Young's Oriental Grocery — Local services in Wilmington

I love Young's! I've been visiting occasionally for a few years now and they do not disappoint.

You're mainly going to find Korean, Japanese, and Chinese products here. Prepared foods are made in-house and everything I've tried so far has been delicious. If you see any kimbap, snatch it up! I came here one day for kimbap specifically and was sad to hear they sold out, but happy to know that other people agree that it's delicious!! I also love the japchae (glass noodles w/ vegetables) and the pajeon (green onion pancake).

You will find everything you need to make sushi, or tteokbokki, or hot pot. I even purchased an electric cooker for hot pot at home that works great! Although some of the staff's English can be shaky, they're happy to help. I usually just pull up a picture on my phone of exactly what I need. Honestly, though, the store is very small and well organized, and I rarely had issues finding things.

The produce section is small but mighty! You'll find fruits and veg that your local grocery store doesn't stock. This is a great place to expand your palate!

It's also very fun to browse the connected "gift shop" section. I love looking at the kitchen tools, tea sets, and gadgets they stock. They even have makeup, sheet masks, and socks!

Prices are reasonable, especially for a small business of mainly imported products. Some food items have a big white sticker that repeats label information in English if you need it.

I'm happy to continue supporting Young's Oriental Grocery and look forward to my next visit. P.S. seriously, get the kimbap...

Updating this review as I was just here today. Many years ago, there were two separate storefronts. One with the groceries and the other for various types of giftware and makeup sets. Wasn't usually as popular as the grocery store and to our surprise, the grocery store had taken over the gift shop area. In this expanded area, there were large noodle boxes, portable hot plates to cook food at the table, rice cookers and a whole wall dedicated to the types of kitchen gadgets that are useful if you want to dip your toe into the waters of this cuisine.

Now back to that food area. They have a smallish produce section next to the register and I was sure to see kabocha squash. Equally surprised to find the Japanese fried tofu that you can open up and stuff like a pita bread. The homemade kimchee is now in the old gift shop area. They have an excellent array of frozen goods like thinly sliced meat for tabletop cooking. They have all kinds of rice, exotic fruits and veggies canned. Taiyaki ice cream! I've only seen these singles but they had packages this time. Taiyaki? It's a fish shaped ice cream sandwich that covers vanilla ice cream and red bean paste. Very faint touch of cinnamon.

In conclusion, this is a great little store to visit if you like Korean, Japanese, Chinese et al. Lots of culinary...

We have been shopping at Young's for almost 20 years. One can purchase anything from fresh vegetables, (canned, boxed or bottled) grocery items, refrigerated items, frozen meat and locally prepared Korean meals.

Today I purchased prepared foods: Korean Kimchee, Korean rice noodles, a container of several oriental vegetables and noodle dishes. Also a pint jar of pickled ginger and a bottle of Ponzu sauce.

All of the above for slightly more than $20.

Each day there are specially prepared items at the counter (e.g. vegetable sushi, noodle dishes, spicy meat dishes and sweets such as cookies).

Adjacent to (and attached) is Young's Gift Shop where one may purchase (oriental) household goods and gifts.

Ms Young is very friendly and helpful. I am not oriental myself and often have questions about items available in both stores or how to prepare a dish and even what it is I am...