'Lucky you can visit me on the way to Cheaper Buy Miles, Mum'. My boy is joking. He knows how much I love visiting him, but my excitement about going to this discount grocery in Kensington is showing. Was I more excited about seeing them or buying an entire crate of oat milk for $10?

$10 is awesome, mind. It's usually at least $30 for a box of 12 oat milks, and that's the supermarket's own brand. This is a quality, creamy, delicous brand. It's out of date, but we've never had a dodgy one. Now that's a huge saving. There's a few milks there, from coconut to soy to oat - lots of plant based goodness, including a chocolate oat milk for $1, which would normally be $5 at least. Bargain, and delicious!

It's a little dangerous though. If there's Pana Chocolate spread (a posh, healthy version of Nutella) for $2, when they are normally $9, how many would you buy, and how long do you think they'd last? Answer: not long. They also do THREE tubs of amazing Pana icecream for $10 - a third of the price. Incredible! Delicious! Keep me away from it! As you may have guessed so far, there's lots of plant based products there, such as these dehydrated mock chicken beef and pork things that you just add water to. We tried the burger and it was okay. Good for camping!

There are also yoghurts, condiments, toiletries, mock alcohol, kombucha, snacks and all sorts of things. Still, I managed to only spend $50 and came out with a lot of treats. I did try to control myself as I'll be up here again next week seeing these two plant based peanuts.

I love the western suburbs. It's so multicultural. On the same street you can get an amazing Malaysian laksa, you can also get Turkish gozleme or an Ethiopian curry. The Asian grocers too are everywhere in Melbourne, and I ducked in to buy some tofu and some bulk rice.

We live out in the sticks so I always take the opportunity to buy in bulk - it's much cheaper this way. Whilst rental costs in Melbourne are high, they sure make up for it in cheap groceries.

I'm sure many people here on Hive would laugh at the frozen Asian fruit we have here, such as durian and jackfruit and rambutan. Durian is quite expensie too. But there's also a lot of other vegetables here that are more common amongst the Asian communities - I always like to pick up a green papaya or some galangal.

There's food from all over Asia too. Not just Indonesia or China, but Korea and Japan too. From frozen dumplings to tamari, you'll find them here. Plus, a great selection of Korean chilli pastes, which I love.

You can also get fresh enoki, oyster and many other sorts of mushrooms, or huge bags of dried shitake.

I was watching my budget so I tried not to buy anything I didn't really need. Next stop was the Indian grocers to pick up some roti and some spices! But that's another story and by then I was too tired to take photos.

Sometimes being in Melbourne suburbs is like travelling in another country. It's what makes the city so rich in my opinion. It's certainly a place for foodies as well. We went to Laksa King and had the most amazing vegetarian laksa with fried tofu and roast eggplant - amazing. Little Ned was entertained by all the noise and people as it's a very popular place.

Happy Market Friday!

Do you have such grocery stores near you?

With Love,

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