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Nice Asian Grocery Store
This grocery store not just caters to all Asian food needs, I have also found Latin American stuff such as corn flour and "Abuelita" Chocolate from Mexico. My wife found most foods reasonably priced. Meat department has one of the best deals. This store was even opened on Canada Day! This is the 2nd time we visit.
Whenever we visit Toronto we'll be doing the shopping before heading back to Ottawa. Only drawback is that it's hard to communicate with staff as most don't speak English.
This grocery store not just caters to all Asian food needs, I have also found Latin American stuff such as corn flour and "Abuelita" Chocolate from Mexico. My wife found most foods reasonably priced. Meat department has one of the best deals. This store was even opened on Canada Day! This is the 2nd time we visit.
Whenever we visit Toronto we'll be doing the shopping before heading back to Ottawa. Only drawback is that it's hard to communicate with staff as most don't speak English.
One of the Asian supermarkets available in Toronto Ontario region. Has all kinds of spices and sauces you need for your Asian or Indian cuisine. Located inside bridlewood mall in Scarborough. It has a separate meat, fish, bakery corners. They also have household items like the carpets and other useful stuff. Checkout is hassle free and there is a good amount of space to shop around. Overall, it was a good experience since its close to my house. You'll get all the Chinese cuisine that you are looking for.
I bought a small bag of roasted peanuts two weeks ago. It is the worst peanuts I have ever bought. The peanuts were not mature when they were harvested and the kernels are very small. Because of this, almost all the peanut shells are half empty and peanut kernels do not taste good. The brand name is "Farmer Brand" "味香园- 咸干花生“ -正万里望花生。Please refer to the attached photo. You are advised not to buy it. If you do, you will waste your money and feel very disappointed.
April 2022 3.5★
An Asian supermarket that's tailored to the Chinese, Filipino and to a lesser extent, Indian community. A good size supermarket carrying a variety of grocery, fish, meats, produce and frozen items.
Aisles are clean and the store is brightly lit. Here you'll find some unique items.
Accessible from the mall and from the parking lot.
An Asian supermarket that's tailored to the Chinese, Filipino and to a lesser extent, Indian community. A good size supermarket carrying a variety of grocery, fish, meats, produce and frozen items.
Aisles are clean and the store is brightly lit. Here you'll find some unique items.
Accessible from the mall and from the parking lot.
Visited Yours Food Mart in January of 2022 now that it is open. It is intensely bright inside! That lifted my mood stepping in from the darkness and cold of winter. And it's fun to shop here. The music is not your usual for a grocery. There is an interesting cross section of food items including impressively large amounts of hot sauces from Asia, Caribbean, India etc. There is also the biggest selection of chicharrons I have ever seen in a Chinese grocery. The fair values that I expect are also here for basic items. The tanks of fish look healthy in the seafood section which is a good sign, as is the overall neatness and cleanliness of the store. The split aisles make it easy to navigate the floor.
Housewares are found in the adjacent Best Living shop and it looks like the prepared foods will be found in the future at Nana Bakery. There's plenty of free parking in the huge parking lot and now this mall has both Yours and a Metro and having choices is good.
On my cash out the cashier was also handling customer service duties at a separate station which bogged things down, but other than that my first visit left me with a really positive impression of a grocery store serving the community at large and I will no doubt be picking up some groceries from here again in the future.
Update March 2022: The layout of the aisles has been updated with a new orientation to make improvements to the flow and maneuverability of floor traffic.
Housewares are found in the adjacent Best Living shop and it looks like the prepared foods will be found in the future at Nana Bakery. There's plenty of free parking in the huge parking lot and now this mall has both Yours and a Metro and having choices is good.
On my cash out the cashier was also handling customer service duties at a separate station which bogged things down, but other than that my first visit left me with a really positive impression of a grocery store serving the community at large and I will no doubt be picking up some groceries from here again in the future.
Update March 2022: The layout of the aisles has been updated with a new orientation to make improvements to the flow and maneuverability of floor traffic.
Somewhat tidy but that's because it's just opened. The store offers not much different from any other Asian supermarket in the city. Its prices are high and even Metro (known for its high prices) in the same mall would giggle at how high they are. If you buy only one or two bananas, instead of the whole bunch, they will charge you more per pound! This place is definitely no replacement for Price Chopper :/
Its good to have another Chinese grocery store in the neighbourhood but, I felt that it was lacking a few things more than my positive points. I will explain here.
The fish department just to your left when you enter has a good selection of seafood but when I was there I believe there was a problem with water filtering and lobsters and BC crabs where swimming in clouded water. Meat department, good selection of meats and it was brightly lit and easy to view everything. The fridge section has packaged meats from chicken to pork and was priced reasonable. Vegetable & fruit departments I thought could have been larger to carry more fresh produce but it wasn't. This grocery store caters to Chinese and to other international countries like India and Caribbean (large selection of spices) and North American products (prices are bit higher). A large selection of snacks not focusing mainly on Chinese snacks so its very limited (disappointing). What's also disappointing was the little selection of instant noodles (No Nissin instant noodles).
You will realize after you walk around the aisles that things aren't really where they should be shelved and might just be put in there to fill in an empty spot. The freezers for the frozen seafood are not located in one area and you have to walk from one side of the store to the other to view
everything. I believe the layout was not thought out very well if they could, it should be corrected.
I am happy that this store was opened here to fill in the gap of the closed Price Chopper in this mall and to have some competition with Metro. But this is not even close to a T&T, Foody Mart or Bestco in selection of Chinese (Asian) fresh produce and package foods on the shelf. Personally speaking, I think when it comes to Chinese shopping, I tend to stick to the products that I have been using for ages. I might try something new but if it doesn't work it, I would go back to ones we trust. If I had a regular shopping list of items to get, I would probably find 60% of it here.
I can't say this would be my number 1 "go to" place to shop but if I needed meat, frozen fish or vegetables... I would come here to buy.
I hope you find this helpful and please shop here yourself to see if it suits your shopping needs!
The fish department just to your left when you enter has a good selection of seafood but when I was there I believe there was a problem with water filtering and lobsters and BC crabs where swimming in clouded water. Meat department, good selection of meats and it was brightly lit and easy to view everything. The fridge section has packaged meats from chicken to pork and was priced reasonable. Vegetable & fruit departments I thought could have been larger to carry more fresh produce but it wasn't. This grocery store caters to Chinese and to other international countries like India and Caribbean (large selection of spices) and North American products (prices are bit higher). A large selection of snacks not focusing mainly on Chinese snacks so its very limited (disappointing). What's also disappointing was the little selection of instant noodles (No Nissin instant noodles).
You will realize after you walk around the aisles that things aren't really where they should be shelved and might just be put in there to fill in an empty spot. The freezers for the frozen seafood are not located in one area and you have to walk from one side of the store to the other to view
everything. I believe the layout was not thought out very well if they could, it should be corrected.
I am happy that this store was opened here to fill in the gap of the closed Price Chopper in this mall and to have some competition with Metro. But this is not even close to a T&T, Foody Mart or Bestco in selection of Chinese (Asian) fresh produce and package foods on the shelf. Personally speaking, I think when it comes to Chinese shopping, I tend to stick to the products that I have been using for ages. I might try something new but if it doesn't work it, I would go back to ones we trust. If I had a regular shopping list of items to get, I would probably find 60% of it here.
I can't say this would be my number 1 "go to" place to shop but if I needed meat, frozen fish or vegetables... I would come here to buy.
I hope you find this helpful and please shop here yourself to see if it suits your shopping needs!
