Highly recommend their prepared foods. They have hot and cold ones: onigiris, rice bowls, nigiris,…read moreetc... Lots of options. I was surprised at the quality and quantity of their chirashi bowl. Came at a low price with so many toppings as well as a side of wasabi and soy sauce packet. Super convenient for a quick stop! PSA fish was super fresh!

I always love going into this place when I am in the vicinity. It's a Japanese market that offers…read morean excellent selection of unique food and other products that may not be available elsewhere. It is always kept clean and orderly and free of unpleasant Asian supermarket smell even though they do sell meat and seafood and cooked food. Their meat quality is very good while their produce section seems relatively weak. They offer a good selection of attractive cooked Japanese food items although I have never tried any. In their refrigerator there are a lot of Japanese made desserts. I really like their cosmetic and skin care products, mainly from Japan and Korea. I can spend a lot of time browsing! They also carry some small kitchen appliances. It's a very pleasant experience shopping in here. Prices seem fair and the cashiers are polite and efficient.

The moon cakes are great! I really like the pork mooncakes at the store, they are perfectly flaky…read moreand good. Service is sometimes hit or miss but the prices here are pretty good compared to some of the other grocery stores.

Use to come here a lot. Never had a problem but today kinda upset me. Probably my luck at this…read morepoint but I was super excited to try these. But as I got home and opened them up. Just molded. They were in the freezer as well kept cold. Pretty bummed.

Fruits are very fresh! They have a lot of variety of different seasonings and the price is very…read moregood!

You know when you were a little kid and everything was so interesting, like you would go to a…read moremuseum and want to touch and hold and try everything because it all seemed so cool? And then the rest of the group would be like, hurry up, lets go, but you wanted to look at everything still? And then you grow up and one day you are really hungry and you decide to go into this little produce market! So you and your mom go in, and there all these tiny aisles stacked high with all types of food, especially international food. And you get to look around and pick out a bunch of cool new snacks to try and check out the entire store and it's really great. And then you go home and eat it, and you really like most of them so now you either have to find a way to buy it online or drive all the way over, but maybe it's worth it! That's basically what my experience was!

Joyheart is a part of a Taiwanese buddhism organization. (There are many.) They used to…read moreimport/resell "clean" things -- vegetarian, pollution free, etc. -- for the members; similar to halal or kosher labelling, but not formal. For popular demand, they opened to the public, then moved to this location a few year back. Most things here are "buddhism compliant", if your restrictions are strict, ask for the exactness. Recently, they started to offer "wheel pie" 車輪餅. It's a popular Japanese/Taiwanese snack. Basically a pancake-like batter to form the shell made a mold, then fill with whatever. This nostalgic snack were well made: crisp shell (toast oven reheat well) and fillings delicious and at the right ratio. Pick your own flavors among about a dozen.

Who knew there was a grocer, cooking school, events space and other stuff in what looks like an…read moreold tech office building? A friend of a friend told us about this place and we came to find a ton of mainly Taiwanese goods. Since the island is famous for tea we picked ups few of their organic only selections. The employees are super helpful and explained a lot of the goods to us. Need to comeback and explore more of their services

Mega is clearly far and away the best Asian market in the Bay area... having said that, I do have…read moresome complaints but will give it the 5 stars it deserves. Let's start with the good, or I should say best. The sashimi here is the best of any Asian market bar none. You could even say better than some Sushi restaurants (I won't name them). Even some of the newer Asian markets like T&T have disgusting sashimi... to the point you can taste the ice bc they hadn't fully defrosted it. The only nit I have is bruh... stop putting the frickin plastic sauce packets right on top of the fish. Why? Why would you do that? Stop it. Come on. Why in the actual F would you do that? Ok, I know this sounds more like complaints but I do really like Mega Mart to be clear. 2 other issues: #1. Dude... what're you guys doing with the panchan? When did you start adding so much sugar and sugaring the F out of the panchan. This is not how it should be. Old Korean grandmas are literally turning in their graves with this sacrilege. Maybe panchan sales are falling, but you can be damn sure I will never buy this again with the amount of sugar you guys add. Like why? Why 50% sugar... seriously, this panchan candy bar nonsense makes no sense! #2. What happened to organic natto? Like bruh. You only had 1 brand left that was organic. Sure I could go to Nijiya and have a choice of 2, but I'm disappointed you guys stopped carrying the only organic natto you had.

The store is clean and well organized and the checkout woman is so friendly! She greets everyone…read moreand is super kind. I dropped by for my usual mushroom run and decided to peruse the aisles. I was excited to see that they now have a "Vegan Vegetable Mandu" offering in the hot food section. I had to grab both options to test them out : Unlimeat Kimchi Mandoo and Unlimeat Vegetable Mandoo. Each package has 8 pieces and a packet of shoyu. After trying both, the kimchi version won me over a bit more. The other option is lighter in flavor, and I'm a fan of bold and spicy food. Adding the shoyu helps, but I could easily eat all the kimchi ones alone. I'm not sure I'd get them often, but I like having an option in the grab and go section for when I'm short on time and hungry. They also added some Pulmone vegan-friendly microwave dumplings to the frozen section, so I got those too. I noticed some plant-based bulgogi kimbap in the frozen section, but I decided to skip them because I'm iffy about the textures of frozen kimbap. I love when grocery stores have vegan-friendly options! I hope this means they'll start adding more vegan-friendly options in the grab and go hot food section. A tofu and veggie rice bowl would be nice!

It's been quite some time since I visited Hankook. I've always been impressed by their cooking…read morelineup. And as usual, their collection was extensive and comprehensive. They had the usual array of nonstick pots, which don't work very well for me. They had a small but useful section for clay pots. I thought Amazon and AliExpress had overpriced clay pots, but I was wrong. These prices were significantly higher. I can only hope these are the best of the best. Checking up on 99 Ranch, I couldn't even find clay pots in there more limited kitchen utensil section. I ran across one item where knockoffs are ubiquitous. They've completely flooded AliExpress and you have to watch it with Amazon. Hankook had the authentic item and at significantly lower price than both Amazon and Aldi express. I found a tea section to be well stocked. I also recognize some of the tea brands. 99 Ranch has gone with lower cost options, but if you buy 6 ounces of tea, are you gonna be stuck with an enormous supply. Better to go with reliable brands that I have enjoyed in the past. I loved the produce section. It was nice and fresh. It also had wider selection of produce than other supermarkets. The store itself is stunning. The the aisles are spacious. The store is meticulously clean. The shelves are fully stocked. There were only about two items which were shopped out. The snack area and the frozen foods were even more interesting. It's obvious in those two sections that there were many more Korean brands. I should've tried some, but it's hard for me to resist snacks and there was a good chance that would finish the entire bag in one go. Better to skip it entirely. The parking lot for the supermarket is spacious. I had no trouble finding a spot even though I arrived in the late afternoon when everybody has gotten off work. I live about two hours away. And I am very jealous because there is no Hankook near me.

I really like shopping at Hankook. This market is huge, and they have all kinds of products in…read moreaddition to food. We have purchased a wok from here, twice, and they were reasonably priced (around $35 if I recall), and we got a spare lid for a reasonable price as well. They always have inexpensive produce, lots of fresh stuff. I got a bag of bok choy for $2. I think if you are looking for Asian produce, a great place to shop. They also have a lot of prepared foods, snack foods, etc. Everything is reasonably priced. They do have a large enough parking lot, and usually we park on the side to avoid the chaos.

Unique Market is a great store with a large variety of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern products…read more They have many spices, teas, cheeses, rice, frozen foods, sweets, and Persian items. I was impressed by the variety of stuff they carry. The store is clean and organized, and the staff are friendly and helpful. I recommend this place if you want authentic and unique foods.

Great new Middle Eastern store adjacent to a Persian bakery/restaurant/coffeeshop. In fact, you…read morehave to enter via the coffeeshop to access the store. Then is a surprise as is not that small as one would think. I did not see an sign identifying the store, the way I found this place is because I was craving assortment of olives marinated in different ways and especially the Middle Eastern ways and did a search for that and found that the Unique International Market had already one review...well, now it has 2! I found tons of cool products, like the sugar infused with saffron that I have not had for long time. Got a variety of very thin high quality rice similar to Basmati but not the same (tastes so good and earthy). Of course I found olives galore. Mostly canned/glass products, not a place to find vegetables or fruits. Interesting for any foodie around.

I have had Al Forat bookmarked ever since Harvey reviewed it 3 years before. But I am rarely in…read morethe South Bay specifically for dinner and they close by 7pm on Sundays when twice I was passing by the area. I finally was here during the day so made it a point to stop by to pick up kebobs for to go since it's a market vs. a restaurant. You choose the kebobs and he grills it right outside the store. By calling it in, we had a shorter wait but still with enough time to browse the store. We ordered extra with the intention of sharing with my parents, not realizing that most of the kebobs with house spices had a kick to it with some too spicy for me so definitely too spicy for them. So, the charbroiled lamb chops were the only ones that I was able to eat since it was only salt and pepper. Overall, great price and friendly service. Just be aware to specify spice levels if you're sensitive to heat or order ones with just s&p.

I've been wanting to try this place mainly because they sell kidney and liver kabob, on the…read moreweekend. I went in around 2:30pm on Saturday, and they were all out if kidney/liver. We did end up getting koobideh, heart and veggies. Everything was absolutely delicious for an amazing price. The koobideh was juicy and flavorful, better than most persian restaurants nowadays. The heart was also good, but definitely not something for everyone. I am excited to come back to try the liver/kidney if all of this was so good! You can call beforehand for takeout because it does take around 20-30 minutes for it to be ready. I called multiple times trying to place an order and no one was picking up. When I walked in I saw it was only one guy working and he apologized for not answering as they had a large order. The guy was super sweet and apologetic, which made me give the full 5 review.

They have so many good European drinks/ candies/cheeses/ ice cream…read more The man at the front was helpful and polite.

We came here while waiting for our car to be serviced at Toyota. I think this store is super cute…read moreand has a lot of interesting items to choose from. We bought a whole bag of different European snacks and drinks to try. The unfortunate part was I didn't check the expiration dates and a few of the items had expired. If you go, just make sure you check the best by date before buying anything!