Tozai Foods Market — Attraction in Rosemead

New location at a new store!

Small local market with limited hours. Def a spot where you grab lunch and some essentials. They have assorted lunches and meals packed to-go! So delicious. Everything I have gotten here has hit the spot. From futomaki, chirashi, to oyako-don -all very yummy!

They carry mochi from Fugestu-do.

What you won’t know until you go, items are limited and you gotta go right before peak times to get the best variety. I came after the lunch rush on a weekday and they didn’t have too much cold sushi. They items that always seem to be in stock are the spam musubi, onigiri, and rice plates.

If you love fried wontons- get the spicy crab fried wontons!! I got this on my last trip and for like $1.80 I got at least 5 or 6 fried wontons with imitation crab inside. The best part? It was actually crispy when I got home! I was expecting it to be stale and soft since they were sitting out but nope! I regretted not buying...

Tozai is a lovely neighborhood Japanese supermarket. The store may be small, but they carry everything from your essentials for cooking (soy sauce, mirin, soba dipping sauce etc), soba/Udon (both packaged and frozen - tip, get frozen udon not packaged for the best taste, it will taste like what you get at restaurants), to ready-to-eat meals (onigiri, Japanese chicken (karaage), rolls, sushi and sashimi). Small selection of veggies and fruits. I always go to Tozai for routine Japanese grocery items and find that it suits my need 99% of the time. Sure, once or twice a year I go to Tokyo Central or Mitsuwa in Downtown to go crazy at the snack selection, but besides those rare times, Tozai...

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New location, same great store but better!!! Supports a small, local, family-owned business. Amazing little market. They have variety; from produce to hot food, packaged goods, to needed items. Freshly made sushi.

What I love most about this place is their hot food made in-house!!!!

I have loved their chicken and egg rice bowl (oyako donburi) for DECADES!!! Their other hot bowls are good but the oyako donburi is my favorite!!! It's so simple but tastes so good :O!!!!! They use the perfect amount of wine and soy sauce to make my favorite...