First Oriental Market Inc — Attraction in Philadelphia

This is my local grocer now and I absolutely love it. To the uninitiated, the store is a bit daunting because not everything has that "corporate polish" that you see in major grocers. Instead of that sheen, the store has nearly everything you need for Asian recipes on top of having a pharmacopoeia desk for traditional medicines. Not to mention, they have smoked and roasted duck ready for pickup for a quick and easy meal. The butcher's desk is somewhat intimidating as very few people speak fluent English but so long as you're polite and clear with your requests, they're more than happy to help you.

Really, it's local grocers like these they help feed and sustain communities like Bella Vista, and it's worth overcoming your trepidation about leaving your comfort zone for the sake of exploring a different...

Once or twice every couple of months I'll visit these places. They are located in South Philadelphia and have been here for a long time. While not the cleanest food market, you're walking too. It's something you get used too. There's that old familiar smell of We sell a lot of fish. So it's hard to keep up with the cleaning, I love these markets because you can find great things At a fraction of the price that from the big markets and very hard to find items I go here for Dried mushrooms and tea and their selection is huge. The prices are fantastic. I usually go pretty big to hold me over for a couple of months. Language barrier is a little tough if you're trying to find something, but once you find What You Need. You'll know where it is all the time. very...

The stores hours are posted on the front door and on google. They are open until 7:30 pm. I arrived at the store at 7:16 pm and when I walked in the store they were grunting at me that they were closed. I said I just need a pack of noodles and they let me in, when I got to the noodle aisle they came and confronted me. They were not speaking english so I am not sure what they wer saying but they were aggressively coming at me to leave and it was still only 7:20pm. If you want to close at 7pm then you should post that on the door and online. People make plans and getting around Philadelphia is not easy to be aggressively pushed out of a store. The owneers here need to rethink how they...