This place is great. But, be cautious when stepping out of the parking lot. Only shop during the day. Theres a lot of criminals targeting edlerly in the parling lot. It's located in a really bad location.
I’ve yet to visit an Asian market in town I truly like. They all have lots of cool stuff I can’t find in regular markets of course. But they almost always … - Smell bad - Contain LOTS of expired product - Sell questionable fresh fish and meat (e.g. liquid seeping onto the trays) - Present product in a haphazard manner - Have inconsistant labelling and pricing - Have dirty floors & dust on shelves - Have fewer staff than they need at checkout I generally have good luck with fresh produce, however. No better or worse than other markets. I wish one of these places would aspire to the same sort of quality standards as, say, Lunds & Byerly’s. I’m sure that means everything would be more expensive. But I’d shop there. Would you? These places also miss opportunities to target people who are new to these ingredients. e.g. How about posting a recipe for laab near the culantro and/or the namtok seasoning? What the hell are we supposed to do with a beef heart? Guide us! I’ll check this place out in a few months when they get settled.
I feel like it’s a hit or miss. The bigger ones tend to have the more problems you list since it’s probably more difficult to manage. Most of the smaller ones are usually better and are priced higher. Of course it’s all due to management also. I notice that small stores like golden lion tend to be good 90% of the time, but certain seasons they do have bad products. It’ll take time for these change. So far, I have notice most of the stores are much better than 5-10 years ago though. Slow but surely..
Viengchan Oriental Market is smaller and I had a great experience the one and only time I was there. There was a market with a very good deli up that way too. Drat. Can’t remember the name of the place. I think they do more business at the deli than they do the rest of the store. Would love to find a place with fresh and reliable laab on the west side of town. Same for banh-mi. Suggestions?
@@warrenj3204 ua-cam.com/video/o5rr_i5tX4I/v-deo.htmlsi=Q_T6U1PaTHz7FILV Koom Siab? This one is a hard name for me to remember also. Did you know that ViengChan tripled in size now? Still very organized and nice there. I like ViengChan! You should check them out again.
@@warrenj3204 I really don’t even know any Asian stores on the west side. Is there even any? All the good stuff towards the east side, which I rarely make over to.
@@tseringdorjee3703 sorry, forgot to add. They are located in Brooklyn Center: 1200 Shingle Creek Crossing Brooklyn Center, MN 55430, United States Really close to Restaurant Depot there!
Perfect thing to go into the old Walmart! I hope they do well!🎉
I hope they do also 😊
This place is great. But, be cautious when stepping out of the parking lot. Only shop during the day. Theres a lot of criminals targeting edlerly in the parling lot. It's located in a really bad location.
Yes, I agree. Not the best area. Thanks for the heads up!
Well guess I won't be shopping there
I’ve yet to visit an Asian market in town I truly like. They all have lots of cool stuff I can’t find in regular markets of course. But they almost always …
- Smell bad
- Contain LOTS of expired product
- Sell questionable fresh fish and meat (e.g. liquid seeping onto the trays)
- Present product in a haphazard manner
- Have inconsistant labelling and pricing
- Have dirty floors & dust on shelves
- Have fewer staff than they need at checkout
I generally have good luck with fresh produce, however. No better or worse than other markets.
I wish one of these places would aspire to the same sort of quality standards as, say, Lunds & Byerly’s. I’m sure that means everything would be more expensive. But I’d shop there. Would you?
These places also miss opportunities to target people who are new to these ingredients. e.g. How about posting a recipe for laab near the culantro and/or the namtok seasoning? What the hell are we supposed to do with a beef heart? Guide us!
I’ll check this place out in a few months when they get settled.
I feel like it’s a hit or miss. The bigger ones tend to have the more problems you list since it’s probably more difficult to manage. Most of the smaller ones are usually better and are priced higher. Of course it’s all due to management also. I notice that small stores like
golden lion tend to be good 90% of the time, but certain seasons they do have bad products. It’ll take time for these change. So far, I have notice most of the stores are much better than 5-10 years ago though. Slow but surely..
Viengchan Oriental Market is smaller and I had a great experience the one and only time I was there.
There was a market with a very good deli up that way too. Drat. Can’t remember the name of the place. I think they do more business at the deli than they do the rest of the store.
Would love to find a place with fresh and reliable laab on the west side of town. Same for banh-mi. Suggestions?
@@warrenj3204 ua-cam.com/video/o5rr_i5tX4I/v-deo.htmlsi=Q_T6U1PaTHz7FILV
Koom Siab? This one is a hard name for me to remember also. Did you know that ViengChan tripled in size now? Still very organized and nice there. I like ViengChan! You should check them out again.
@@warrenj3204 I really don’t even know any Asian stores on the west side. Is there even any? All the good stuff towards the east side, which I rarely make over to.
I went to ViengChan today. I did notice the dirty floor. 😔
Location please
@@tseringdorjee3703 sorry, forgot to add. They are located in Brooklyn Center: 1200 Shingle Creek Crossing
Brooklyn Center, MN 55430, United States
Really close to Restaurant Depot there!
What the hell is most of that stuff
@@mickhultengren9168 This is an Asian grocery store, so it has lots of Asian grocery stuff and more.
China uh oh
@@mickhultengren9168 not only China, but the whole asia country. Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, etc.