Hui-yu Y.
Yelp
We visited T&T on 12/18 (wed) shortly after it opened. I thought the line would be huge, but there were only a few people ahead of us at 9:10 am. There was still plenty of parking at that time, and we were able to get in the store after a short wait (10 min).
The store is spacious and clean. Everything is nicely labeled like their Vancouver branches. Upon entering, the left side is the produce section with frozen food section and the live seafood at further back. The middle sections are pantry/snack/regular items. The hot food section is located at the right side of the store, next to the bakery section. Naturally, you'd get your produce first, then fresh seafood, frozen food, non-refrigerated items, hot food/bakery items.
They have a special tag for the on sale prices, and I pay more attention to those as most food items weren't particularly cheap. We got 4 batches of green onions for $1, which was an awesome deal. We also got the shine muscat for about $9, but they were just okay imo. They were definitely better than regular green grapes, but not as good as the low grade shine muscat that I got in japan for 1100 yen. It also doesn't have the lychee scent that you'd get from higher end shine muscat. Oherall, the produce section was busy, but not as bad as the live seafood section or the hot food area.
There was a long time for the Chinese bbq, but their price isn't amazing. Maybe they taste amazing, but I won't wait hours for Chinese bbq... We waited in line for freshly made glutinous rice rolls (limit 4 per person), which has a separate line. They were also out of noodle bowls when we were there. We probably waited 30 minutes for the rice rolls... They were good, but I think tofu 101 does it better (and longer, as far as I can remember).
Self-serve hot food area started around 10 am. There was a short line to get the food items, such as sweet and sour ribs, fried rice, or chow mein. Most people put all dishes together, but there was this elderly man who used different containers for all dishes and it was a disgrace to the environment as he only uses 1/5 of the container spaces for all of them... Most of the dishes that we tried were alright, nothing extra good as it's basically food court quality. The price wasn't cheap either.
There were tons of bread, but I didn't see any egg tarts. Maybe it was too early once again. The bread i got was $2.2 each, which wasn't much cheaper compare to 85c bakery either. The qualities are on par imo. They do have a lot of sections here, and some mochi/cake selections too.
The checkout line was poorly designed as it cuts through a high traffic lane in the middle of the street and it was hard to get in the line. Some people had no choice but wait forever until they can see the end of the line to line up. The checkout process took maybe 20 minutes for us. The line is long, but there were maybe more than 5 registers open (I can't remember exactly how many..). I appreciate the existence of a bagger so I don't have to bag stuff on my own.
We also tried the fancy savory crepe before we head out. The kiosk was actually not super clear and it didn't accept the payment from the lady ahead of me, and she was quite pissed... It was fun to watch them making the crepes, and the crepe was delicious but expensive (the beef one was $11 after tax). I believe it was much cheaper in Vancouver, so get yours there instead.
Overall it's a cool grocery store, and they have a wide selections of items. It took us about 1 hour to shop, but we definitely didn't check everything closely. The items here probably won't be the cheapest, but you get the convenience of getting everything at once as you can find items from Chinese, Japanese, and Korean grocery stores all at once.
Ps. Download their app and register an account to get loyalty points before checking out. They also have member pricing on some items. It's only relevant if you will keep visiting the store though.