Asian Food Market
“Definitely better priced than Mitsuwa and more convenient from a parking perspective, this is likely to become our asian grocery store!”
“I like the fruit fillings that they normally use in their cakes along with being soft baked and not as sweet as the American bakeries.”
“Their weekly sale prices are also the same here as they are across the chain, so you can get pretty good deals if they match what you want to buy.”
Asian Food Market
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Inexpensive
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It's a fantastic asian grocery store with LOTS of items from fresh veggies and exotic Asian fruits (dragon fruit anyone?), fresh produce, prepared meals, bakery, and every frozen and packaged Asian foods you can imagine.
I come here for all of my Asian food needs and the products overall is good quality. However, you do have to be careful and read expiration dates as sometimes they keep expired foods on the shelves or their refrigeration system might not be perfect and I've definitely bought refrigerated foods that tasted funny. But oh well, what are you going to do…it's not a bad trade off for such a huge and vast selection.
Let me write this review by listing things that I can't find in American grocery stores:
Frozen lumpia
Frozen longganisa
Boxed curries
Magnolia ice cream
Kimchi
Mochi ice cream
Milagros rice
The end. Come here for all the food you can't find at pathmark.
Other than that, they have a very fresh and clean butcher shop along with fresh seafood counter.
I almost don't want to review this place to keep it my little secret…
My absolutely favorite part of coming here is what I can only call an Asian rotisserie area. They sell whole roast duck for $19 (you can also also for half a duck), and roast pork. I've never had their pork, but their roast duck is delicious. It's better than some placed in Chinatown NYC. Good seasoning, good amount of meat, fat is rendered down well; the head and ends of the "drumstick" are never burned.
They also have a hot foods where you can buy various stir-fry dishes, fried fish, curries. I've never tried anything here, but there is often a line of people buying items, so it seems like they at least have good turnover.
During the fall, they do sell mooncakes, but they sell out fast.
In their produce section, I've found that their veggies are a much better deal than their fruits; bok choy, yu choy, Chinese broccoli can be found priced around $1, yet apples will run like $2-3/lb, which is not at all competitive with American supermarkets.
They sell a lot of various Asian herbs, numerous type of tofu, and a huge variety of fresh AND dry noodles.
Their fish market is decent. I've gotten good fresh fish here, at a good prices. Crab, lobster, shellfish and such are often better priced than American supermarkets, but not as competitively priced as H-Mart.
They do occasionally have sampling of things like dumplings and bottled / instant coffee.
Cashiers are efficient.
Mei Dong or Asian Food Market as it's called in Anglo-ish is my local Chinese supermarket. As far as Asian supermarkets goes, it does not stand up to H-Mart in terms of cleanliness and just overall feel of the place. Maybe because H-Mart has higher standards of cleaning and gives out a plethora of freebies. Anyway, I admit that I love the selection – one of the few NJ places that carry Chinese food staples such as VitaSoy – c'mon HKers and soymilk lovers y'know what I'm talking about. Not only do they have the regular vanilla flavor but also some more exotic ones such as the black bean and coconut. Faaaancy!
Extra note: there's a small bakery that makes classic Chinese bread and baos. It's not the best in the world but like I said it's one of the few places in NJ to grab a bao.
A closer alternative than the HMart or Mitsuwa, but quality is mixed here.
Some vegetables cheaper and fresh, a fresh hot food counter with various BBQ meats, and in the back, the meat and frozen aisles. The meat… eh, I've seen better quality and less freezer burn before, and one fish tank was so overrun by growth that you could barely see the dying fish inside (literally covered with growths.. ew).
Meat, probably won't get here. Canned or bottle goods, not a bad alternative. Vegetables… mixed bag, literally. Generally a touch more expensive than the Chinatown or HMart, but still cheaper than the average American grocery store.
AFM is a very convenient Asian supermarket off of Route 440 Jersey City. This location was just open recently within the last year. Jersey City has a huge Asian population so this makes sense for them to open one here. You can find most Asian products in this place from sauces to noddles. They have products that you can't find at a Shoprite or Stop & Shop. They also have fresh meats and seafood in the back of the store as well.
In the front of market they have a small bakery section that is baked in house and these are the pastries you typically find in Chinatown. The bakery also can take orders for special occasion cakes. I like the fruit fillings that they normally use in their cakes along with being soft baked and not as sweet as the American bakeries. They also offer fresh roasted pork with roasted duck on display as in Chinatown. I usually get the lunch special for 6 dollars. You get white rice with two side choices from their entree selection.
The groceries are priced fair but not that cheaper than some stores in Chinatown. If you go to Chinatown you have to worry about parking which they have ample parking spaces. Plus, you don't have to pay for the tolls to cross into New York. Overall, nice convenient place to shop for Asian groceries if you don't want to be bothered with NYC tolls and parking,
Stopped by here yesterday after a quick stop at the Pep Boys nearby. It wasn't busy around lunch, so I was able to explore the market a bit.
Vegetable and Hot Food section: There's quite a selection of produce, which takes up the entire middle section near the cash registers. The variety of fruits and vegetables appeared to be in great shape; I didn't notice too many that were either wilted or "beat up." On the left side are the herbs and root vegetables, while on the far right is the hot food section. The hot food section here serves more than the usual duck and roast pork.
Dried Goods/Aisles: As others mentioned, the majority of products here are Taiwanese and Chinese products; however, there's a lot of Filipino groceries here, too. There are Japanese and Korean products, but they're mostly snacks and candy. Vietnamese and Thai goods are pretty limited, which is a bit of a bummer. However, if you're looking for common Asian products (and more), I am pretty sure you could find them here.
I saw a few good deals–such as salmon belly for around $5 to $6–but the seafood section is typical of what you could find in other Asian markets. The frozen section is kind of the same thing. Overall, if you can't find certain Asian ingredients in American supermarkets, you could probably find it here.
One stop shop for all your Asian brand needs. There's a section for pastries, produce, hot foods, seasonings, home goods, seafood and poultry. Best prices on fruits, vegetables and fresh seafood. Stay away from American brand products, they tend to be pricer. Stop by their hot food line for fresh, right out of the oven scallion chicken, roasted duck and crispy pork.