Hi all,

It took me a while to find a place that sold “exotic health foods”. I add my “air quotes ” only because in Montevideo, Uruguay, exotic is well, soy sauce.

I went to a place called La Molienda. Which Translates to the powdered. The store’s address is Ejido 1439 and Mercedes. The telephone is 901.3947. The hours of operation is Monday through Friday from 9:30-1:00 p.m. and 1:30 -7:00 p.m. I guess they are closed for a half hour for lunch.

I was surprised to see that La Molienda sold seitan. For non-vegetarians, seitan can be used as a meat replacement. On top of that the store also boast fresh tofu. When I asked the clerk to show me the tofu. It was plastic wrapped in what I could only describe as a facial soap container one would get from a purchase at Clinique. It was in traditional rectangular form. Without water. So, I would loosely use “Fresh” and “Preservative Free”.

La Molienda also sells Soba flour and real Japanese soba noodles. Well, I use the word real but I don’t think it is authentic. But what is authentic “exotic” food in Montevideo, Uruguay? If the makers of said tofu and soba noodles have not lived or been to its country of origin or have Asian or Japanese heritage.

So the store also sells the following flours; chic Pea, rice, wheat, soy, and other flours that I don’t quite know the translations in English.

They also sell semi sweet mini chocolate chips and agar-agar. Which is overly priced, in my opinion. Well. This whole website is really, just “my opinion”.

If you are looking for a place to purchase baking goods or vegetarian baking goods, this is a good place to start. There is a sales clerk there by the name of Luciana, she speaks pretty good English, for my non-speaking Spanish readers.

Ciao,

O