Kim G.
Yelp
Small Asian neighborhood market, convenient when you need some basic items like fresh produce, noodles, condiments, snacks, meat and fish.
Their noodle selection is quite extensive, an entire aisle both sides which is a lot of real estate for this market! There are noodles from many Asian countries covering the spectrum of ingredients, shapes and widths. Rice, mung bean, egg, egg white, vermicelli, pad Thai, chow fun, udon, sweet potato noodles, just to name a few! and of course instant noodles by the case. there are a few types of fresh noodles like Vietnamese udon and Korean ttreokbokki In the produce area, in refrigerator section.
Produce is fresh, there are lots of greens and herbs, the kind needed to make salad rolls and to put in pho. The names are written in Vietnamese so I use my Google translater app to make sure I am buying coriander, mint and Thai basil, my favorite herbs for the rolls.
The produce area has all the norms: string beans, snap peas, jicama, cucumbers, scallions, lemon grass, mangos, potatoes, dragon fruit, tomatoes, onions, bananas and even huge Dorian fruit. I'm not a fan! When a Dorian is cut open the smell immediately makes me sick, but these are whole and have no scent.
They have frozen fish and meat but no hot deli counter or prepared meals like they have at the much larger Hong Phat Center, where I typically shop. I like to pick up papaya salad and char sui (bbq pork) for fried rice So was disappointed that I couldn't get any at the market and had to drive out to 82nd to the Center to get them.
They have a good variety of red Chile paste from various countries: Korean gochujang, siracha, sambal oelek, and my fave, the Vietnamese chili oil with Chile crisps, I always stock up when I'm here.
Small section of baked breads and bakery treats, most from An Xuyen, the best a Vietnamese bakery in Portland, IMO. Get the macaroon cookies dipped in chocolate or the butter cookies dipped in chocolate. So good!
Lots of chips and snacks, the ever popular dried squid and shrimp, and the chocolate marshmallow cookie type treats you find at every Asian market.
For a neighborhood market it's great a little of everything. But since it's not in my neighborhood so if I'm taking the ride to the east side, I'd rather go to Hung Phat Center so I can get everything I need in one stop, especially the hot and prepared food.