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Asia Food Company
Category: Food Specialty Food Ethnic Food Ethnic Food [Edit]
1541 E 38th StCleveland, OH 44114
(216) 426-8880
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- Accepts Credit Cards:
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- Parking:
- Private Lot
7 reviews for Asia Food Company
7 reviews in English
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Review from Jeff B.
Updated - 1/17/2012 2 photos
This is one of my favorite Asian markets. This place is kind of a mini destination if you ask me. There are art galleries and a Korean restaurant upstairs. The place is still not very well know so it is not hipster-ed out yet.
Moving right a long. The market. They have amazingly fresh produce. It is really economical to buy your veggies and just about anything else from Asia!. The cafe in the back still serves up a great bowl of Pho amongst many other treats. They also have prepared foods as well. The BBQ pork, Squid, ribs are all very good. They even have piggy heads. Who does not like a good pig head every now and then!
They have some baked goods that really tasty. They have these amazing spring rolls that I absolutely have to devour every time I'm in the area.
This place is very big and very clean. There is one thing this place is lacking, and that is that funky Asian market stench a most places have. Kind of like a mix of old fish and poop. I am not complaining either!
The service is fast and friendly, they even remember your name.
Oh, on a side note they have Kafir Lime leaves, lemon grass, decent seafood, some nice meats, and a few Hispanic products as well. Most meat at Asian markets have a high freak me out factor. Not here.
So come here, trip out the art galleries, listen to the Japanese drum group, visit Negative Space upstairs, then hit the market and cure your munchies. I would even say it is a kind of cool date place my non Asian friend are baffled that this place exists.
Sayonara zetsubou senseiListed in: 100 reviews, Amazing Chao in Cleveland
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12/27/2010
This is in the new Asian Town Center. This place is pretty cool. The service is super friendly. They… Read more »
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Review from Nicole M.
Updated - 1/21/2012
I had some of their roasted pork and lemongrass roasted chicken legs today. That was astounding. The pork was amazing in my homemade fried rice-- rich, juicy and perfect!!!
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1/20/2012
The store itself is immaculate. The selection is so huge as to be dizzying, but it is well… Read more »
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Review from Manoa H.
6/19/2011
The Skinny: The excellent char siew (bbq pork & duck) at the deli here bumped it up from 3-star to 4. In comparison to nearby competitor Park to Shop, family-run Asia Food Co. carries fewer varieties of Asian dry goods and snacks but offers meat and produce superior in quality as well as a more relaxed, spacious and better ventilated shopping experience. Customer service is also very friendly, prompt, and helpful.
The long of it:
Decent Asian supermarket with well-kept meat counter and deli--will suffice for any foodie looking to brew up some Asian concoctions at home or looking to grab a quick, delicious meal, cafeteria-style. Asia Food Co.'s selection of produce, frozen and dry goods is satisfactory, though I must agree with fellow Yelpers: there was something unsettling about the handful of empty shelves interspersed throughout the aisles. Better display management or stocking practices, and you're up to a five-star review!
I've been to my fair share of Asian grocery stores, and the meat/butcher's counter here stood out for me. All the meat and seafood looked clean and fresh and best of all, there wasn't even the slightest whiff of raw meat that you'll normally find at the butcher counter of say, a Giant Eagle. Proper refrigeration, an airy, open layout, and full ventilation throughout the market no doubt lead to this rarest and rather disconcerting phenomenon: an odor-free Asian supermarket. Sans the usual funky overtones of Asian herbs, spices, and ripening meat stewing at room temperature, Asia Food Co. won the approval of even my bf's non-Asian olfactory preferences.
The hot deli and bakery section at the back of the market is equally outstanding. We'd actually been initially lured by the fact that the former owner of the market (Mr. Duong) now mans the char siew counter (while his son and daughter manage the daily operations of the market). We ordered a pound of pork char siew and half a roast duck--the taciturn, cleaver-adept Mr. Duong even threw in extra sauce to go with the duck. Both our deli orders were succulent and well-seasoned--a real hit.
While Park to Shop down the street holds a wider selection of Asian household products, snacks, dry goods, and produce--not to mention that it's in the same shopping center as our favorite dim sum hangout Li Wah--and Asia Food Co. evinces the air of a half-renovated, half-stocked work-in-progress, the latter is noteworthy for its excellent onsite Chinese barbecue and well-attended meat and seafood sections. I'll definitely be returning for my general Asian grocery needs, even if it means traveling a little farther after dim sum runs! -
Review from Rachael N.
Cleveland, OH
1/20/2011 1 Check-in Here
I was pretty impressed with Asia Food Co.
Located inside the Asian Town Center, I stumbled upon this grocery store when I first moved to Cleveland. I was desperate for some fresh vegetables and my favorite seasonings.
It's not super big or anything like that, but it's pretty cheap and the vegetables are quite fresh. I miss the gigantic asian store in Ann Arbor (and all the other Korean/Chinese/other stores), but Asia Food Co keeps me happy. The vegetables are fresh, I can find my sauces, and they have pretty much everything I need for my cooking.
I was hesitant to try the random bakery/bbq joint in the back of the store. I mean... you wouldn't think it would be good in the back of a grocery store, right? My dad spoke to one of the ladies and got them to make my fave loh mai chi....and omg, it was good. It beat the ones I tried in some bakery in NYC. We tried the duck as well.....and it was good! Not amazing, but pretty good for when I have a craving.
Yep, Asia Food Co has all my needs and more. Still wish there was more variety...but for the price and the essentials, it's worth it. -
Review from Peter S.
9/21/2010
I am prone to exaggeration. When asked how many pieces of cake I'd like, I'm apt to say a million. On a hot, sweltering day, if asked what the temperature is, I'm likely to say a billion degrees. However, understand that this is no exaggeration when I say that there are hundreds of thousands of bottles of soy sauce in this place.
The new Asia Town Center at 38th and St. Clair is impressive on the outside, though it looks more like a trendy, two floor school than it does shopping center. Inside, a majority of the bottom floor is taken up by Asia Food Company, a massive near 115,000 square feet that a Wal*Mart may have a bit of an issue filling. And, no, they don't do a very good job, either. The aisles are wide, and shelves are puzzlingly bare, and puzzlingly and curiously placed
For instance, the soy sauce remark: In each aisle, there is a four foot by eight foot section of soy sauces after you've walked in and shopped a twenty foot expanse of soy sauces. And that's not including the oyster sauces, the fish sauces, the teriyaki sauces, and other fermented delights.
There are Korean Goods next to Japanese goods. Vietnamese next to Chinese. Dogs and Cats. Apples and Oranges. Things very unlike the other, in other words.
The prepared foods section would make the Giant Eagle Kitchens look like Morton's. There were tables interspersed within a bank of unused freezers that you could sit at and eat. I didn't dare approach. I'd already eaten like, a thousand burritos, and it was a million degress and...
A plus in the favor of this joint is that the smell inside -- which has been somewhat offensive to western noses, traditionally inside these predominantly Asian stores -- was tame and actually pleasant. The fish section looked well taken care of, and had no scent whatsoever. The tilapia swam happily, unaware that they were meant to be on some hipster's taco in just a few hours.
All in all, the products are okay and fairly cheap. I, of course, bought soy sauce. -
Review from Tam V.
6/28/2011 4 Check-ins Here
I can't believe I use to go to Tink Holl when this place was open. Probably the best Asian grocery store in Cleveland with a very cheap vegetables and very well kept meat and fish. They have a small bakery shop in the back too! I still follow the rule of checking the expiration dates but this place is usually on top of that.
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Review from Juan S.
Willoughby Hills, OH
3/19/2011 13 Check-ins Here
The new store is great. It also have a restaurant inside the store. Great food. The fresh baked pastries is one of the best in town. The roast duck is by far my personal favorite. Sometimes on weekend, they have freshly roasted that just came out. The new store is huge. I give only 4 out of 5 because there's certain items I have to get at other stores. Occasionally I will buy bulk cases of product for work. Very friendly staff.
