Skip to main content[ASIAN] Need an encyclopedic selection of Asian foodstuffs plus a full service deli, spirits aisle and bubble-tea counter? Well, that's Fubonn. But if you're just after cheap, huge containers of Chinese and Vietnamese staples without a crowd, An Dong is a great alternative. For more than two decades this big supermarket has supplied local Asian restaurants and adventurous neighbors with 30-pound bags of jasmine rice; giant packs of rice noodles; East Asian veggies and a whole wall of jarred, mostly minced, fish (including the terrifying "snakehead fish"). Play snack roulette with brightly colored bags of dried sweet potato and sesame fish crisps, then head to the centrally located meat department, where a tiny Asian woman slices fresh, high-quality Oregon beef and pork into paper thin, shabu-shabu-ready sheets all day long (around $3.99/lb.), like some piece of TBA Festival performance art. The store smells funky. You have been warned.
Grocery list: Five-pound bag of curry powder ($20), fresh whole gutted catfish ($2.09/lb.), 8 1/2-pound tub of sambal oelek ($9.99), fresh seaweed ($2.99/lb.).
WWeek 2015