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| - I'm Filipino and am always in need of my essentials... large bag of rice, lumpia wrappers, longanisa, and bagoong. :P We used to have a little store around the corner and then it closed. There used to be one on Rainbow and then that closed. So, I was happy to hear about International Marketplace and haven't gone elsewhere since. And this is no little store. If you were to peruse each and every aisle, you would need 2 hours (at least)... it's that big.
Not only only does the store satisfy my Filipino needs, but it offers so much more. My boyfriend used to live in Hawaii and doesn't like any other soy sauce than Aloha Shoyu. Thank goodness they carry it. I was pretty excited to find a spam musubi mold here, also. My musubi, prior to the mold, weren't so pretty. :P Whenever I need any kind of Goya brand ingredients for Puerto Rican or Cuban dishes, I know I can find them here. They carry products from all over the world. If ever you're searching for something particular and don't know where to go, I would come here first.
They have everything from canned goods, frozen food, fresh seafood, produce, and kitchenware. Right outside their front doors, they even have a selection of prepared foods. I've yet to purchase anything from there, but it always smells good when I walk by.
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