Lee’s Market — Attraction in Columbia Township

Lee's Market Lee's market is one of three Asian markets I usually stop by to get the stuff I need for oriental cooking receipts. The other two are Hong Kong's market and Global market. In Lee's market you will find foods assorted in 6 main sections: Vegetable, tofu, and fruits: Spinach, bean sprout, okra, and watercress, etc. (Usually the price is a bit cheaper than for the same vegetable you find in the nearby Lucky's market). You also can find Asian pears, peaches, melons, mangos and jackfruits in their seasons (jackfruits are sold as whole fruits while in the Global market you can get halves or quarters). Meat, fish, and seafood: There are different types of fish, shrimps, mussels, beef, pork, oxtail and soup bones. My favorite products of this section are Korean style thin sliced beef, raw shrimps from Indonesia, New Zealand green shell mussels, and whole calamari. Korean and Japanese ingredients: Many ingredients I have not tried but I saw basic things to make Korean rice tokbokki and also ingredients to go with sushi rolls. Snacks and drinks: My favorite products are Choco-pie by Orion, Korean shrimp crackers, and the New York bakery pastries and soft cakes. For those who grown up in Southeast Asia, you may find your childhood favorite snacks and kid drinks as well. Sauce and canned food: Fish sauce, Huy Fong sriracha, oyster sauce, soy sauce, etc. Still, I cannot find the good fish sauce in this town. Sometimes Hong Kong's market has the Phu Quoc fish sauce. That is the ok one but it is not always available. For the canned food, I like the black jelly (cut it into cubes or slices and it will be a well-matched for the Thai's tea). Instant and dry food: Different types of instant noodles and mostly are Korean style. Also, you can get the dry noodles to prepare your own bowl and broth. I usually come here to get the "Bun" (rice vermicelli) and go to Hong Kong's market for the instant noodles. Overall experience, the signature of Lee's market are foods familiar with Korean, Japanese and Southeast Asian cooking style. Hong Kong's market is more familiar with Chinese, Taiwanese, and Southeast Asian food. The Global market has good spices for Indian and Nepali...

Desperate to find some ingredients to make Vietnamese Pho', I drove to Columbia to this little store, hoping for the best. I am so happy I made the trip! Its not a big store, but it's stocked from top to bottom with all kinds of Asian, Indian and other cultural goodies ftom around the world. The shelves are packed as are the freezers, although the refrigerators were low on veggies, perhaps because it's winter. But I found what I needed including some killer soup bones, sliced beef for my pho', a slab of pork belly and a lovely package of mackerel, all frozen of course. There was a nice freezer near the register with all kinds of mochi and exotic ice creams and of course, many different types of rice. The young man who helped me at the register was very friendly, as was the older man who had shown me the mackerel. I will...

Nice place for korean and Indian groceries. Prices of items are quite reasonable and pocket friendly. If you want to buy some lentils, you can check this place. Parking lot is small and for 30min parking only, thus need to be cautious about it. This place is hard to notice from outside if you drive around this place. Interior of this place is a bit small making the shop densely packed. If you want to avoid large crowd then visit during noon or early afternoon time. They don’t have a large variety of available fish, but availability of different types of meat was good. As a Korean cuisine shop, you can get wide variety of korean...