Wah Nam Hong at the Markthal Rotterdam…read more This is a big Asian supermarket with a cafe inside upstairs and it's great value for money! They serve Japanese, Chinese, Indonesian & Thai food. Don't expect anything more than a cafeteria due to location. The menu obviously isn't crazy big with that representation and what they do is done pretty well in my humble option. It was packed on a Friday night when we went so must be a hit with the locals. The only table left was right next to the kitchen which got pretty hot. We could however look out into the Markthal. We got there about 8pm and it closed at 9pm but the waitress was upfront about that and that we were the last people able to order. That's just what we wanted as wanted to get out in the town. We had Asahi beer with a very generous portion of Edamame beans with nice flakes of sea salt. Yakitori chicken - this was thighs not crispy skins but tasty. Siu mai dumplings which are always a hit with me. Bapao rund and Char Siu bao. These were a bit doughy for my tastes but tasty and good value. Everything tasted good and the service was good too. We shared Crispy pork belly with boy choi for €7.50 too. I'd go back :)

Living in the netherlands made me miss asian snacks so much! Back home in SF we had tons and tons…read moreand tons of asian supermarkets (well just think of our asian population) but in the netherlands particularly veenendaal there was a few asian tokos and the options were so limited. I went to Rotterdam to go see this light show and happened to walk by this supermarket and it was pretty big so I knew they'd have good selection. My oh my did it! I found all my favorites and bought a few of everything. They also had fruittips in black currant which they no longer sell it San Francisco and people would have their friends bring it back from trips to HK. Well they sold it here and I empty a box of the last few tubes in my basket! Can't believe I found a place that has fruittips!!!

Yes this place is awesome! As a Korean American originally from Flushing, Queens, NY (if you don't…read moreknow, there's a huge Korean population there) and as a travel blogger who's traveled to over 20 countries, I know it is unheard of to find a mostly Korean grocery store outside of NYC, LA and duh, South Korea. There's not even one of these in Amsterdam where I live now, and finding things like Korean rice or chapaghetti is impossible in Amsterdam. Now I know where to get my Korean goods from-- in Rotterdam! Also, the owner is really nice. In short, this store has basically all your Korean needs.

Has good food items from Italy, especially the ham, cheese and cold appetizers section is quite…read moreuseful as it is tasty things. Not the cheapest but definitely good.

Restaurant Mexicano I'm Jonesin' for Mexican food. Bad. I…read moreusually eat it 4-5 times a week at home in Dallas. I've been in Holland for a week and I'm breaking out in a cold sweat. Leaving the central station in Rotterdam, I see a sign saying Mexican food. A small innocent sign. If I don't get in there soon I'm gonna drown in my own saliva. Mariachi music is playing inside the restaurant. We seem to have the right genre. I order a margarita, frozen. They know what it is and they have it! It's not half bad, but it's a little syrupy and I'd say frozen is an exaggeration. But still, so far so good. So I tell the waitress that I usually have chips and salsa as a preamble to my Mexican meal, or words to that effect. She points at 6.5 euro Nachos on the menu. I'm thinking more like ... free. Chips. Salsa. No lo se. Just when it seemed all was lost her compadre turns the corner with .... Chips, salsa. The chips are basically Doritos and the salsa, well it's probably bottled. But it ain't ketchup which I consider a major advance in European Mexican food technology. (It still cost 6.5 euros though.) With some trepidation, I order crunchy beef tacos. I also ask for a glass of water. She brings me essentially a shot glass of water. I consider downing it in one gulp and shouting "Salud!', but I resist the impulse. And here come the tacos! And you know what? They look like real tacos! Crispy corn tortillas filled with seasoned ground meat, lettuce (not cabbage - are you listening Poland? Yeah I'm talkin' to you Kraków). And melted grated cheese on top. They even resisted the urge to use some crazy cheese ( they've got lots of that here) and used cheddar. These tacos were accompanied by pinto beans. No, not refried. No jalapeños were harmed in the making of these beans, but still, pretty good! Lastly we have rice. Unfortunately it's not Mexican rice, but long grained rice with seasoning from.... India? Indonesia? I'm not sure. Google Maps was a little fuzzy on this but it was definitely centered somewhere over Asia and no where near Central America or Texas. Total damage: 33.40 Euro. Outrageous by Texas standards, but when ya gotta have, ya gotta have it. So in conclusion, not too shabby! I'll give it 2.5 sombreros out of 5 for Texas, but 4 out of 5 for Holland. At least it should tide me over for another week here. When I get home I'm going straight to El Fenix!

Visited often during our Expat tenure in Rotterdam. Friendly service and tasty food.read more