Pretty well-stocked place for Asian food. Endless shelves of sauces, mostly for Thai food. This is…read moremy second choice when I need to buy Asian food. Staff are friendly. Though, I always tend to buy rice wine (I can't find rice wine--xiaxing wine--anywhere else), miso, and specific noodles here. In terms of vegetables, if you're willing to look around, check Oriental Supermarket beforehand. Veggie prices are often about the same, but sometimes one store seems to have a fresher stock. A lot of the products are sort of dusty, so I usually check the expiration/package date on sauces just to make sure. So far, I haven't come across anything that's out of date.

I disagree with people who criticize this lovely store. It is well stocked with products of all…read morekinds, even though most are Thai. Every time I searched for something in this store, I successfully found it and paid a reasonable price for it. The store also has discounts as low as 3kr! Even if there is only one cash register, the business flows quickly. The staff know their stuff! (Excuse the pun) They do their job and don't spend hours chatting to the customers, as some cashiers do. I recommend this store stongly to anyone.

I went to Malko's Frukt & Grönt in Hötorget and wanted fresh blueberries. I can get a large…read morecontainer for 50kr in Solna, but this stand was handy. Well the merchant kept pressuring me to buy other fruit, like strawberries and mangoes. They do that. The strawberries looked good, so I gave in and picked one out. Then he said he'd sell me two strawberries and two blueberry containers for 200kr. I thought that, at 50 each, this was about what I pay in Solna Torget, so I agreed, even though it was more than I needed. Well, he stuffed them in the white bag and I paid. When I looked in the bag after leaving, he had only given me one package of blueberries and two strawberries. He ripped me off one blueberry pack! I'd never go back. Buyer beware.

Lowered my rating due to customer service. Seems like the good people left…read more We bought a bag of rice that was tainted with dry food pests (stringy webs/cocoons inside and eggs). I understand that this was not the supermarket's bad, but the manufacturer's bad. Either way, we weren't going to eat a bag of rice that had bugs in it and as a customer, it was the supermarket's issue with their supplier. So, I brought the rice back to return it and had to *argue with the staff* for them to believe me. They insisted that it was just string, so I asked them how could string be sticky or have this texture?! Anyway, they very adamantly let me exchange it and warned me that I couldn't just buy their product, eat it, then return it because I didn't like it. It was kind of ridiculous and rude. We didn't eat the rice because it was bad, and why would I waste my day carrying a 10lb bag of rice to return it if it was good? I went back again recently to stock up on my usual foods. The lady asked if I wanted a bag and I said yes. She warned me that they started charging 1kr for bags since about a month ago, but this time she wouldn't charge me because I didn't know. I said thank you and went home only to see on the receipt that she charged me anyway. I know it was only 1kr, but it was dishonest. So, it looks like they've hired some slightly rude and possibly dishonest people there now. Unfortunate, really. Albeit the service, I still come here to get my tofu, noodles, and condiments.

This is the most comprehensive Asian market in all of Stockholm. It has aisles and aisles of…read moredifferent kinds of sauces, spices, dried goods, noodles of varying kinds, fresh Asian vegetables, sacks of rice, lots of frozen seafood and food in general. They also have a sort of dim sum deli counter where you can order food, including Peking duck, and you can pick up in ten minutes. I would give it five stars, but the service is hit or miss. This is a one stop shop for all Asian cooking needs.

Great food and service…read more Owner is great !!!! Pizza fantastic !!!! Bolognese was great also

The Burrata e Pinole was the best I've had in my life, including much fancier places in Saint…read moreHelena and Napa, California. The Paganini, likewise, was divine. The pasta carbonara, maybe slightly hard on the black pepper.

We had been in a hurry and had little time for a sit down mea, so we stopped in early and asked for…read moretwo sandwiches. The man who took our oder asked a few thoughtful questions of us. He said we should return in no more than ten minutes. We set off to explore the area while he set to work on what was soon to become a masterpiece. One sandwich was on a fresh made baguette while the other was sliced from a loaf. Both were packed full of fresh veg, homemade dressing and cheese. Take a look at the photos for the details. It makes me crazy that I can't get this back home. Is it really that hard? We ate in the nearby park and tossed a few crumbs off to the birds to get a better look at them. What are those things anyway? If you're in a hurry and want something simple, be sure to consider these guys.

If you live vicariously through Rick Steves, then all major European cities include a de rigeur…read moremust-stop at their open markets full of fresh produce and flowers. At least that's how he trained me ever since I read my first copy of his "Europe Through the Back Door" book sometime in the early '90's. Jamie W. and I passed by this one in a taxicab on our way to our hotel, which in my Rick Steves-hypnotized mind, meant we were walking back here to take our obligatory tourist photos. Ah, he has taught us well. It's centrally located in the city with the international Hötorgshallen food market hall right next door (photo: http://bit.ly/2l0SRlN). There is plenty of shopping and restaurant down adjoining pedestrian roads with the Sergelgatan (photo: http://bit.ly/2keNUGc) leading to the main pedestrian square Sergels torg and the eclectic Kulturhuset. The market has apparently been around in one form or another since the 1640's and part of it turns into a flea market on Sundays which is when we were there (photo: http://bit.ly/2l0R7sy). Now if you have been to a few dozen of these markets across Europe like I have, this is likely not the one that will top your list as there was a certain lack of vitality to the whole area. I'm guessing locals know better than to buy produce at the higher-than-norm prices offered here despite the constant caterwauling of the stall vendors. Still, the produce is impeccably presented, and there is native son sculptor Carl Milles' lovely Orpheus group statue outside the Stockholm Concert Hall to admire (photo: http://bit.ly/2l5fB3y).

It's and open air market in Stockholm Sweden…read more During the week it's mostly fruits and veggies. I've read that there are also lots of cheap knockoff items during the week. Located on a random square just off an outdoor shopping mall -- it's not a formal mall just a main drag with lots of shops. On Sunday it's a mixed bag but mostly it's a #globaljunking paradise. Lots & lots of glassware. My theme for this outing was mostly spoons and a Sunny Boy Harmonica made in Germany. I didn't do a lot of negotiating -- the prices seemed fair. English was spoken well enough to close the deals. I arrived at around 10am; a late start in the junking world. I didn't spend too long there but I was surprised that vendors were still arriving to set up their stands. Not sure of this means everyone got a late start or if there are deals to be had at all hours of the day. I'd hit this market again if I'm ever back in Sweden.

Ok, I like this Swedish department store for totally different reasons than you will, Yelpers…read more * * * The Yelp Review For Everybody Else. One. This is a beautiful place. The store was built in 1915 by a Swedish art nouveau architect and he did a wonderful job. The store is build around a four story atrium with galleries on all four sides with wrought iron balconies. There are all sorts of places to sit in those galleries where you can look down on the courtyard below. We spent much of our afternoon doing just that. Two. One third of the floor space of NK is given over to restaurants and cafes. You are never more than ten yards away from something lovely to eat and drink. (Yeah, my barista who couldn't have been more than nineteen years old put old milk into my otherwise well made latte. However, the mint cookie that came with it was delightful. I am writing off the old milk as a fluke.) Three. NK is alive and thriving - unlike American downtown department stores. People pour into NK and are buying things in every department. Visiting Macy's or Marshall Fields can feel like visiting your grandmother in the nursing home. I suspect having a local government that makes things hard on competitors like Walmart has much to do with the vigor of Stockholm downtown department stores. * * * Now, heh heh, the Yelp Review for Me. Samuel C. is a classical music fiend. Better yet, he likes all the niches of classical music including many forms that are disdained by American classical music lovers. The classical music niche that is dying the fastest in the U.S. is leider and art songs. One of the areas of the world whose classical music is generally disdained in the U.S. is Scandinavia. Sweden distinguished itself both in art song and producing amazing singers for the operatic and lieder repertoires. In America, it is hard to find an art song recital, or find lieder cds that are not Schubert or Wolf. NK's book and music department has the best selection of classical cd's in Stockholm and arguably in Sweden. It is very strong on all classical genres including massive selections of two good budget labels, Naxos and Brilliant, and very strong coverage on a variety of labels of every composer you can think of. They are excellent on Swedish composers - composers whose work you can hardly find anywhere else. Better yet - they are AMAZINGLY strong on all forms of vocal classical music: opera, choral and art song alike. They have huge selections for every famous opera or lieder singer you can think of, and many you have never heard of. They have a deep stock of recordings of the best choirs from all over the world, with Sweden well represented in the pack. They have tons of repertoire I have never seen anywhere else ... and I have shopped in classical music stores all over Europe including ones that promote the local national tradition. (It does not hurt that they also have good selections of the Swedish traditional folk songs and folk fiddling. These were the musical roots that led to the Swedish classical music tradition in the first place.) The wife and I left the store with bags full of goodies. We also had huge grins on our faces as we went home to count up the swag. * * * You, fellow Yelper, may not be as excited about Swedish art songs as we are. But they have a lot of different departments at NK. One of those departments may have something that appeals to your secret id as well. And if you can't find anything you like, no big deal. Find a comfortable chair and the snack of your choice, and enjoy the wonderful turn-of-the-century view.

There's nothing quite like the NK (Nordiska Kompaniet) in the US anymore. The NK is to Sweden what…read moreStockmann is to Finland, sitting self-confidently at the top of the national retail market. The NK has top local and international brands. With a selection unrivaled in Sweden and impeccable customer service, the store attracts a decidedly upper-scale urban local segment. It claims 12M visitors p.a., including the random foreign business traveler like me. Joseph Sachs' founding vision was to make NK 'commercial and cultural theater.' The vibe at the NK is what I imagine Saks was like in '50s New York. Let's call it earnest coolness. There's more of an emphasis on quality workmanship and active curation of wearable fashion (rather than couture) brands like Peak Performance, Ralph Lauren and Gant. Less so the likes of YSL or Prada.