Kim's Asian Market — Attraction in Saint Paul

Quiet & low energy place in a vintage building. Good range of asian foods offered. Help offered on labels that I could not read. They were stocking while I visited - but still friendly and pointed out things I would have missed. I know I saved money by getting prepared barley tea instead of fussing about boiling roasted barley for me and my aging Korean friend. This is a very good resource to know about - especially if you only come to St. Paul occasionally. I had shopped at a smaller store in Shakopee which has it's own merits as well but this store shines in it's helpfulness and the Korean selections seemed more numerous here..while other stores had different countries emphasized in their product line. This store seems more diverse to me and the shopper's options were...

I really like this small market. It's owned by Koreans. I always try to support Korean places first. Great variety and selection. They have short grain haiga rice. I always ate the medium grain. But this is a higher quality. Now, I won't go back to the other. I know I can buy it here. Prices are reasonable. They are trying to get some bibimbap in, but it's always back ordered. They have several types of kimchi, if you're into that. They also have some Japanese products.

I never stopped there before I did a cultural outing with an adoptee organization. Since then, I have made it a priority to go there when I need my fix of Korean ingredients.

Highly recommend this store! Parking can be tight. But that is a minor issue...

It's incredible how you can travel around the world and not even have to leave your back yard! I definitely love a balance of authentic and novelty and this hidden gem paid off! This ice cream, in the shape of a fish, like a perfect mix of strawberry blonde ice cream sandwich with Choco taco crunch it was phenomenal! The tea selection is definitely something for everyone. Grateful I stopped in today the experience was one of a kind. I appreciate everyone who came together to make it possible, it's a different feeling when you work with someone, rather than for them, even the fellow shoppers were so pleasant...