"Most of the Asian grocery stores on 163rd lean towards Chinese ingredients, but Vinh An specializes in Southeast Asian items. Shelves are lined with Filipino seasoning packets and cans of Maesri Thai curry paste, and the freezers contain things like Pinoy longaniza sausages, fermented Vietnamese sausages, and ube sausages. This is also a great place to grab a Thai mortar and pestle—either the all-purpose granite variety or the ceramic ones intended for som tum—as well as sticky rice steamers, ice shavers, and coconut graters. But what makes Vinh An a real destination (yes, even if you live in Kendall) is that it has one of the largest selections of Indonesian products we’ve seen in Miami: everything from bottles of sticky kecap manis and fuchsia coco pandan syrup to tempeh starter cultures and six-packs of Te Kotak, a very refreshing jasmine tea." - Carlos C Olaechea, Ryan Pfeffer
