Welcome to the hood, Hashi Market!
This store literally just opened this weekend and I'm pretty sad that I missed the first opening day celebrations as apparently there was a live giant tuna cutting session. I would've loved to have seen that! My friend and I happened to walk past by chance (on Atlantic Avenue between Hoyt and Smith) on our way to the movies and knew we had to check it out with all the grand opening decorations. I had never heard of Hashi Market before, but my friend told me how it's really popular and there's a few in Manhattan. I really love Asian specialty stores because you just can't find some of this stuff anywhere else and I love the unique food items.
I wanted to check out the sushi and hot food section immediately. Not only were they offering 20% off for these, but I figured a Japanese specialty store would probably have amazing sushi. They certainly did! There were rows and rows of freshly packed sushi, which looked incredible plus trays of sashimi, bowls of sake don, and even trays of Hokkaido uni (sea urchin)!! I will definitely be coming back to buy a tray so I can make some delicious uni pasta! There's also a hot food section with bento boxes and unagi don that looked mouth watering. Oh, and don't miss out on the variety of onogiri (rice balls) that they offer. They had salmon, tuna, tuna salad and I think I even saw crawfish??? That's wild haha. I should've picked one up, but I was content with just having sushi to start. I purchased a spicy tuna roll and a mixed tuna and salmon nigiri tray to take home. Both were excellent and honestly if I ever want to get sushi or a don bowl or bento box on my way home, this is definitely where I will be stopping by from now on.
In addition to all of the fresh food, there was an aisle dedicated to ramen packets and other snack items. I also saw freezers of Japanese desserts and other frozen foods. I didn't go down every aisle, but there are definitely tons of skin care products, and cutesy stuff for children like Pokémon plush. I even picked up a Pikachu decorated hand cream! This place really does have it all and it's definitely more than just still convenience store. The aisles are very well spaced so you don't feel cramped and the cashiers were really friendly when I checked out.
Such a great addition to the area and can't wait to come back! read more