Asian Oriental International Market — Local services in Panama City

It's clean, has sparse window dressing, but you didn't come here pretty flooring and decorative window treatments. Where this place earns it's stars is quantity and variety. It carries a LOT of specific ethnic ingredients that aren't easy to find in local stores in the Bay/Panama City area. Rows are mostly broken up by regions. First is frozen and snacks! The next aisles have middle eastern, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese with produce and refrigerated last. Prices are reasonable with some items on both ends of the scale regarding price. They accept credit and debit cards. People are friendly and there is plenty of parking. For such a large building you wouldn't think you'd miss it but can just know it's on the corner of Spring...

I came here for the first time a few weeks ago to get some Murasaki and Okinawan sweet potatoes. Admittedly, I got two of each, ate one of each, and then tried to sprout and grow the other two. The Okinawan sweet potato did not sprout, it rotted; I felt bitter. On the Murasaki sweet potato, there is a spot that seems particularly exposed to rot and I think it might also just die. I either grabbed damaged potatoes unknowingly or these sweet potatoes are heat treated some way in order to prevent early sprouting on shelves. It is a form of curing sweet potatoes for long term storage and consumption. The environment of the shop was so nice, I will...

I niche we came here because I wanted to see what they had inside the store. It's actually pretty large and they had the huge inventory of every kind of Asian food and spice. You are literally able to cook Japanese, Tai, and Chinese food, etc. They have lots of canned food and canned sauces and lots of spices. In the refrigerator section they have coconut milk and lots of different kinds of International drinks. In the frozen section they have egg roll wrappers and dumplings etc. They did not a have a huge selection of fresh produce most of their stuff was refrigerated. But I'll definitely come back here. Also the owner...