It was very interesting. Could you do a video on the cheapest supermarket you can find and see what you could get for the $100 for a comparison. Thanks I love your videos
Non white button mushrooms are always seemingly outrageously priced. Most widely known edible ones are easy to grow, and generally don't require any specific locale. They have such a great texture for things like stir fry, in bakes, etc.
You can get a kit for the price per pound shown and grow way more than the example one given😬 they’re pretty easy and don’t take up a lot of space either. I understand growing your own isn’t everyone’s thing but that was kind of outrageously expensive, the specialty mushroom guy at my local farmers market charges like 1/4 of that for the less common varieties he sells.
The sad part is that the pricing on some of these items are comparable to what we're seeing at regular grocery stores in Canada right now with inflation.
Yeah I was thinking that the prices were pretty in line with the Whole Foods in London which is about 2x the price of even fancier normal grocery stores. But at least I don’t have to drive to it, but I don’t have to drive to any grocery store.
I worked at that EXACT location for a year and a half during COVID. The employee's don't get free meals, they get 40% off but that means we still couldn't shop there because it was still way more expensive than anywhere else. I did buy some of those amazing Mango's on payday sometimes though.
A few years ago I went to the original store on Beverly. The manager followed me OUTSIDE because I left empty-handed. He asked if I found what I was looking for. 🙄 Please. He thought I was stealing. I hope the customer feedback department appreciated the nasty letter I sent.
I love this format! There is something fun about trying out more expensive items that are premade ( like the hot bar, peanut butter and broth) rather than just regular groceries. I'd love to see a hot bar try it segment! These types of places cater to people that are there to grab and go so I think their ready to eat foods are always good! ☺️
Yeah I think I would got just for the Hot and Cold Bar experience...the groceries I could do without. I'll stick to Trader Joe's and Kroger (coupons) Lol
Yea I was thinking the same thing, they are definitely under strong delusion of luxury. I can get way more organic and natural stuff for a fraction of the cost. Plus an additional cost for the jars at check out its ridiculous. Smh
I guess it really depends on what you’re into. I live in cancun Mexico, and generally my choice is to shop a local markets for all my produce and I live supporting local. I like going to the grocery store close to me that is in walking distance. BUT I will say I the hotel zone there is a really beautiful grocery store that in itself is a very enjoyable. It’s a curated grocery store. It’s not necessarily more expensive that the same stores that are closer to me. But I WILL pay the money for the taxi every once in a while to go.
Thanks for taking one for the team and trying this out! The peanut butter does seem worth it to me for a special treat, maybe the bone broth that is much as a cocktail at a nice bar per serving is a stretch. I really enjoyed your down to earth insights, but the videos was also good self indulgent entertainment lol
Honestly seeing Erowhon as a “specialty” store, wher you go to buy different or in-house items like that peanut butter and smoothie! Or if you want a luxury cut of meat to cook by yourself instead of opting for a fancy restaurant, it makes sense! But not necessarily for regular weekly, or monthly groceries.
still dosent make sense. if you want a luxury cut or good quality meat goto your local butcher its cheaper and better then any of the crap in that store. typical example of rich people being taken to the cleaners because a chain was able to convince them their product is so much better
Or just go to a store that focuses on international food and imports to get speciality stuff. My city has a huge one where you can buy stuff from around the world including plenty of healthy stuff from all the health trends, along with diverse and yummy processed food and snacks from everywhere. They have 2 different delis there, a fantastic fish market and one of the hugest selections of fresh veggies and fruits from everywhere including a good amount of organic stuff (for those who like that). And the best part it’s way less expensive. Like it does depend on what you get. But usually at the very most it’s just a big under Whole Foods but usually way less. So you can actually do all your shopping there. And if you want to shop locally support smaller grocers instead or seek out a recipe and make it yourself or find someone who specializes in what you want. There is no need for Erewhon all you get there is aesthetics.
In the 1970's i lived in Boston. There was a health food store called Erewhon. I wonder if that was the beginning of the store?? Or it was owned by someone else? It was a very small health food store where vegetarians could find seitan and tofu easily. Supermarkets did not sell stuff like that. It was expensive for the time. I would love you to do a haul where you price the same items at a cheaper store. Also I would love you to do a copycat of that smoothie for those of us who can't get to an Erewhon.
@@amandaabernathy4355 I didn't realizer that. I can't believe that that may have been the first store. It wasn't a very big place. Most of he food was sold from bins and you needed to pour it into bags that they weighed. It was such a hippie-type place and sold mainly vegetarian food.
@@risasklutteredkitchen1293 in Canada we have a huge chain called Bulk Barn and weighing and bagging your own dry goods is very normal for us, I only recently learned this isn’t common in the US except at like “hippie stores.” It’s not a health food or vegetarian place although they do sell a lot of health supplements, vitamins, teas, health food, etc in bulk. It’s where I get my normal baking items like flour, sugar, salt, chocolate chips, etc and all my spices by weight and as a kid you’d go and get candy and snacks for parties and stuff. Interesting that a store with self serve bins and bag it yourself turned into this high end grocer over time!
The way your son devours his slice of pizza. Love how much he enjoys his food! Interesting haul! Seeing the prices, I would’ve probably left the store without getting anything.
Expensiveeeee, but sold! Will visit Erewon at least once in my lifetime for the bone broth, PB & seasonal smoothie!😋 Thank you Dzung for another attention keeping, fun video! 👌😍👌
It’s so interesting to take a look into this grocery store and see the crazy high price increase on items you can find anywhere else, would love to see more!
This was so fun! I love to see new grocery stores and what they have to offer! Please make another video about this! I would love to see what you do with $100 if you went back, either trying the hot foods or just being interesting things that your curious to try! Cool looking store, very expensive tho.
This was very fun and interesting to watch! I would love to see you try the foods from the hot bar! Looks like a fun store to explore and see the fun things they have! Keep up the good work, love this content! 🎉
I cry deep inside whenever I shop at Whole Foods but then I watched this, I felt a little good relief lol I am obsess with siete wraps and siete chips! I get the almond one then I put shredded cheese with kimchi inside with garlic powder, ginger powder & I also add cilantros! Soooo divine!
I used to go to Erewhon almost every day when I lived in LA. BUT I didn't grocery shop there. I would get something from the hot bar or prepared food, and eat there with my friends while people watching and celeb spotting. The prices are definitely insane for grocery shopping!!
As someone who grows their own produce and is an advocate for trying to make or grow things on your own (for a far cheaper price) I’m blown away. A pack of cucumber seeds is about 2 dollars and theoretically you can get 20-25 cucumbers from just a few healthy seeds let alone the whole pack of seeds. 😭
2 dollors is hardly the entire cost though that's what the seeds cost then you need the price of the land, soil, fertilizer, water, time. This place is obviously stupid prices but growing food isn't exactly cheap either
@@blahblah1287 Not to mention the trial and error. People make growing your own food like like a breeze when it's not. Some stuff grows so easily yet there are foods and herbs that for me die so easily. I tried growing some herbs and some died after repotting, then it's back to trying it again.
Don't forget the packing. Then all the headache of logistics, having to race with time delivering produce from farm to store. Then the store upkeep. Salary for the trucker, employees etc. That's why restaurants typically charge at the very minimum 5x the cost of ingredients.
@@blahblah1287 yeah I suppose for start up. But I get a lot of rain and collect it. I also make my own soil and fertilizers. I try my absolutely hardest to be self sufficient. But there are times when I need tools or specialized fertilizers from the store.
@@rimun5235 there's definitely a lot of trail and error but some people try it and can stick to it and at the very least I encourage people to try it. I don't personally care at the end of the day what people do but we can all admit that the prices at store from the video are insane.
The apple, the siesta tortillas, the vital eggs, all brands that are sold at my local Walmart for half the price. But I guess that’s what they’re willing to pay to not have to shop next to us mere peasants. Wouldn’t want them to catch the poor 😂
I'm an Aldi shopper that wishes she had a Trader Joe's, I could never afford to shop there, but as a home canner, I love that everything seems to come in a glass jar that I could happily re-use. Those eggs are on point though, those same ones at the local Kroger are $8.99
Aldi and Trader Joe's are both Aldi. In Germany it's called "Aldi Süd" (= Aldi South but just Aldi in other countries) and "Aldi Nord" (= Aldi North but Trader Joe's in other countries).
Cool, I’ve been wanting to see the inside of Erewhon. I’ve been also curious about Goop Kitchen- would love to see you order food from there and maybe try to recreate it too.
I was born in 1978 and our little local grocery store had a peanut butter grinder and it was AMAZING You’d push a button and get as much as you wanted and it was sold by volume. Same with coffee beans. They also had fresh squeezed orange juice and lemonade. It wasn’t pasteurized so it tasted like you made it at home. That store is still there, you can have an account and they keep a paper ledger, I lived across the street and they let me have my own cart as a kid because I came EVERY DAY. My mom and I never knew what we wanted until that moment so I’d run over, ask them to put it on our account and Bing bang boom grab the BEST food. They sold tons of locally made breads and cheeses. Milk from local farmers where the cream floated to the top. Big logs of fresh made butter they did in the back…they sell honey from local beekeepers who have an apiary across the street at the community garden. Yeah, I never realized how completely awesome this place was. I assumed it was normal, I also can say yes, I grew up in a very wealthy area so folks had no issue paying a bit more bit…it was a well known that organic was better. My mom and I had hens and they’d sell our eggs if we had extra. My great grandparents had a home farm, they sold some foods but mostly farmed to provide for themselves and the family. I got to run a little stand as a kid when I visited and I loved picking the prettiest strawberries and veggies to wash up and package adorably to sell. People always paid me more than we asked because they appreciated the effort. My great grandparents were French, she had been a pianist, he a luthier and over the years as they acclimated to the US they developed a strong distaste for excess, waste and capitalism 😮 They usually traded/bartered for things they didn’t have. Apples for peaches, eggs and cheese for pork and beef. We had frogs and rabbits to eat…they kept their cash in mason jars in the basement 😂 and they were LOADED because they stopped spending money in the 1960s. They bought their farm cash, did all the work themselves, invested in alternative energy in the seventies allowing a solar panel company their back portion as test area in exchange for the power, and they paid for a windmill but ended up getting money back from the electric company. They planted all these native species and soil retaining plants and got rebates. They also had some deal with the government and trees they’d planted. I wish I knew details, they lived to be 100 and 101. My great grandpa got passionate about organic farming in the sixties, years before I was born and if I could talk to him now I’d do anything to ask him to share his knowledge. They lived a quiet, simple life and they lived WELL. No stress, no anxiety. They had greenhouses in case things were too wet/too dry, too cold, too imperfect. I know they were able to trade with the local store as well. They would give goat cheese in exchange for sugar and spices. I’d go in with it. God…I haven’t thought about this for so long :( It’s simple, people should maybe…go full force? I recognize a movement to be self sufficient and whatnot but adherents are so hardcore and competitive it seems. A total black and white all or nothing attitude? Selling all personal possessions to move to a piece of land and just farm farm farm for profit. Artisanal stuff, when in all reality we could do a lot of variety. Forget monoculture.
This was great, you should do a part 2 for the hot bar! I could tell how rich the bone broth was from seeing it in the video. I just read you can take the Erewhon glass jars back and get money back
My dad would always say with stuff like this “it’s not what it’s worth, it’s what money is worth to you.” If I woke up with a high-six-figure income tomorrow I’d shop there.
Love this new direction you are going... Keep it up. I have never been to the USA but would love to see you introduce what to do and eat on a reasonable budget through your channel. 😊
The way the audio is, I feel like Dzung is YELLING in the isles 😂My friend has been trying to convince me to go, and I'm almost willing to just to peek into what they've got!
I had to rewind, a 20 dollar smoothie 😶😶 That is insane The prices remind me of the organic supermarkets here. Ps the gochujang mayo is going in the recipe book here 😊
She had the right idea with the peanut butter and eggs. Finding things there that can be used for multiple meals and are only 2x or 3x the usual price is probably the best you'll do for proteins.
Such a fun video! I personally think some of the prices aren’t that outrageous; the bone broth (like you said; gas, time, whole chicken and bones), peanut butter ($5.88 at Walmart now for a smaller jar of natural organic in Las Vegas), and that beef. I was surprised anything was $1.99 (taco seasoning). That said, the apple was so expensive, goodness! More of these videos please! Great to see you making content again! Beautiful white sweater btw!
This was a great video - I've never even heard of this grocery store. I would definitely check it out of I lived in Cali but probably just to browse LOL would love to see you recreated that Kin-sicle drink! Keep going Dzung; cheering you on! 🤩🤩🤩
Erewon sounds like a neighborhood in Rivendell where they sell high fashion food. Basics the same but branded, so you pay a lot. It works unsurprisingly, the store could probably pay their monthly bills + salaries from just one day 😂
It’s interesting because I felt like several of the produce item prices, adjusted for currency differences, are similar to what I pay at my low end/cheap grocery store where I live in Canada😩 and I don’t live anywhere remote or particularly expensive either. Like I’ve definitely seen little bundles of carrots like that for $3-4 (Altough I buy the big bags of ugly ones for $2), cilantro is definitely the same price, Apples were quite similar, I don’t eat zucchini but I think we’re doing about $1-2/lb on vegetables like that right now so also similar. Very interesting. Some of the other items I’d equate to your typical higher end grocery store here, so it’s interesting that this is considered almost ultra high end. I love seeing shopping trips like this, it’s cool to see the differences as well as discover some similarities☺️ I could see, if it’s important to you, something you enjoy and can afford, purchasing some of the house made items from them. The bone broth was definitely worth it, that stuff is time consuming as well as energy consuming to make and the end result is definitely worth it.
^ occasionally I go to this store just to find new healthier items I can’t find at Whole Foods or elsewhere. It’s way over priced for many things but in the LA area you got people who are super rich so this store caters to them and those who only shop at this store. Me I go to multiple stores cause I like different things at different places like Ralph’s, Whole Foods, TJ’s…. But let me tell you the options at London food stores are 10x better than the US. Loved there for a semester for uni and was blown away at the store options and also the premade meal options!
Girl, do your bone broth in a pressure cooker! Fill it up with bones, fill with water to the max, 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar and pressure cook on high for 1:30-2 hr. It’s suuuuuuper gelatinous.
Yes! I use my Instant pot and use chicken feet, roast garlic and onions, a "soup vegetables" pack from local grocery, some tomato paste and pepper. Maybe $8 total MAX. She said $21 is maybe worth it, I died
2:03 just make your own peanut butter. Buy organic peanuts, roasted or unroasted, roast them if you buy unroasted, ground them up and make peanut butter and choose to add salt, honey, or sugar.
Such a fun and very interesting video! In Amsterdam we have stores like this too but people tend to just buy a couple of the special heathy items but not all their groceries, that makes it doable.
She seems like the type of person that you'd try to whisper something to and then she'd LOUDLY respond, "so, this one time at band camp" 😂😂😂 like girl SHHHHH 😂😂😂😂 got some strong vocal cords!
Lol dude wtf I was wearing a mic so it projects louder on the video. Who goes and yells in a bougie store like this?! Not trying to get kicked out for filming either 🙄🙄 smh
OOH OOH YEA!! Go to the hot bar PLEEEEEEEEEEEASE! I'm so obsessed I want to come out to CA just for this market! I'm in NYC and I really think we have the best food, but this is just some next-level super marketing!
For me as European and polish person the fact that people find soup in a jar l(iterally something we would eat at least once a week, always made from scratch) fancy and healthy is super funny. This store is definitely scam for rich people to make them feel even better about themselves.
I was curious and looked up comparable items at my local Kroger and priced them out: Same pack of 12 count eggs: $8.99 100% whole wheat bread (Orowheat): $6.49 1 count organic carrots: $1.99 Siete flour tortilla: $8.99 1 count organic cilantro: $1.29 Taco seasoning: $1 (El paso) $.50 (store brand) Organic zucchini: $2.29/lb Organic honey crisp apple: $3.49/lb
If you have a Kroger card, the prices come down more. Probably depends on location though… also 12 count pasture raised organic eggs at ALDI are $4.99. So a store like that, and prices would drop even more. Thanks for looking it up!
@@jeanroger4738 Right now in some states there are egg shortages (along with bread and milk) because of the farmer's strikes, so prices of eggs have went up a lot in the past like month or so. (Or- like at costco- they limit how many eggs cartons you can get.) So id say eggs probably ranged 3:50-6 dollars a few months back.
@@rinkuse it just depends because of the issues with chickens right now. The cheapest I could find in Oahu were $10.99 this week. But it’s been fluctuation
I’ve lived in California and currently live in Florida. When I see California grocery prices again it amazes me. Generally groceries are so much more expensive here in Florida. These prices aren’t too far off of Publix and for some items were cheaper!
Have you ever put peanut butter on apple slices with cinnamon? I’m wondering if *that* peanut butter on the apple would have been even more amazing. ❤❤❤
The Erewhon peanut butter has slightly more fat and some added sugars. Not by a lot but that could 100% factor in the flavor. I've added organic honey to my kirkland peanut butter and it tastes just as good. Because of the sugar lol.
"Erehwon or "Nowhere" to normal everyday people. How edgy! How avant garde! How erudite with wordplay! 👏👏👏 I'll tell you what kind of people shop here. The kind that drink Evïan spring water because flip that around and what do you get: N A Ï V E 🙊🙊🙊
It seems as thought they drag away all the qualitative and healthy foods from you guys, year after year. Advertising all kinds of unhealthy things from fast food to snacks. And now after all those years they let you have a taste of what real food tastes like, but with a huge price tag on it. Its costuming with words like grass-fed, eco-friendly and more , and you pay trice the price. Aside all those things, like the economic spectrum. How is it even legal to sell anything, with no tag on it? As far as I know every single product has to have a complete list of the ingredients, nutritional value, place of production and package etc.
I love that you did this video🥰. It so fun watching what you could do with a $100 at a place like that. Thank you for your honest commentary. Btw, I never know anyone love bone broth as much as you 😂😂.
So, I normally shop at Trader Joe's or Ralphs but HOW I LOVE GOING TO EREWHON!! That store is ALL the HEALTH! I also got one of their mint smoothies one time and wow! The store is so aesthetically pleasing that I love even just going in there.
I didn’t realize I bought a $10 jar of peanut butter or I wouldn’t of bought it but it is too good! It would be totally hard to switch back over to more affordable one. 😅
Erewhon is great for prepackaged food, hot + cold bar + some hard to find artisan labels. Otherwise, it's all triple the price for stuff you can easily get at Whole Foods/Lassen's.
Erewhon just a scam. That pricing on the meat was straight theft. If you buy a half steer from a farmer you can get it at 4 dollars a pound that means ribeyes, tomahawk briskets shortrib etc etc
They’re still recipe videos as I’m still cooking and showing new ideas with whatever topic or story I’m telling. They’re meant to be more entertaining and not robotic like my old videos! 😊💗
LOL, the video description: "A food blogger visits Arowana". An arowana (Osteoglossidae family) is a type of tropical freshwater fish. Quite popular in the aquarium trade. They might actually cost more than anything sold at Erewhon, as in upwards of $100k, so I suppose the typo is appropriate.
As someone who works at Whole Foods, the fact that meat here costs DOUBLE the already-steep WFM prices…yikes. Leave it to LA to find an even better way to make grocery shopping a status symbol😭
Yes! Let us see you the hot bar and recommend to us what to get there under $25. Is it possible to get a hit meal there for under $25 other than pizza????
It was very interesting. Could you do a video on the cheapest supermarket you can find and see what you could get for the $100 for a comparison. Thanks
I love your videos
Love that!! My money would def go further at places like Aldi or even Trader Joe’s!
Lidl too!
@@honeysuckle yess do Aldi !
@@rialian3862 agree since that is where most of us shop!
Yes this would be a great follow up video!
The lion’s mane mushroom is actually a really good meat alternative for vegan meals! It’s insane that it was THAT expensive, though😵💫
Non white button mushrooms are always seemingly outrageously priced. Most widely known edible ones are easy to grow, and generally don't require any specific locale. They have such a great texture for things like stir fry, in bakes, etc.
It is mushy. :(
Lionsmane - It’s a powerful CHM medicine mushroom/fungi. Works miracles for brain health, I’ve heard
You can get a kit for the price per pound shown and grow way more than the example one given😬 they’re pretty easy and don’t take up a lot of space either.
I understand growing your own isn’t everyone’s thing but that was kind of outrageously expensive, the specialty mushroom guy at my local farmers market charges like 1/4 of that for the less common varieties he sells.
So the store in neveah from „you“ actually exists.. ! I can see love running around there hahaha
The sad part is that the pricing on some of these items are comparable to what we're seeing at regular grocery stores in Canada right now with inflation.
Yeah I was thinking that the prices were pretty in line with the Whole Foods in London which is about 2x the price of even fancier normal grocery stores. But at least I don’t have to drive to it, but I don’t have to drive to any grocery store.
True, but that's usually in CAD, right? Still outrageous I know
Right!! I was thinking it wasn’t that expensive compared to what’s a lowblaws
That’s why Americans always say they’re moving to Canada
But none of us do cuz it’s too cold and expensive
@@strugglingcollegestudent also you can’t just up and move to Canada.
I worked at that EXACT location for a year and a half during COVID. The employee's don't get free meals, they get 40% off but that means we still couldn't shop there because it was still way more expensive than anywhere else. I did buy some of those amazing Mango's on payday sometimes though.
What was your hourly pay rate?
What's the hourly rate?
What was your hourly salary
I knew a guy who had a friend that worked in Whole Foods that would package up expensive meats with deliberately mislabeled prices for his buddies.
@@norwegianblue2017great guy, risking getting fired for his homies.
A few years ago I went to the original store on Beverly. The manager followed me OUTSIDE because I left empty-handed. He asked if I found what I was looking for. 🙄 Please. He thought I was stealing. I hope the customer feedback department appreciated the nasty letter I sent.
Oh my goodness, that’s awful! So sorry that happened!!!
Nah… dont be so sensitive, i believe they just want to make sure even poor people would get whatever they want
pretentious fucks
@@tedlovejesus nah
It’s pretty obvious to tell when someone suspects you
Hell I had someone tell me straight up when I was 12
God forbid you don't find anything you want to buy at grocery store. Manager was deff on a power trip.
I love this format! There is something fun about trying out more expensive items that are premade ( like the hot bar, peanut butter and broth) rather than just regular groceries. I'd love to see a hot bar try it segment! These types of places cater to people that are there to grab and go so I think their ready to eat foods are always good! ☺️
Yeah I think I would got just for the Hot and Cold Bar experience...the groceries I could do without. I'll stick to Trader Joe's and Kroger (coupons) Lol
Don’t support erehwon, there’s other alternatives
Whole Foods: whole paycheck
Erewhon: whole mortgage
I died when you said this 😆
I had to pause it to laugh 😂
Erewhon eat again?
Wow the rich are getting scammed just for the Aesthetic™ of shopping at a seemingly healthier and seemingly more Luxury™ store. People are not well.
Yea I was thinking the same thing, they are definitely under strong delusion of luxury. I can get way more organic and natural stuff for a fraction of the cost. Plus an additional cost for the jars at check out its ridiculous. Smh
I guess it really depends on what you’re into.
I live in cancun Mexico, and generally my choice is to shop a local markets for all my produce and I live supporting local. I like going to the grocery store close to me that is in walking distance. BUT I will say I the hotel zone there is a really beautiful grocery store that in itself is a very enjoyable. It’s a curated grocery store. It’s not necessarily more expensive that the same stores that are closer to me. But I WILL pay the money for the taxi every once in a while to go.
If they are truly rich then a few extra dollars on grocery is nothing to them, so nobody is getting scammed.
“People are not well” 😂😂😂
The rich are not being scammed… this is all a choice for them
Thanks for taking one for the team and trying this out!
The peanut butter does seem worth it to me for a special treat, maybe the bone broth that is much as a cocktail at a nice bar per serving is a stretch.
I really enjoyed your down to earth insights, but the videos was also good self indulgent entertainment lol
Thanks for watching, Taylor! I was shocked at how good the pb was!
Honestly seeing Erowhon as a “specialty” store, wher you go to buy different or in-house items like that peanut butter and smoothie! Or if you want a luxury cut of meat to cook by yourself instead of opting for a fancy restaurant, it makes sense! But not necessarily for regular weekly, or monthly groceries.
still dosent make sense. if you want a luxury cut or good quality meat goto your local butcher its cheaper and better then any of the crap in that store. typical example of rich people being taken to the cleaners because a chain was able to convince them their product is so much better
Or just go to a store that focuses on international food and imports to get speciality stuff. My city has a huge one where you can buy stuff from around the world including plenty of healthy stuff from all the health trends, along with diverse and yummy processed food and snacks from everywhere. They have 2 different delis there, a fantastic fish market and one of the hugest selections of fresh veggies and fruits from everywhere including a good amount of organic stuff (for those who like that). And the best part it’s way less expensive. Like it does depend on what you get. But usually at the very most it’s just a big under Whole Foods but usually way less. So you can actually do all your shopping there.
And if you want to shop locally support smaller grocers instead or seek out a recipe and make it yourself or find someone who specializes in what you want. There is no need for Erewhon all you get there is aesthetics.
@@zesolodarnope, the quality is erewhon is generally WAY better than any local butcher and you can find stuff you cant really find anywhere else
In the 1970's i lived in Boston. There was a health food store called Erewhon. I wonder if that was the beginning of the store?? Or it was owned by someone else? It was a very small health food store where vegetarians could find seitan and tofu easily. Supermarkets did not sell stuff like that. It was expensive for the time.
I would love you to do a haul where you price the same items at a cheaper store. Also I would love you to do a copycat of that smoothie for those of us who can't get to an Erewhon.
That’s so interesting! Sounds like things this Erewhon would sell!
I just did some research and Boston was there it all began! How cool!
@@amandaabernathy4355 I didn't realizer that. I can't believe that that may have been the first store. It wasn't a very big place. Most of he food was sold from bins and you needed to pour it into bags that they weighed. It was such a hippie-type place and sold mainly vegetarian food.
Probably why it didn’t last in Boston! I bet now it would do very well. @@risasklutteredkitchen1293
@@risasklutteredkitchen1293 in Canada we have a huge chain called Bulk Barn and weighing and bagging your own dry goods is very normal for us, I only recently learned this isn’t common in the US except at like “hippie stores.” It’s not a health food or vegetarian place although they do sell a lot of health supplements, vitamins, teas, health food, etc in bulk. It’s where I get my normal baking items like flour, sugar, salt, chocolate chips, etc and all my spices by weight and as a kid you’d go and get candy and snacks for parties and stuff. Interesting that a store with self serve bins and bag it yourself turned into this high end grocer over time!
The way your son devours his slice of pizza. Love how much he enjoys his food! Interesting haul! Seeing the prices, I would’ve probably left the store without getting anything.
Kids who eat so easily are a double blessing
Expensiveeeee, but sold! Will visit Erewon at least once in my lifetime for the bone broth, PB & seasonal smoothie!😋 Thank you Dzung for another attention keeping, fun video! 👌😍👌
Hahhaa yes! It’s worth just to try, like instead of going to a restaurant just eat here. 😅
It’s so interesting to take a look into this grocery store and see the crazy high price increase on items you can find anywhere else, would love to see more!
This was so fun! I love to see new grocery stores and what they have to offer! Please make another video about this! I would love to see what you do with $100 if you went back, either trying the hot foods or just being interesting things that your curious to try! Cool looking store, very expensive tho.
I would love to! Super excited to check out their hot bar 😊😊
😂😂😂😂😂 guys imagine $100 at Aldi. You would need 2 people to carry that haul
The regular conventional Aldi eggs are now $4.69/dozen in my area 🫠
@@Noctra_GGs at the grocery store I work for they're about $7! I have people complain all the time but I'm just as flabbergasted as they are
Not really Aldi is not cheap anymore!
@@Noctra_GGs it’s like 10 bucks where I live…
as a single person i spend 20 dollars or less on weekly groceries. have been doing this since 2018
This was very fun and interesting to watch! I would love to see you try the foods from the hot bar! Looks like a fun store to explore and see the fun things they have! Keep up the good work, love this content! 🎉
I cry deep inside whenever I shop at Whole Foods but then I watched this, I felt a little good relief lol I am obsess with siete wraps and siete chips! I get the almond one then I put shredded cheese with kimchi inside with garlic powder, ginger powder & I also add cilantros! Soooo divine!
I used to go to Erewhon almost every day when I lived in LA. BUT I didn't grocery shop there. I would get something from the hot bar or prepared food, and eat there with my friends while people watching and celeb spotting. The prices are definitely insane for grocery shopping!!
As someone who grows their own produce and is an advocate for trying to make or grow things on your own (for a far cheaper price) I’m blown away. A pack of cucumber seeds is about 2 dollars and theoretically you can get 20-25 cucumbers from just a few healthy seeds let alone the whole pack of seeds. 😭
2 dollors is hardly the entire cost though that's what the seeds cost then you need the price of the land, soil, fertilizer, water, time. This place is obviously stupid prices but growing food isn't exactly cheap either
@@blahblah1287 Not to mention the trial and error. People make growing your own food like like a breeze when it's not. Some stuff grows so easily yet there are foods and herbs that for me die so easily. I tried growing some herbs and some died after repotting, then it's back to trying it again.
Don't forget the packing. Then all the headache of logistics, having to race with time delivering produce from farm to store. Then the store upkeep. Salary for the trucker, employees etc. That's why restaurants typically charge at the very minimum 5x the cost of ingredients.
@@blahblah1287 yeah I suppose for start up. But I get a lot of rain and collect it. I also make my own soil and fertilizers. I try my absolutely hardest to be self sufficient. But there are times when I need tools or specialized fertilizers from the store.
@@rimun5235 there's definitely a lot of trail and error but some people try it and can stick to it and at the very least I encourage people to try it. I don't personally care at the end of the day what people do but we can all admit that the prices at store from the video are insane.
The apple, the siesta tortillas, the vital eggs, all brands that are sold at my local Walmart for half the price. But I guess that’s what they’re willing to pay to not have to shop next to us mere peasants. Wouldn’t want them to catch the poor 😂
I'm an Aldi shopper that wishes she had a Trader Joe's, I could never afford to shop there, but as a home canner, I love that everything seems to come in a glass jar that I could happily re-use. Those eggs are on point though, those same ones at the local Kroger are $8.99
Aldi and Trader Joe's are both Aldi. In Germany it's called "Aldi Süd" (= Aldi South but just Aldi in other countries) and "Aldi Nord" (= Aldi North but Trader Joe's in other countries).
Cool, I’ve been wanting to see the inside of Erewhon. I’ve been also curious about Goop Kitchen- would love to see you order food from there and maybe try to recreate it too.
I was born in 1978 and our little local grocery store had a peanut butter grinder and it was AMAZING
You’d push a button and get as much as you wanted and it was sold by volume.
Same with coffee beans.
They also had fresh squeezed orange juice and lemonade. It wasn’t pasteurized so it tasted like you made it at home.
That store is still there, you can have an account and they keep a paper ledger, I lived across the street and they let me have my own cart as a kid because I came EVERY DAY. My mom and I never knew what we wanted until that moment so I’d run over, ask them to put it on our account and Bing bang boom grab the BEST food.
They sold tons of locally made breads and cheeses.
Milk from local farmers where the cream floated to the top.
Big logs of fresh made butter they did in the back…they sell honey from local beekeepers who have an apiary across the street at the community garden.
Yeah, I never realized how completely awesome this place was.
I assumed it was normal, I also can say yes, I grew up in a very wealthy area so folks had no issue paying a bit more bit…it was a well known that organic was better.
My mom and I had hens and they’d sell our eggs if we had extra.
My great grandparents had a home farm, they sold some foods but mostly farmed to provide for themselves and the family.
I got to run a little stand as a kid when I visited and I loved picking the prettiest strawberries and veggies to wash up and package adorably to sell.
People always paid me more than we asked because they appreciated the effort. My great grandparents were French, she had been a pianist, he a luthier and over the years as they acclimated to the US they developed a strong distaste for excess, waste and capitalism 😮
They usually traded/bartered for things they didn’t have.
Apples for peaches, eggs and cheese for pork and beef.
We had frogs and rabbits to eat…they kept their cash in mason jars in the basement 😂 and they were LOADED because they stopped spending money in the 1960s.
They bought their farm cash, did all the work themselves, invested in alternative energy in the seventies allowing a solar panel company their back portion as test area in exchange for the power, and they paid for a windmill but ended up getting money back from the electric company.
They planted all these native species and soil retaining plants and got rebates. They also had some deal with the government and trees they’d planted.
I wish I knew details, they lived to be 100 and 101.
My great grandpa got passionate about organic farming in the sixties, years before I was born and if I could talk to him now I’d do anything to ask him to share his knowledge.
They lived a quiet, simple life and they lived WELL. No stress, no anxiety.
They had greenhouses in case things were too wet/too dry, too cold, too imperfect.
I know they were able to trade with the local store as well. They would give goat cheese in exchange for sugar and spices.
I’d go in with it.
God…I haven’t thought about this for so long :(
It’s simple, people should maybe…go full force?
I recognize a movement to be self sufficient and whatnot but adherents are so hardcore and competitive it seems.
A total black and white all or nothing attitude? Selling all personal possessions to move to a piece of land and just farm farm farm for profit.
Artisanal stuff, when in all reality we could do a lot of variety. Forget monoculture.
Where is this grocery store
Heartwarming beautiful story, I read it all. Thank you for sharing!
1:24 "That will take up my whole half a budget" lmaooo
This is a normal grocery store in Hawaii no joke… one bag of groceries is going to be close too $100. I wasn’t expecting her to get so much for $100
This was great, you should do a part 2 for the hot bar! I could tell how rich the bone broth was from seeing it in the video. I just read you can take the Erewhon glass jars back and get money back
My dad would always say with stuff like this “it’s not what it’s worth, it’s what money is worth to you.” If I woke up with a high-six-figure income tomorrow I’d shop there.
Love this new direction you are going... Keep it up. I have never been to the USA but would love to see you introduce what to do and eat on a reasonable budget through your channel. 😊
The way the audio is, I feel like Dzung is YELLING in the isles 😂My friend has been trying to convince me to go, and I'm almost willing to just to peek into what they've got!
Hahaha! I probably was 😅 and you should go!! Just for the experience of like whoaaa this is crazy! Would love to hear your thoughts!!! 😊
I had to rewind, a 20 dollar smoothie 😶😶 That is insane
The prices remind me of the organic supermarkets here. Ps the gochujang mayo is going in the recipe book here 😊
She had the right idea with the peanut butter and eggs. Finding things there that can be used for multiple meals and are only 2x or 3x the usual price is probably the best you'll do for proteins.
Such a fun video! I personally think some of the prices aren’t that outrageous; the bone broth (like you said; gas, time, whole chicken and bones), peanut butter ($5.88 at Walmart now for a smaller jar of natural organic in Las Vegas), and that beef. I was surprised anything was $1.99 (taco seasoning). That said, the apple was so expensive, goodness! More of these videos please! Great to see you making content again! Beautiful white sweater btw!
This was a great video - I've never even heard of this grocery store. I would definitely check it out of I lived in Cali but probably just to browse LOL would love to see you recreated that Kin-sicle drink! Keep going Dzung; cheering you on! 🤩🤩🤩
Erewon sounds like a neighborhood in Rivendell where they sell high fashion food. Basics the same but branded, so you pay a lot. It works unsurprisingly, the store could probably pay their monthly bills + salaries from just one day 😂
It’s interesting because I felt like several of the produce item prices, adjusted for currency differences, are similar to what I pay at my low end/cheap grocery store where I live in Canada😩 and I don’t live anywhere remote or particularly expensive either. Like I’ve definitely seen little bundles of carrots like that for $3-4 (Altough I buy the big bags of ugly ones for $2), cilantro is definitely the same price, Apples were quite similar, I don’t eat zucchini but I think we’re doing about $1-2/lb on vegetables like that right now so also similar. Very interesting. Some of the other items I’d equate to your typical higher end grocery store here, so it’s interesting that this is considered almost ultra high end. I love seeing shopping trips like this, it’s cool to see the differences as well as discover some similarities☺️
I could see, if it’s important to you, something you enjoy and can afford, purchasing some of the house made items from them. The bone broth was definitely worth it, that stuff is time consuming as well as energy consuming to make and the end result is definitely worth it.
Honestly going to different grocery stores with the same recipe to see what you could get to make it would be super facsinating
^ occasionally I go to this store just to find new healthier items I can’t find at Whole Foods or elsewhere. It’s way over priced for many things but in the LA area you got people who are super rich so this store caters to them and those who only shop at this store. Me I go to multiple stores cause I like different things at different places like Ralph’s, Whole Foods, TJ’s…. But let me tell you the options at London food stores are 10x better than the US. Loved there for a semester for uni and was blown away at the store options and also the premade meal options!
Today I lived my erewhon fantasy out vicariously through you! Also, I’d definitely like to watch you try the hot bar dishes!
Girl, do your bone broth in a pressure cooker! Fill it up with bones, fill with water to the max, 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar and pressure cook on high for 1:30-2 hr. It’s suuuuuuper gelatinous.
Yes! I use my Instant pot and use chicken feet, roast garlic and onions, a "soup vegetables" pack from local grocery, some tomato paste and pepper. Maybe $8 total MAX. She said $21 is maybe worth it, I died
2:03 just make your own peanut butter. Buy organic peanuts, roasted or unroasted, roast them if you buy unroasted, ground them up and make peanut butter and choose to add salt, honey, or sugar.
The apple and peanut butter would go so well together ! 🤤
Such a fun and very interesting video! In Amsterdam we have stores like this too but people tend to just buy a couple of the special heathy items but not all their groceries, that makes it doable.
Please do another video of more of their specialty items! Also love your comparison for their prices to a whole mortgage as opposed to a pay cheque 😂
I absolutely love this format of a video! Subscribed!!
This is such a great segment! More please. :D
ok who else saw the bread and apple and thought "GIRL DINNER"!!!! LOL
Perks of H-E-B: we have a peanut butter machine in the grocery store, where you make your own peanut butter. Can't beat that on freshness.
Great video. Honestly cool to hear that some of these items were actually worth the cost. That peanut butter looks amazing, I'd love to try it one day
She seems like the type of person that you'd try to whisper something to and then she'd LOUDLY respond, "so, this one time at band camp" 😂😂😂 like girl SHHHHH 😂😂😂😂 got some strong vocal cords!
Lol dude wtf I was wearing a mic so it projects louder on the video. Who goes and yells in a bougie store like this?! Not trying to get kicked out for filming either 🙄🙄 smh
Looks very high end
This was interesting and that fusion burrito looked excellent! Would love to see a try it video with hot bar food (and prices!!)
Loved this video first time watching you!
Yes please to making the kinsicle at home!! Could hardly understand those ingredients listed 🥴 it's like adding adjectives increases the price here
I am learning so much from watching your videos. Thank you so much for sharing this amazing source of information. This one is quite helpful.
I get the same brand eggs cheaper at my grocery! Plus $2o for a smoothie!😮 thank you for being a trooper! I love the content! ❤
OOH OOH YEA!! Go to the hot bar PLEEEEEEEEEEEASE! I'm so obsessed I want to come out to CA just for this market! I'm in NYC and I really think we have the best food, but this is just some next-level super marketing!
Some of these prices are pretty comparable to what stuff costs at a generic supermarket here in Australia.
Well you do have that extra money from not buying shoes
Australian dollars are different from american dollars
10:33 not the taco seasoning in the packet. 🏃🏽♀️
For me as European and polish person the fact that people find soup in a jar l(iterally something we would eat at least once a week, always made from scratch) fancy and healthy is super funny. This store is definitely scam for rich people to make them feel even better about themselves.
Oh my goodness, irrelevant to the video topic but love the random moments with your son & his grandmother! They are so cute lol.
Thank you so much!! 🥰
Can you please recreate the smoothie! Loved this video ❤
I hear there's a bouncer at the Erewhon door that only lets you in if you speak with Up-speak or Vocal Fry.
I was curious and looked up comparable items at my local Kroger and priced them out:
Same pack of 12 count eggs: $8.99
100% whole wheat bread (Orowheat): $6.49
1 count organic carrots: $1.99
Siete flour tortilla: $8.99
1 count organic cilantro: $1.29
Taco seasoning: $1 (El paso) $.50 (store brand)
Organic zucchini: $2.29/lb
Organic honey crisp apple: $3.49/lb
If you have a Kroger card, the prices come down more. Probably depends on location though… also 12 count pasture raised organic eggs at ALDI are $4.99. So a store like that, and prices would drop even more. Thanks for looking it up!
@@rinkuseomg eggs are 3.50 near me
@@jeanroger4738 Right now in some states there are egg shortages (along with bread and milk) because of the farmer's strikes, so prices of eggs have went up a lot in the past like month or so. (Or- like at costco- they limit how many eggs cartons you can get.) So id say eggs probably ranged 3:50-6 dollars a few months back.
@@rinkuse it just depends because of the issues with chickens right now. The cheapest I could find in Oahu were $10.99 this week. But it’s been fluctuation
And for comparison I usually pay 3-5 in Hawaii. So the price is sig higher than just a couple weeks ago
I’ve lived in California and currently live in Florida. When I see California grocery prices again it amazes me. Generally groceries are so much more expensive here in Florida. These prices aren’t too far off of Publix and for some items were cheaper!
Have you ever put peanut butter on apple slices with cinnamon? I’m wondering if *that* peanut butter on the apple would have been even more amazing. ❤❤❤
The Erewhon peanut butter has slightly more fat and some added sugars. Not by a lot but that could 100% factor in the flavor. I've added organic honey to my kirkland peanut butter and it tastes just as good. Because of the sugar lol.
3:40 I had to pause to look at the GORGEOUS toaster 😍
What toaster ?
So Errewhon is as if Whole Foods grew up with a mom or grandma at home who cooked everything from Scratch
They sell that brand of eggs at Walmart 😂
"Erehwon or "Nowhere" to normal everyday people.
How edgy! How avant garde! How erudite with wordplay! 👏👏👏
I'll tell you what kind of people shop here. The kind that drink Evïan spring water because flip that around and what do you get:
N A Ï V E
🙊🙊🙊
Whoa I just realized that about Evian haha!
Thank you for filming this interesting video for us! I enjoyed it!
LA accent is so real
YES! Try all the hot bar food and do a review. Would love that! Thank you so much
It seems as thought they drag away all the qualitative and healthy foods from you guys, year after year. Advertising all kinds of unhealthy things from fast food to snacks. And now after all those years they let you have a taste of what real food tastes like, but with a huge price tag on it.
Its costuming with words like grass-fed, eco-friendly and more , and you pay trice the price.
Aside all those things, like the economic spectrum. How is it even legal to sell anything, with no tag on it? As far as I know every single product has to have a complete list of the ingredients, nutritional value, place of production and package etc.
I have been loooooooooving your vids. Watched vlogmas every day. The kids are the cutestttt!
Wow that supermarket is definitely pricey. Maybe you can make a video recreating their smoothie
“Whole paycheck…whole mortgage!” 😂😂😂
I love that you did this video🥰. It so fun watching what you could do with a $100 at a place like that. Thank you for your honest commentary. Btw, I never know anyone love bone broth as much as you 😂😂.
Yum! Thanks for making this video!
So, I normally shop at Trader Joe's or Ralphs but HOW I LOVE GOING TO EREWHON!! That store is ALL the HEALTH! I also got one of their mint smoothies one time and wow! The store is so aesthetically pleasing that I love even just going in there.
found a sucker
The thing is, they have a LOT of stuff for very normal prices for the quality you’re getting. Yes they have some extremes, but not all crazy
I didn’t realize I bought a $10 jar of peanut butter or I wouldn’t of bought it but it is too good! It would be totally hard to switch back over to more affordable one. 😅
Hahaha it’s incredibly good and u just can’t go back after that!
Erewhon is great for prepackaged food, hot + cold bar + some hard to find artisan labels. Otherwise, it's all triple the price for stuff you can easily get at Whole Foods/Lassen's.
Erewhon just a scam. That pricing on the meat was straight theft. If you buy a half steer from a farmer you can get it at 4 dollars a pound that means ribeyes, tomahawk briskets shortrib etc etc
That's the same brand eggs I buy at Publix... for $4.
$4!!!! That is such a good deal!!
Eggs have generally gotten so expensive now days! +60% in just one year! 😬
Rolly eating the pizza was so cute 💗
The cutest!!
I miss your recipe videos too! ❤️
They’re still recipe videos as I’m still cooking and showing new ideas with whatever topic or story I’m telling. They’re meant to be more entertaining and not robotic like my old videos! 😊💗
6:50 they have you pay extra for the jar theyyy put them in???
Please try the water next time 🥰🥰🥰
Hahah I’m so curious too!
LOL, the video description: "A food blogger visits Arowana". An arowana (Osteoglossidae family) is a type of tropical freshwater fish. Quite popular in the aquarium trade. They might actually cost more than anything sold at Erewhon, as in upwards of $100k, so I suppose the typo is appropriate.
It’s a fun peek into this store but LA has so dozens - literally - supermarket options no one needs to shop at this store.
Loved this video!!! So glad it popped up in my reccomended
I honestly love peanut butter, maybe I'll just go to erewon just for the peanut butter lol😅
As someone who works at Whole Foods, the fact that meat here costs DOUBLE the already-steep WFM prices…yikes. Leave it to LA to find an even better way to make grocery shopping a status symbol😭
im watching this and thinking "wow this isnt actually that expensive" but then i remember this is in american dollars and im australian
$20 for a smoothie you got fleeced 😅 $4 for the smoothie, $16 for the Hadid name
Besides the peanut butter I’m okay in sticking with my ham sandwich and hot Cheetos 😋
Omg hot Cheetos!! Have you tried the cheddar jalapeño ones? So good!
Never heard of this place and I’m in So Cal. Would love to see you explore more of their specialty items or the hot bar.
Yes! Let us see you the hot bar and recommend to us what to get there under $25. Is it possible to get a hit meal there for under $25 other than pizza????
I’m super curious myself! What would you consider a full meal at a hot bar? Protein with sides? Must look substantial too
her describing how the food quickly goes gone in a day reminds me of my family lol the struggle is real