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 So far, I haven't come across anything that's out of date.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.

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.

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.

When I heard orientalisk I thought I am going to a middle eastern supermarket not asian. I mean…read morethere is really a confusion with those wordings. If someone says "oriental" I think of oriental carpets, belly dancers and middle east. Of course "orient" means east and china etc are all east, but but.... I feel like I got totally tricked here. Rating 1 star for traveling all the way here and not finding what I was actually looking for. However this place really has everything for a Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Taiwanese etc. dish.