Popular Live Supermarket (唐人街酒店华人超市) — Local services in Dar es-Salaam

Perhaps the largest Chinese supermarket in town. Mostly stocks all Chinese foods, ingredients and spices. You can also buy fresh meat from here, although slightly more expensive than other places. They have good variety of frozen Baozi and Dumplings. Within the compound there are several Chinese fast food joints; Chinese BBQ, Chinese Noodles Shop. Sometimes parking can get full and you'd have to park your...

I went to buy fresh Tofu and was put off and very grossed out by the unhygienic handling of the fresh Tofu. A staff member handled a knife that cut meat kept next to the fresh produce, then used the same, unwashed hands, to dig in the tofu water, to take out the pieces while her hair fell into the water. The supermarket itself seemed well stocked but it was ruined for me by...

They've got a wonderful selection of ingredients and cookware for Asian cuisine, though their customer service could be better. The majority of product descriptions are in mandarin, so you'll definitely need a helper to translate or ask for you. The grocery store right next to it makes this a one stop shop. P.S if you're looking for tofu, the grocery store has blocks...