Today I stopped by the Asian market in Amherst (Mom’s House on College St., not the one on Route 9 near the bridge) , planning to pick up some cheap noodles and fresh veggies for dinner. When I went inside, I smelled that familiar siren call of soy sauce and oil, and before you could say “total hypocrite”, I was asking the price of the ready-made food, and bringing a white carton home.
American Chinese food is totally different from Chinese Chinese food.
If you go to the far back left corner of Mom’s they’ve got decent frozen jiaozi for less than $5/bag. Delicious!