Where to buy gobo (burdock roots)

[Hiko Ikeda]

In the Bay Area, what is the best grocery store when we purchase uncooked gobo for our home cooking?

[dutch]

I have seen fresh burdock root carried at Rainbow Grocery. Also seems like the Alemany (Sat), Civic Center( Wed)or Ferry Plaza( Tues and Sat )Farmers Markets would have a grower offering it.

[Hiko Ikeda]

"I have seen fresh burdock root carried at Rainbow Grocery"

Where is it? Having read too many posts in different cities, I am confused.

[jen maiser]

Rainbow Grocery
1745 Folsom Street @ 13th St.
San Francisco
415.863.0620

Open Daily 9am - 9pm

Link: http://www.rainbowgrocery.coop/

[Margot]

Berkeley Bowl, of course. Also check out the large selection of Japanese foods in all forms and fresh fish. (The owners are Japanese-American.) Other Asian cuisines are represented but not as thoroughly.

Link: http://www.berkeleybowl.com

[Kato]

I've seen them for sale at Maruwa Supermarket in San Francisco (corner of Post and Webster. I love fried gobo roots so much that I make myself pretty sick whenever my mother makes any. They seem to have a lot of fiber.

[Hiko Ikeda]

"They seem to have a lot of fiber."

Yes.

[chowhoundX]

My Japanese friend told me that he heard that during WWII, Japanese fed gobo to American prisoners-of-war. As a result, according to him, one Japanese commander was convicted of war crimes for forcing the POWs to eat "twigs." I don't think it's true, though.

Gobo is great, by the way, especially in kimpira.

[DukeDee]

The Greek-run 22nd and Irving Market has that vege-
table. while you are there, check out Zergut label
products. Made in Bulgaria.

[Windy]

Great store. I picked up a few boxes of Turkish Delight there. The pistachio ones and the rose-flavored ones are really good.

[Hiko Ikeda]

I really thank all who placed their posts below.

The reason I asked was that I found many positive articles about gobo roots recently.
One of them was;

Link: http://www.christopherhobbs.com/websi...

[mbm]

A really good source for Asian food ingredients of ALL kinds is the Sunset Super, located in SF on Irving St near 23rd Ave (or 24th or very close to there!).

[oaklandhillsgold]

Tokyo Fish Market in Berkeley, on San Pablo & Gilman in Berkeley (http://www.tokyofish.net/) carries burdock. I just was all over Oakland's China Town and didn't find it, Berkeley Bowl was closed today (on January 2nd? Slackers!). WF didn't have it.

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Berkeley Bowl
2020 Oregon St, Berkeley, CA 94703

Tokyo Fish Market
1220 San Pablo Ave, Albany, CA 94706

[kc72]

99 Ranch has it

[Robert Lauriston]

Fresh burdock is used in Japanese and Korean cooking, so Koreana Plaza is another potential source. The Chinese dry it and use it as medicine.

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Koreana Plaza
2328 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA

[wally]

Monterey Market in Berkeley has a lot of it.