inevitable rakia, an invigorating brandy that can also be served hot. Smart tip: a range of Bulgarian rose cosmetics will give you a fresh complexion!

A few steps from the town hall, this place smells good south and it is a real cave of Ali Baba, where you can find gifts, souvenirs, handicrafts, pottery, crockery, olive woods, olive oil, essential oils, cosmetics, soaps, grisettes in Montpellier, jams, vinegar, quenelle, pastis (4 different kinds), chocolates, fabrics. Provençal… it is impossible to quote everything. Children will find their happiness in the body of loose candies. With the welcome and the smile of the owners, it is the ideal place of the pleasant gift gift or the last minute gesture before an unexpected invitation. We will find what we want, but it is to choose which will be the most difficult.

Baccalà, pasteis de nata, vino verde... Names that rhyme with Fado and Porto. A culinary stall that puts Portugal in the spotlight. Smile and good humour in this Victor Hugo market stall which offers you all the traditional products of Lusitanian gastronomy: cod of course, fished in Iceland and bought directly from Nazaré dried and salted or cooked in fritters, salted meats or cheeses with assortments of chorizo, queijo da serra (the famous melting cheese), groceries or, on the occasion of certain celebrations, biscuits and calendar pastries! Like the people of this country, the products are authentic and verdadeiro (real). A change of scenery guaranteed!

For two years, Alex and Wanted have moved to the studios and offer a range of fresh fresh pasta. Ravioli with artichokes and asparagus, aubergines, shrimps and zucchini, spinach and jambon, lemon and ricotta ham, raw ham and figs, etc. In total over twenty sorts of ravioli make you drool. And it's not with truffle ravioli that make the amateurs shudder. Side soup, here too you have an embarrassment of choice: to the encre ink, the basil, the pepper. On stall, there are also the inescapable bolognaises softeners and a thousand-leaf feuille of well-tried aubergines. Italian cheeses and desserts (Christmas pannetone), sicilian sicilian, a biscuit stuffed with ricotta and candied fruits, and bunets, a dessert in Turin) gives no doubt water in the mouth. A great address for lovers of Italian cuisine.

Mixt Market City is located north of Les Minimes, after the Barrière de Paris. A supermarket frequented mainly by Slavic people from Toulouse, where you can find a lot of traditional products coming directly from the Balkans, Russia or various countries of Central Europe. In addition to the classic food products, you can also buy folkloric trinkets and other unusual items for the home. Vodka, caviar, salmon, bream fillets, adjika, raspberry tea, gruzdi, Russian sweets, kvass... The only drawback: the labels are in Cyrillic! A good opportunity all the same to perfect his language skills... на здоровье! (To your health!)

After their success in Italian gastronomy at the Narbonne market, Audrey and Julien open this second store, for lovers of their famous fresh pasta and homemade ravioli. Everything is made from local products. You will also find or discover their homemade sauces: pesto genovese, pesto rosso and tomato sauce... and a whole range of products intended for the elaboration of your pasta dishes, such as grated cheeses and other specialities. Finally, enjoy the renewed suggestions of ready-to-prepare recipes!

It is quite naturally in the St-Cyprien district, the district of the Gascony and Spanish refugees in the last century, that this small muy simpatica shop was set up to stock up on Iberian products. Go to La Esquina to find the best bellota or serrano ham, sold whole or cut, manchego cheeses, marinated olives and very fragrant oils. For sweets: almond wafers, chocolates and turrón. A small counter open directly "around the corner" allows you to consume delicious boccadillos prepared on the spot, accompanied by a glass of fruity wine while speaking the language of Cervantes with Romain the boss!

Asie Market is a grocery store specializing in products from Asian countries, Africa and La Réunion. Nevertheless, the owners' family ties are oriented towards Thai products, the house specialty, which can also be found cooked in their restaurant, Sukhothaï! Here you can buy noodles, black eggs, vacuum-packed meat, exotic fruits and vegetables (jackfruit, dragon fruit, rambutan...), Asian sweets, instant soups and different varieties of rice (basmati, Thai, glutinous, fragrant Cambodian...) in small and large quantities, fresh lemon leaves...

Expert cooks or adventurers of du push the door of this Asian grocery store to make the most good things. At Lin, we offer everything you need for Asian dishes: vegetables, rice, soy sauce, coconut milk, black beans, pepper, bamboo shoots…