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By Samantha Bakall | The Oregonian/OregonLive

You can find almost anything in the Portland area, if you know where to look.



With 45 (and counting) Asian grocery stores across the Portland metro area, finding ingredients for cooking nearly every cuisine on the continent has never been easier. We spent two days exploring — from Vancouver to Southeast Portland and Gresham to Hillsboro — to visit all 45 stores and discover what ingredients were stocked in their aisles. For each store, we've provided a basic outline of available goods, as well as a summary of the cuisine each is best for.



For the purposes of this guide, condiments refer to sauces and seasonings like soy, fermented pastes, chile sauces and oils. "Dry goods" is our encompassing label for grains and legumes (including dals). And starches refer to various flours (tapioca, rice and black gram, for example) and ground legumes and grains.



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North/Northeast Portland

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Fiji Emporium

A tiny market with a large selection of spices and dried grains, as well as cookbooks, movies, CDs, housewares, frozen foods and some produce, like Fiji taro leaves, bele leaves and garlic.

Best for: Fijian, Indonesian, Indian cuisine

7814 N. Interstate Ave., 503-240-2768, fijiemporium.com

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Hong Phat Market

A smaller sister store to Southeast 82nd Avenue’s gargantuan Hong Phat Food Center, Hong Phat Market offers an abridged version of ingredients. You’ll still find an extensive selection of herbs, a large produce section (including fresh pandan leaves), dried noodles, condiments, starches and housewares. We also saw a selection of teas from Phuc Long, a popular tea chain in Ho Chi Minh City.

Best for: Vietnamese, Cambodian, Lao cuisine

9819 N.E. Prescott St., 503-254-8280, hongphatmarket.com

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Islander Mini Mart

Blink and you’ll definitely miss this eight-year-old store tucked next to a teriyaki restaurant. Specializing in Pacific Island ingredients, Islander Mini Mart stocks well-priced spices, dried goods, starches, frozen meat and fish, instant noodles, lei flowers, clothing, frozen food, sweets and snacks and beauty items.

Best for: Samoan, Tongan, Micronesian, Fijian, Indian cuisines

12427 N.E. Glisan St., 503-253-1841

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Lily Market Oriental Food & Gifts

This market "specializing in Thai food" offers an expansive selection of condiments (especially sweet chili sauces), canned goods, curry pastes, produce, frozen goods and more. We discovered an impressive array of Filipino ingredients, too. Look for frozen ube and grated cassava, lumpia, baking mixes and an entire freezer with ice creams in flavors like ube-macapuno (purple yam and coconut) and halo halo, a popular Filipino dessert. In the back of the store, there’s a hot foods counter serving salad rolls, larb and green papaya salad.

Best for: Thai, Filipino cuisines

11001 N.E. Halsey St., 503-255-0448, lily-market.com

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Nam Phuong Market

A jam-packed Vietnamese grocery filled with frozen fish, soup mixes, housewares, condiments, treats, tabletop burners and a basic produce section with herbs.

Best for: Vietnamese cuisine

6834 N.E. Sandy Blvd, 503-284-3549

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Namaste Indian Grocery & Bazaar

The grocery location of the Northeast Portland and Vancouver Indian restaurant chain. Inside the spacious store, complete with a cafe serving savory snacks and curries, find spices, dried goods, sweets and snacks, curry mixes, starches, frozen foods, drinks, incense, and more.

Best for: Indian, Pakistani, Nepalese, Fijian, Sri Lankan and Pacific Islander cuisines

10306 N.E. Halsey St. , 503-253-1380, namasteindianbazaar.com

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Pacific Supermarkets

A huge store with tons of dried noodles, dry goods, fresh meat, alcohol, hot foods like banh mi and banh cong -- the Vietnamese prawn cake -- and an expansive produce section with sliced durian, greens, tons of herbs and fresh pandan leaves.

Best for: Vietnamese, Thai, Lao, Cambodian cuisines

6750 N.E. Broadway St., 503-251-0524, pacificmarketpdx.com/index.html

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Saigon Market

A tight store with a little bit of this and that. Find lots of produce here, particularly melons, greens and herbs, snacks, seasonings, condiments and rarer fruits like rambutan and longan.

Best for: Vietnamese cuisine

1111 N.E. 82nd Ave., 503-256-4206

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Vieng Lao Oriental Food Center

A simple, two-storefront shop along North Killingsworth. Find produce, fresh herbs, including kaffir lime leaves, meat, starches, frozen fish, canned and jarred goods and snacks.

Best for: Vietnamese cuisine

1032 N. Killingsworth St., 503-285-7833

Southeast Portland

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ABC Seafood Company

One of the eastside’s best seafood markets. Stop by ABC for live seafood, including Dungeness (in season), clams, crabs, fish, crawfish, periwinkles and more. There’s a small selection of dry and frozen goods, produce and snacks, but you’re here for the well-priced seafood.

Best for: Fresh fish and seafood

6509 S.E. Powell Blvd., 503-771-5802

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An Dong Market

An expansive, well-lit store along Southeast Powell, An Dong features an impressive selection of produce, Asian greens and fresh herbs. Also find fish and meat (and silkworms), frozen dumplings, condiments, canned goods, snacks and sweets.

Best for: Vietnamese, Cambodian, Lao, Chinese cuisines

5441 S.E. Powell Blvd, 503-777-2463

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Bollywood Theater

One of Portland’s most popular Indian restaurants also stocks a small market inside its Southeast location. Stop by when you’re in a pinch for dry goods, snacks and sweets, house-branded chai and curry mixes, jarred chutneys, Bollywood-branded paneer and ghee and spices.

Best for: Indian cuisine

3010 S.E. Division St., 503-477-6699, bollywoodtheaterpdx.com

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Boo Han Oriental Market

A small, unassuming Korean market along Southeast 82nd Avenue. There’s a limited produce section here, but find a sizeable assortment of condiments, pre-made banchan, rice cakes, dry goods and drinks. We buy our favorite dumpling wrappers here -- Evergreen -- available in the freezer section.

Best for: Korean cuisine

1313 S.E. 82nd Ave., 503-254-8606

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Chang Fa Market

This Southeast Portland grocery store was the only place on the entire east side (and Vancouver) that we found Chinese yellow chives, a more delicate version of jiu cai or garlic chives. Alongside the elusive allium, find condiments, meat and fish, Chinese herbs, dried noodles and more.

Best for: Chinese cuisine

8310 S.E. Division St., 503-788-8882

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China Foods Inc.

Drive too fast and you'll miss this wholesale-driven Chinese grocery store. Half restaurant supply, half grocery, this spot offers condiments, rice, drinks, dry goods, oils, spices and more in regular and bulk sizes.

Best for: Chinese cuisine

1414 S.E. 82nd Ave., 503-256-8718

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Fubonn Supermarket

One of this list’s biggest grocery stores, Fubonn Supermarket lives inside Oregon’s biggest Asian mall. Inside the grocery store itself, find an expansive selection of condiments from across the Asian continent, fresh produce (including an impressive selection of fresh herbs), dry goods, frozen foods, housewares and alcohol. Nearly every major Asian country is represented, but you’ll find the most Chinese, Taiwanese and Vietnamese goods here.

Best for: Chinese, Vietnamese, Taiwanese, Filipino, Cambodian, Lao cuisines

2850 S.E. 82nd Ave., #80, 503-517-8899, fubonn.com

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Hong Phat Food Center

A huge, heavily Vietnamese grocery store with a large selection of goods. There’s a hot foods counter (with banh mi made to order), a prepared food section, Asian beers, housewares, meat, tons of dried noodles, condiments, canned goods and more. Though it wasn’t plugged in the day we were there, there is a machine parked by the front door that squeezes fresh sugarcane juice, just like in Vietnam.

Best for: Vietnamese, Cambodian, Lao cuisine

101 S.E. 82nd Ave., 503-253-4411, hongphatmarket.com

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OM Seafood Market

Southeast Portland’s other fresh seafood store. In addition to fresh, frozen and live seafood (think crab, snails, fish, oysters, clams and shrimp), there’s a tight condiment and produce selection, too.

Best for: Fresh fish and seafood

3514 S.E. 76th Ave., 503-788-1984, omseafood.com

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Oriental Food Value

This huge, family-owned store has called Southeast Portland home for 25 years. Inside the warehouse-like grocery, find fresh noodles, dumpling wrappers, meat, fish, produce, housewares, cookware, ceramics and artwork. The store plans to open a second location that’s twice the size deeper in Southeast Portland with more American and Mexican ingredients.

Best for: Chinese cuisine, with some Japanese, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Lao and Korean ingredients

8303 S.E. Insley St., 503-775-8683

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Pakse Market

This petite store connected to Charlie’s Teriyaki wasn’t open when we visited, but we spied a small condiment selection through the window.

14800 S.E. Powell Blvd, 503-761-1210

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Tin Seng Trading Company

One block east of Chang Fa Market is this smaller grocery store. Inside, there’s a large assortment of herbs for Chinese medicine, produce, frozen foods, seafood and meat.

Best for: Chinese cuisine and medicine

8350 S.E. Division St., 503-777-8203

Beaverton/Hillsboro

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99 Ranch

The newest and one of the most exciting grocery stores on this list, 99 Ranch opened in Beaverton two months ago to insane lines and regional fanfare. This Taiwanese grocery chain is one of the largest in the country and elevates the Portland area’s Asian grocery game to new heights. Inside the former Albertson’s, find baked goods, a self-serve dim sum counter, roast meats, a huge selection of fish and meat balls, fresh seafood, fresh noodles and tofu, a gargantuan produce section, drinks, what seems like every dumpling wrapper on the market, frozen foods, sweets and snacks, housewares and cleaning supplies, alcohol, dry goods, starches and more (if you can believe it). We can’t wait to go back here.

Best for: Taiwanese, Chinese cuisines

8155 S.W. Hall Blvd, Beaverton, 503-605-1899, 99ranch.com

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Apna Bazaar Indian Store

Come for the groceries, stay for the Hyderabadi-style biryani next door. This brightly lit Indian grocery store, filled out with dry goods, produce, refrigerated/frozen foods, snacks, and beauty products, is attached to one of The Oregonian’s favorite Indian restaurants. Shop through the store’s huge dessert counter or Indian ice cream selection after lunch or dinner.

Best for: Indian cuisine; lunch/dinner

1815 N.W. 169th Place #6022, Beaverton, 503-533-0424, apnabazaarpdx.com

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Asia Market-Beaverton

Across the street from Beaverton Bakery, this small store stocks an assortment of instant noodles, soup mixes, condiments, dry goods, canned fruits and veggies, frozen foods and some produce.

Best for: Vietnamese cuisine

12350 S.W. Broadway St., Beaverton, 503-646-8118

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Asian Food Center

A mostly Chinese-focused grocery store tucked in the back of a large strip mall. Asian Food Center offers a large, well-organized produce section, meat and fish counter (including an excellent selection of thin-sliced meats for hot pot or shabu shabu), dry goods, home goods, condiments, fresh noodles and frozen foods. If you’ve eaten hot pot next door at Little Sheep and want to replicate the experience at home, you’ll find all the ingredients and materials (including a tabletop burner and pot) here.

Best for: Chinese cuisine

3849 S.W. 117th Ave., Beaverton, 503-520-1880, afcwa.com/BeavertonLocation.aspx

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Can Tho Market

Named for a city in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region, Beaverton’s Can Tho Market stocks a selection of Vietnamese frozen foods, fresh noodles, Asian greens and herbs, soup mixes, dry goods and more.

Best for: Vietnamese cuisine

18725 Walker Road #102, Beaverton, 503-726-8607

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G Mart

For years, we've thought this jam-packed Korean market had no relation to H Mart. Turns out, it does (thanks, readers)! This bright orange, always bustling store offers fresh produce, meat, dry goods, beauty products, alcohol and more. Hidden upstairs from the grocery is one our favorite Korean restaurants, Spring.

Best for: Korean cuisine; lunch/dinner at Spring

3975 S.W. 114th Ave., Beaverton, 503-641-3313

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Gobugi Foods

A well-stocked Korean grocery store tucked away from Beaverton’s main artery of stores and shops. Inside the windowless shop, Korean ballads crooning overhead, find fresh produce, a fridge full of kimchi, fresh noodles and rice cakes, meat and fish (including sliced, barbecue-ready meat), condiments, frozen foods, starches, Korean alcohol and housewares.

Best for: Korean cuisine

4520 S.W. 110th Ave., Beaverton, 503-646-1919

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India Imports

An office park Indian grocery store with dry goods, snacks and sweets, spices, condiments, frozen foods and more.

Best for: Indian cuisine

2079 N.W. Aloclek Drive, Hillsboro; 503-617-9477

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India Supermarket

A one-stop-shop for Indian ingredients. This huge, airy supermarket boasts a wide selection of dry goods, starches, spices, frozen foods, dairy, produce, beauty products, incense, housewares and ice creams. There’s also a restaurant inside the store with a hefty dessert case.

Best for: Indian cuisine

17235 N.W. Corridor Court, Beaverton, 503-617-9999, cheenibori.com

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India Sweets and Spices

Just up the road from India Supermarket is this office park grocery store. India Sweets and Spices has a huge spice selection, frozen foods, dry goods, condiments, a small produce section, snacks and sweets and a small hot foods selection with curries and samosa.

Best for: Indian cuisine

16205 N.W. Bethany Court, Beaverton, 503-690-0499, indiasweetsspices.com

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Madras Groceries

A six-month-old Indian grocery store with dry goods, snacks and sweets, curry mixes, spices, condiments, ready-heat meals, starches, produce, frozen foods and more.

Best for: Indian cuisine

18365 N.W. West Union Rd Suite E, Bethany; 503-439-8899, madrasgrocerystore.com

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Manila Market Inc.

A sizeable market with baked goods from Southeast Portland’s An Xuyen, frozen meat and fish, canned goods, dry goods, condiments, starches, tons of inexpensive herbs and aromatics, including galangal and taro leaves, fresh noodles and more.

Best for: Filipino, Thai, Lao, Indonesian cuisines

17065 S.W. Tualatin Valley Hwy, Aloha, 503-649-5640

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Mingala International Market

The expansive sister store to Southeast Portland’s Mingala International Mart. The Beaverton location stocks a lot of Middle Eastern ingredients in addition to dried Indian goods, housewares, some produce, meat (including fresh camel for $6.99/lb), frozen fish, drinks and more.

Best for: Indian cuisine

11527 S.W. Canyon Rd, Beaverton, 503-746-6920

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Philippine Market

A tiny, blue house that was unexpectedly closed the day we visited. Through the window, we could see seating for the market’s lunch counter and instant noodles.

Best for: Filipino cuisine, lunch

3645 S.W. Elliott Place, Beaverton, 503-591-5351, philippinemarket.weebly.com

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U-Need Asian Market

Tucked into the corner of a strip mall, U-Need is mostly dedicated to Filipino food. Inside the well-organized store find dried noodles, baking mixes, canned goods, frozen foods, snacks and sweets, a tiny produce section and condiments. There’s also a small menu of cold treats, including halo halo -- a popular Filipino dessert -- bubble tea and ice cream creations.

Best for: Filipino cuisine

751 S.W. 185th Ave, Beaverton, 971-337-8457

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Uwajimaya

A low slung, longstanding Japanese grocery store often hailed for its seafood selection and Beard Papa outpost. Also find produce, home and beauty products, dry goods, condiments, sake (and other alcohol), knick-knacks, prepared foods and a ramen restaurant at this one-stop Japanese shop. Don’t miss Kinokuniya, the Japanese bookstore, while you’re there.

Best for: Japanese cuisine; lunch/dinner/dessert

10500 S.W. Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy, Beaverton, 503-643-4512, uwajimaya.com

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Viet & Thai Market

A shotgun store with housewares, dry goods, a big produce section, inexpensive herbs, condiments, fresh noodles, canned goods, frozen foods and more.

Best for: Vietnamese, Thai cuisines

18129 S.W. Tualatin Valley Hwy, Aloha, 503-848-9321

Tigard

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Daxing Seafood Inc.

A closet-sized shop with a little bit of this and that. Find frozen fish, canned goods, instant noodles, spices, condiments, drinks, a small produce section, our favorite dumpling wrappers (Evergreen brand) and ice cream.

Best for: Chinese, Vietnamese cuisines

11945 S.W. Pacific Hwy #248, Tigard, 503-968-6727, daxingseafood.com

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H Mart

Portland’s inaugural location of this Korean superstore. Find baked goods, prepared foods, an impressive kimchi section, fish and meat, condiments, alcohol, dry goods and produce. By 2018, expect a second H Mart grocery store (there’s another H Mart in Beaverton that focuses on home goods) in the former Zupan’s on Southeast Belmont. Inside the Tigard store, there’s also a pho and a Thai fusion restaurant.

Best for: Korean cuisine, lunch/dinner

13600 S.W. Pacific Hwy, Tigard, 503-620-6120, hmartus.com

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Srider's India Imports

Half sari shop, half spice shop, Srider’s stocks dry goods, frozen foods, jarred curries, fresh curry leaves, some beauty products, figurines, movies and more.

Best for: Indian cuisine

11945 S.W. Pacific Hwy # 240, Tigard, 503-620-8665, sriderindiaimports.com/indian-ethinc-wear.html

Gresham

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Asian Food Market

Tucked next to a Planet Fitness, this petite food mart offers dry goods, condiments, snacks and sweets and a small produce section. When we visited, we were greeted with a sign saying they wouldn’t open until 12:30 p.m. that day, so we didn’t get a chance to walk the aisles.

2300 S.E. 182nd Ave, Portland, 503-618-1339

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Mingala International Mart

A strip mall shop offering a mix of Indian, Chinese, Thai and Filipino ingredients. Find a selection of Indian dry goods, spices, sodas, teas, rice, a small produce section and for just $6.99/lb, fresh camel meat.

Best for: Indian cuisine

2548 S.E. 122nd Ave., 503-954-1346

Vancouver

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Alex's Pilipino Store

A carpeted Filipino store mostly dedicated to frozen foods. Find baking mixes, condiments, dry goods and noodles amidst the many freezers that line the shop.

Best for: Filipino cuisine

2700 N.E. Andresen Road, A1B, Vancouver, WA, 360-750-7424

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Chutneys Indian Restaurant and Grocery Store

Another restaurant with an attached grocery store. Inside the small store, find dried goods, a tight selection of spices, frozen foods, some condiments, limited produce (think okra, eggplant and peppers), drinks, curry mixes and tea.

Best for: Indian cuisine

3000 S.E. 164th Ave., #100, Vancouver, WA, 360-254-7254, chutneysvancouver.net

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Ocean King Market

You don’t need to cross the Columbia for fresh, live and well-priced seafood. At Ocean King Market, tucked into the back of a strip mall with a Chinese restaurant and Kumon, find live scallops, mussels, blood clam, razor clams, fish and crab, as well as a small produce section and condiments.

Best for: Fresh fish and seafood

14930 S.E. Mill Plain Blvd, Vancouver, WA, 360-719-2118, oceankingmarket.com

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Sorya Asian Market

A shotgun grocery store tucked into a strip mall of predominantly Mexican businesses and restaurants. At Sorya, find a selection of dried noodles, snacks and sweets, beer, sake, produce, frozen seafood and a handful of prepared foods like banh mi and steamed buns.

Best for: Vietnamese, Cambodian cuisine

5910 N.E. Fourth Plain Blvd #B, Vancouver, WA, 360-699-2177

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Taste of India

A neat Indian grocery store with a wide selection of dried spices, dry goods, starches, frozen meats, read-to-eat meals and some Indian vegetables. There’s also a selection of beauty items, jewelry and clothing. If you’re shopping specifically for Indian ingredients, this is your best bet in Vancouver.

Best for: Indian cuisine

10411 N.E. Fourth Plain Blvd, Vancouver, WA, 360-254-2000

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Tola Angkor Asian Market

A well-organized store offering Pan-Asian ingredients. Alongside snacks and sweets, you’ll find produce, condiments, a large selection of fish balls -- ground fish meat balls -- dried noodles, an impressive curry selection with spices and mixes for Japanese, Thai and Indian recipes, fresh herbs for Vietnamese and Thai cooking and more.

Best for: Vietnamese, Filipino, Thai, Chinese, Cambodian cuisines

11320 N.E. 49th St., Vancouver, WA, 360-828-1163

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What did we miss?

Did we miss your favorite Asian grocery store? Comment or send us an email at sbakall@oregonian.com with your suggestions.