Asia Plus Asian Market — Local services in Iowa City

Conveniently placed baskets in the middle of entrance because you will need one.

Asia plus has everything from chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Korean spices and foods.

Greeted with a big wall of all kinds of noodles. Special ramen flavors that you won’t find at Walmart. Udon, rice, and yakisoba noodles. This was a fun wall to pick from.

In the middle of the store are the candy and snacks. A variety of Pockey flavors, wafers, mochi , sea weed and more.

If you’re a boba fanatic there are different options of pearls to buy and cook. Green tea, black tapioca and original flavors. You can also find canned milk tea drinks in the fridge and on the shelves.

Don’t have a hot pot? Don’t worry, you can buy an Electric kit with the pot and heater. Right next to that is the wall of freezers that contain all your hot pot foods. Fish balls, fish cakes, sliced ribeye steak and more!

There is a variety of frozen meats, dumplings, buns, veggies and more. I wish I had a larger cooler to buy it all.

There is back shelf is full of sauces, oils, and spices at reasonable prices. On the other side you’ll find all your needed kitchen utensils.

Over all I had a nice experience and know that I can find everything I need to have a fully stocked Asian...

This is a wonderful little grocery store at the old capitol mall. I love cooking dishes from all around the world and whenever I am cooking a Chinese, Japanese or Korean dish, I realize that I am missing a few key ingredients such as chinese black vinegar, red miso, or gochu garu. Previously I would have to drive down to Coralville to Chongs or Starlight to get those, but now, I just take the bus to Asia+ and get the one or two ingredients I needed. I think the + in Asia+ is Sydney, who always helps me find the right ingredients to cook. Whenever I am iffy about buying a snack, I bring it to her, and she honestly tells me whether it's good or bad. Each of my experiences at this grocery store has...

Excellent variety, clean store, great value items. I used to order a lot of online eastern Asian inspired snack boxes, but few let you curate them and are always so pricey. I love that we have a place like this in downtown IC so I can pick up exactly the items I want. I was pleasantly surprised by the pricing too! Only thing to watch out for is expiration dates. I accidentally grabbed a lotus root snack that ended up being 4 months expired and it seemed like the packaging had a hole in it. It was super inexpensive so I didn’t mind tossing it. Just be on the look out for...