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| - Ok, all the reviewers who complained about the sanitation and smell at this place is indeed true. I have been shopping here for at least 14 years now, I started going to overseas food market when they were in a different location down on s. boulevard until they upgraded to the current location which has a larger parking lot and interior.
The place does smell, you can't get past it. Like most Asian grocers, it smells. Sanitation-wise, it needs major help. This is the only Asian market I've been to around the carolinas that consistently sell food with molds, mildew in it. This is especially problematic in their fresh noodle, dumplings and pre-made cakes. I was trying to buy some flat wide rice noodle yesterday and even though they were already in the freezer, 5/8 of the noodle packets had molds in them, disgusting. I really wanted some flat noodle so I tried really hard to pick the ones that seemed safer(No detectable mold judging from the outside of package).
This is a Vietnamese store, so you will be able to find most Vietnamese staples here. They have like 8 different brands of vermicelli paper rolls(vietnamese spring roll wrapper). However I was also trying to find some shrimp chips yesterday, after having them at a friend's house I was eager to prepare some on my own. Well, sad to report they only have 1 kind and they are tiny in size, so it was not nearly the same. The box costed me close to $4, I don't remember shrimp chips being that expensive.
The vegetables here are not that fresh, the fridge with the vegetables smells really strong and they greens have yellow leaves but they are still selling them...If this is not an Asian grocer, I would have straight up reported them to the health department.
This is a family owned business, the price here is a good $1 higher on everything in larger Asian establishments in the area. I Recommend making the trip out to Super G Mart on Independence or Grand Asia Market. The major plus to this store is that it is the only Asian grocer that is relatively close to my house. However, ever since more Asian stores has opened up in Charlotte, I have came here less.
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