Hong Phat Market (Asian Grocery) — Attraction in Lacey

Love love love this market! I've lived in many metropolitan areas (San Francisco, San Diego,San Jose...etc) throughout the west coast and have never been able to find Fresh Moringa leaves(malungai) at any Asian market. Until I moved to Lacey/Olympia and guess what I find?!!! Malungai!!! I grew up eating this when I lived in Hawaii and some of my favorite dishes calls for these leaves and now that I have access to them here I am so elated!! Although it's a small market, they stock the right products needed for Asian cuisine. I also love this place because I can buy cases of Chaokoh coconut water!! I was itching to make phad kee mao for the very first time and found an authentic recipe for it that required certain brands and types of soy sauce and sure enough I was able to find it here!! I can't rave enough on how great this market is. Check it...

Hong Phat's selection is incredible!!! The vegetables/fruit are always top of the line, better than any other grocery stores around! Their ginger is the best in town, next is Spuds. Their chicken breasts/thighs are the best prices/quality.The employees are so helpful and friendly!!!! If we didn't have to buy things like paper towels and toilet paper lol we wouldn't shop anywhere else! We've been going now for about 8 months since we moved here from another state. They have all the vegetables/spices/sauces you could ever need from an Asian grocery, why drive out of the Oly area when they have...

I just called to ask about a product and the guy on the other end said he couldn’t hear me very well,. He just hung up on me while I tried to change my location for a better phone reception, so he can hear me better! He hung up so abruptly without warning and it was an extremely rude phone manner that I am not used to. Needless to say that I will not bother going in and I will discourage others from shopping there. You have to show a lot more respect and patience with people, especially when you are...