Asian Market — Local services in Baltimore

This place is amazing; I tell my friends that it's like H-Mart met Save-a-Lot met a Baltimore corner store. I often stop by here just because I'm in the area (when don't even need anything), just to see if I get any ideas for new things to cook or new tastes to taste. Because they're smaller than H-Mart, they don't carry a ton of backstock, so I always find something new with each visit. All of the food is extremely affordable, but the staff is sweet and helpful as well! As far as I can tell, the only employees are an older man and an older woman, though I occasionally see a younger man help out with deliveries. I try to bother the man and woman as little as possible because they're always busy with something, but when I need a particular item they stop whatever they're doing and walk through the store to show me where it is. Most recently, the man even went to the back to bring me some produce that wasn't set out yet -- I needed cabbage for a recipe -- and prepared, bagged, and weighed it for me right there. The woman usually picks up on what I am trying to make based on my purchases, and gives me tips and suggestions accordingly. This is a true gem of a grocery store and I'm...

This is a very good and affordable place to get ingredients. They have many hard to find items like fresh lemongrass, coconut kaya, shrimp pastes, dry beancurd, so many kinds of noodles, snacks, sticky rice, sweet rice flour, frozen durian, chrysanthemum tea, lots of frozen dim sum, frozen pandan leaves, and a big selection of pickles, seaweed and canned/dried goods. They DO have fresh choy sum, gai lan, daikon, and fresh Vietnamese herbs, fruit and fresh soy milk etc. They also have a huge bulk spice selection including many Indian spices. They have been open in Baltimore for thirty years!!! Lastly, they have a big selection in the back of bulk ingredients, affordable cooking equipment including woks that are big enough for opening a restaurant with

Edit: New management has really stocked all the shelves and added more fresh fruit and Chinese/Asian veg section. Very friendly staff, and worth supporting this great local...

I love walking the aisles of this unusual store, gazing at items and wondering what they could be. (Is this dark brown dried food labeled "fungus" really a type of mushroom?) With a range of sweet treats, basic vegetables, many choices of fresh (ask at the counter) or pre-packed tofu, and aisles of packaged foods, spices, and sauces, the store has enough variety to encourage you to fill your cart and try something new⁶. Also, their huge commercial woks or lovely tiny teapots mean your kitchen could stage an amazing Asian dinner party or just offer a way to build your culinary skills. The store is basic and has a warehouse atmosphere; the proprietors are nice and gladly will answer "what is that?" questions. Free parking in a front lot makes it...