Zwekabin Asian Market — Local services in Carrboro

An incredibly small, ergonomically constructed grocery store nestled in a much larger strip mall that often goes unnoticed next to the Food Lion. This is the only way for a person to gather premium exotic ingredients to create complex foreign recipes, so it succeeds handily in its own narrow niche. The prices are a bit steep for what's being offered here, but there's no use in fussing over it. This is the only Asian market...

Great little store. Variety of items. The young lady in the store was friendly, but the older man at the register was not friendly at all. I tried to say hello to him twice and he just ignored me. The only attention, or any kind of interaction with him was when the young lady mentioned that I was ready to check out. I'll go back, because it's local, but I know I don't really need to try to interact with the man behind...

It's a pretty good Asian market. A lot of selection and variety. Cheap and interesting ramen which is usually the reason I go to Asian markets. They have a lot of cool snacks including flavors of Lay's potato chips that aren't usually sold in the US. Most of the things have at least some English on the packaging describing what it is. Other than that it isn't as fancy as the bigger markets in Durham but it's...