Great China Food Market — Local services in Memphis

I've shopped at a lot of Asian grocery stores in many parts of the country. This one has some good things going for it. The duck, barbeque, and the fresh buns. Otherwise I can absolutely say I will never go back. The amount of garbage and clutter is criminal. Not sure why the health department has not shut them down. The price gouging is criminal as well. There were canned goods and dry goods that should have been discarded long ago. Instead they just label them at four times the going price. My wife is Chinese and we went in on a Saturday. There is prejudice and racism everywhere but I did not expect it at the grocery. Cranky old men customers were rude and racist thinking we did not understand what they were saying. They invaded our personal space just to feel like they had some kind of power of rudeness. I guess when you have nothing you want to push others around. The deciding factor was the old men employees, family of the owner, who let the old men get away with it. They were rude and disrespectful to all of the women and to me as the Gai Jin. My wife reigned me in because, well, it's not worth it. But why would anyone want to go somewhere where your treated like that? Too bad, we could have enjoyed having a place for...

I have greatly enjoyed their freshly made baked buns and pastries. I've tried out the menus at almost all the bakeries and donut shops in Memphis throughout 2021-2022. Hands down my favorite fresh daily pastries and breads come from Great China Market.

They have Hong Kong Egg Tarts (my favorite item), Egg Custard Bun, Coconut Cocktail Bun, Shredded Coconut with Cream Bun, Pineapple bun, Red Bean Bun, Sesame Balls with Lotus seed paste, BBQ pork baked bun, scallions with creamed corn and raisins buns (tasty), hot dog buns, pork floss bun, and a few other items I don't know what to call.

They have some items with pounded rice with filling in the middle. One with veggies and quail egg. Sometimes they have steamed pork and egg buns. They have roast duck and pork belly and BBQ pork as well.

They have some cups of puddings that are interesting. Some with rice and beans and coconut. One with a vanilla and subtle caramel taste to it. They also have a lot of imported packaged goods and drinks.

They have a sizeable selection of vegetables and...

One, the place is a real dump. Produce all looks like its been on the shelf for a week too long. I repeatedly asked people if they had kafir lime leaves, and they just stared at me like I was from Mars. Place was very unclean. No one appeared to speak English. And overall stock of produce was extremely bad. I guess I was spoiled in Northern Virginia where the best produce was in Asian markets. Not here. I couldn’t find bean sprouts, nor can I find aforementioned Kafir lime leaves, nor could I find Bok Chou! Almost all their stuff seem to have no price information on it. Does not appear to be a very reputable place....