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East Broadway (F)
Grand St (B, D)
CLOSED!!!
Sadly this location has burned down and currently it's nothing but flattened concrete.
There is however another Hong Kong Supermarket located at Hester and Elizabeth St.
Unfortunately this location on East Broadway is CLOSED due to a massive fire which lead to a collaspe in the building on May 14, 2009.
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This location has been an icon in Chinatown for years where everything Asian goodies and quite large in size for a good price. Although customer service has, sadly, declined greatly. The aisles are always cramped and narrow yet well stocked from dried fruit, to sweets, to produce.
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I went here with my roommate to actually buy groceries! Their prices are much much cheaper than Morton Williams. Their instant ramen is fair, at $0.59 each, 4-pack mochi at $1.99 (that's only 50 cent per mochi!!) and a large 24 oz bag of dumplings for only $2.99. Everything is organized and in stock, they have plenty of check outs so you won't have to wait long. I love this place!
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This place spoils you and makes you jaded towards any other market trying to charge 3.99/lb for grapes!?
I come here weekly-to get my fair share of fresh fruits and veggies, it is ridiculously cheap!
How cheap you might ask--well today I picked up 6 oranges, 5 apples, 2 Avocados, 3 star fruits, 2lbs of grapes, and a bushel of bananas for a grand total of $13 and some change!!
UNBELIEVABLE--Im in Love
Great deals and everyone is pretty friendly and helpful--you do feel a tad bit rushed at times but its def better to get in and get out!
3.5 stars.
I used to come here (once or twice) when I first discovered E Broadway. Since I found New York Supermarket though, I do most of my Chinese grocery shopping there instead as it has some really cheap prices in general. However, I pass by HK Supermarket on the way back and often stop by to get the tofu and fishballs which are cheaper than NYS. Haha, yes, I get a cheap thrill of beating the price system.
What can I say about this location?
Grimy,
Dirty,
Cramped,
Stank,
Grumpy staff...
For those of you who never grew up in a tiny apartment with 15 people, you'll feel overwhelmed and scared. People have no sense of personal space and will rub up against you as they pass let alone push you out of their way.
I came over here to check it out and after a quick breeze through, I was so turned off that I went to my regular grocery haunts on Grand Street.
My bf's mom gave us a wok so we wanted to go get some yummy food to cook. I was searching Yelp for a good place to shop and this look as good as any. It is definitely huge and hard to miss. The kind of have it all as far as groceries/frozen foods go but the produce section is seriously lacking. Not to mention it is in the same part of the store where the butcher is. I couldn't help but be grossed out by all the liquid on the floor and the fact that it was grimy.
I'd go back again but just for dry goods or frozen foods. I don't think I can handle walking near the produce/meat/fish section ever again.
This ain't whole foods, so be prepared for some unusual smells if you're not accustomed to Asian supermarkets!
But getting past that, you'll be able to find most essential Asian cooking ingredients (with a focus on Chinese cuisine, being in Chinatown). And best of all, its damn cheap!
For such a giant Chinese supermarket, it sure is cramped. Two Chinese people can't even stand side by side in an aisle, I was constantly turning towards the shelves so other tiny Asian shoppers could pass behind. I was ready to get down on my hands and knees and tell people to just leapfrog over me. It's also dirty and disorganized but they do have everything you're going to need. There's also nothing like good ole' Chinese customer service where you can have a 10 item sales transaction with nary an exchange of words nor eye contact.
Great grocery store for all your Asian (but primarily Chinese) packaged food needs. The store is very large and they have a wide variety of products in every category (sauces, tofu, dumplings, noodles, tea, rice, snacks, oils, etc.). While it is a Chinese market first, they carry a ton of non-Chinese brands as well. They also feature a pretty extensive selection of household items like toilet paper, soap, and dishes.
The prices are very good and the convenience of having such a wide range of products in one store more than makes up for any products with relatively higher prices.
In my opinion, the produce section is only so-so. It's not very large and I would suggest you check out some of the produce stands and markets that are a little further east on E Broadway. I usually go to those first and then get whatever else I couldn't find at Hong Kong Supermarket.
The store can get cramped when it's crowded, but it's nothing compared to some of the other stores in the neighborhood. It's also relatively clean, again especially compared to its neighbors.
This is my #1 weekly grocery destination and well worth the trip from Bed-Stuy. There's tons of great food and shopping in the area too, so I highly recommend checking it out.
Bonus: they sell 24 packs of Tsing Tao for $25 and Heineken for $29.
This was my go-to Chinese supermarket when I used to live in Manhattan. I'd take the bus up from Wall St and get off across the street and buy my Asian goods.
Every supermarket has their specialties. I came to buy what was good here, which is mostly canned Asian goods and spices, at better prices than any other market in the Chinatown area. Also (hidden tip), they had the best price on seaweed salad of anywhere I've seen, and it's delicious!
Go elsewhere for fresh goods. Everyone who frequents Chinatown should know this.
I love that I can get detoxing foot pads, wasabi peas, frozen dumplings and loads of candy all in one place.
This is one of the closest supermarkets to me and I frequent it more than the others only because I'm too lazy to walk the extra block over to New York Supermarket.
It's pretty much one stop shopping for Asian groceries, meat, fish, produce and fruits, although they're really light on the fresh produce. I'm probably most often found in the snack aisle, the ramen aisle and the frozen foods aisle.
They even have some traditional "American" groceries like cereal and spam and the like in one aisle.
Minus one star for being kinda dirty. Minus another for the staff, including the cranky cashiers and stockpersons and the security guard who thinks everyone there is stealing something!
I was here on 10/12/07 with my friend Gen, and her friend Anne. She wanted to show me another store where I can get Asian food at low prices. I do love to cook for myself when I get the urge.
This place is chuck full to the brim with goodies.
I am a big girl and getting down the isles with other customers is a bit of a challenge especially when they look at me funny, like what am I doing here, or my is she big.
So if you are chunky like me, it may be a little tricky in some tight places.
I saw quite a bit of stuff to take home to my parents the next time I go, or dry goods that I can ship home to Ohio. Some of the same stuff costs twice as much there. The teas, herbs, jellies, and sauces. This is considered gourmet stuff in the Midwest.
The price were low on most things, but quite high on others. So you just have to pick and choose. But there is such a good variety. I will be back there with my trolley cart.
As much as I love one-stop shops for asian fare, I find myself cringing every time I come into this market. I want to like this place since it carries fresh produce, meats, dairy, rice, noodles, sweets, and everything else in between.
However, I just don't like the fact that it's crowded and dirty. I'm not a fan of raw chicken juice dripping into a pail underneath the display case. Nor do I like walking on wet floors. (Ew, is that the chicken juice I'm stepping on??)
Finally, I'm not a fan of cashiers that have major attitudes. Hey, don't blame me if something was mislabeled at a cheaper price. No need to glare at me like I walked in with a price gun.
I'd be hard-pressed to enter this place again.
Eh... I was not impressed. I was on the search for some Asian produce and products that I've never seen before. Unfortunately, the produce is labeled only in Chinese and none of the staff speaks a lick of English (they're a bit gruff, too). The produce is also near the fish. Between the overpowering stench and the styrofoam crate full of unidentifiable things that were still alive and writhing around, I felt a strong urge to move along. Needless to say, I wasn't able to find what I was looking for. I had better luck with the packaged items; 4 or 5 aisles crammed full with an extensive selection of (mostly Chinese) products, most of which are also labeled in English. Still, you can find many of these items in other stores that are cleaner and a lot less scary. It's on the corner of East Broadway and Pike.
Whether you need hoisin sauce in a recipe or looking for wasabi green peas at a reasonable price, the HKSM is definitely where it's at. With locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn, you can depend on the "HK" to provide reasonable prices, great Asian provisions and crowds. This place is not for the faint of heart. Most of the staff speak very limited English, it's helpful to know what you want so they can navigate you in the appropriate direction.
*Now that PathMark is closing - I'm sure this HK Supermarket is jumping in joy! This will now be the closest market - American or not - closest to the public housing sector by the Manhattan Bridge.
Not for claustrophobic types(this place is small and tight)
Not as much items as Dynasty
Closest train is about 5 blocks
Crowded, dirty, the workers are always mad, when its packed there will be some bumping and shoving.......
This place reminded me how RAD it is to live in New York. All those towns in middle america with no Hong Kong Markets?! I stocked up on a million sauces, bean pastes, curries, noodles, veggies and mochi today - for 25 bucks, pow! and I am now enjoying a delicious bowl of tofu & bok choy and feeling ready to appear on Iron Chef. (ok, an amateur Iron Chef, the College Jeopardy version.)
point being: if this white girl can do it, you too can make yourself delicious Asian food at home once you stock up here. Just prepare to spend a long time staring around in awe at the seafood (alive or dried), and hunting among the array of unknown products, because my experience did not involve much assistance from store employees.
do not miss the candy/snack aisle. get the melon gummies - true to their packaging, they are indeed "fresh and juicy."
ok this place is good to come to if you're looking for some random jar ingredients or sauces. i was finally able to find japanese hot mustard! and they have a ton of other hong kong sauces but i was already carrying a lot of junk so i couldn't shop more!
as for fish and meats and produce... didn't look fresh to me at all so i would skip it and walk down the street to the other shops...
be quick as these places are cramped and they wanna usher u out asap!
**NOTE** I wrote this in reference to the Sunset Park location, where the cashiers are arguably less nasty.**
As a former chowhound, I love Hong Kong Supermarket for its sheer breadth of Asian STUFF. Mostly Chinese stuff. Lots of Hong Kong foods (including British novelties like Marmite and Ribena -- hail the Empire, rules the waves). But also plenty from other east and southeast Asian locations. Philippine (adobos, various sawsawan), Japanese (dozens of frozen gyoza, Pocky at low-low prices, lots of flavors of calpis), Taiwanese, Indonesian, on and on, heck they even sell smoked bats from Tonga.
The fresh meats are excellent. The fresh fish in my own experience has always been 'good' by NYC standards (but not as good as some other the smaller fish stores on 8th, and certainly not 'not wicked good' by Boston standards). Produce is good.
(They don't really sell smoked bats from Tonga.)
In the refrigerator units near the beer and soft drinks you also find fresh noodles, dumplings, fish balls and very good vegetarian dishes packed locally. In the freezers, a wealth of shumai and buns and ice cream. In the meat freezers, all sorts of odd stuff -- blue hens, unmade Vietnamese sausage meet, and a dozen things that look like frozen testicles. The packed stuff includes brand name stuff with their funny logos as well as all kinds of pickled licorice and herring in oil and dried plums that look like they were imported from a market kiosk in Bali or somesuch.
Cheap. Consistently cheap.
I picked up three cans of Cafe du Monde coffee with chicory yesterday for $3.59 each. Why do I need dry coffee when I live across the street from Full Doe on 5th Ave (formerly Good Taste House Bakery)? Because Full Doe closes around 8pm, and if I sleep I die. Cafe du Monde serves as the temporary methadone for my nightly Full Doe jones. Hong Kong Supermarket occasionally offers Cafe du Monde on sale for $2.99. Yeah? Stop in Chatham on Cape Cod some day, where I have seen Cafe du Monde sold for -- no lie -- $7.99.
Drink Cafe du Monde with condensed milk, of course. Hong Kong Supermarket offers Parrot condensed skim milk for $.99. Or if you wanna get all fancy, you can pick up Longevity condensed whole milk for $1.39. What's the difference? Two differences. 1. Parrot uses soybean oil to make up from the milk fat that was skimmed away, and 2. 'Longevity' presumably makes you live longer somehow. Is that worth $.40 to you, or what?
HKM has become pivotal in my shopping and eating adventures in Chinatown every seven to 10 days.
I have been shopping here for staples and more for about six months.
It's easy for me to get there (F train) and back (M15 bus).
I buy high quality, lean, reasonably-priced meat; live fish (they kill and filet); vegetables (huge bags of baby bok choy, Chinese broccoli etc.); packaged buns; jams and spreads (coconut, mango, yam); one or two jars of pickled foods that look interesting ..... if it is pickled on the face of the earth you will find it; fruits and melons; and whatever else I happen across that looks interesting.
I don't agree with most of the complaints stated here. HK is not Whole Foods. The more affluent, delicate and probably white people should just stay away. HK is very large, the aisles are narrow, it lacks the kind of upscale supermarket aisle signs you will probably find at MOMA some day. But it is full of Asians, immigrants and Asian-Americans. You are as likely to find yourself in line with a professor of history at CUNY as you are with an Asian octogenarian.
The place is busy. Space for lines at cashiers stations is very limited. Cashiers have to hustle. They are no worse than cashiers at Fairway and Trader Joe.
Your biggest problem is getting several heavy shopping bags back home. But the M15 uptown bus is right across the street.
If you need sustenance when you are lugging heavy bags after a long shop, there is an excellent Chinese restaurant next door on East Broadway where you can get a substantial bowl of congee for $3.00.
For a more leisurely, extraordinary and cheap Vietnamese meal, go across the street to Pho Bang, 3 Pike St. From outside, it looks totally nondescript. The food is authentic and sensational. If you are polite and curious the maitresse d will teach you everything you always wanted to know about Vietnamese cuisine, but didn't know who to ask. Once you break the ice, you may get an extra plate of cilantro for your soup. "Chinese cilantro" (i.e. basil) comes with your order. If you play it right, you can have three soups in one: plain, basil and cilantro. If you cannot finish the soup, do not leave it behind. Take it home.
Espresso with condensed milk turns out to be some of the best cafe filtre in New York. Served with a thermos of plain hot water, you can stretch it into 3 or 4 cups of delicious coffee.
Great store for Asian ingredients... They have pretty much everything you'll ever need, and cover most Asian cuisines. Huge selection of sauces and condiments, most of which you will never find at your usual grocery store. But they also carry Western ingredients (to some extent), so this can really be your one time stop for grocery shopping. The store is cramped and somewhat confusing, so it takes a while sometimes to find what you're looking for, but the prices are dirt cheap so it's totally worth it. They also have a meat and fish market (though I haven't bought anything from there yet), and sell fruit and vegetables outside on the sidewalk.
it would take too long to review every aspect of this place, so i'll just stick to the aisle where i bought too many things: the snack aisle.
the snack aisle is all too easy to go crazy in, because there are so many different things to try and they're all inexpensive. my favorites so far:
muskmelon candies - like a larger and better tasting jolly rancher. tastes of honeydew. addictive.
pineapple cake - imagine a less chewy fig newton with more cake on the outside and filled with pineapple. also comes in muskmelon, which is good, but hard to get used to for some reason.
muscat gummy candy - on the packaging it says "its translucent color so alluring and taste and aroma so gentle and mellow offer admiring feelings of a graceful lady." while i won't go that far it is pretty good.
i wouldn't have known about this place if it weren't for nina's excellent tour, so kudos to her.
I just go through to see the "exotic" asian ingredients, never bought anything in there since most of the labels I can't read. Always a good place to escape to in the summer and kill an hour.
For an Asian supermarket, it's pretty darn good. It had almost everything I needed and I was surprised to find some stuff on sale. Yay for low prices in a city like New York! The vegetable section seemed small to me (couldn't find a vegetable I wanted) but the "bagged, canned, and jarred items" were more than sufficient. Next time, I'm going to spend more time browsing the store and look for new finds.
I used to go out of my way to come here every week for my Chinese vegetables, condiments, and other groceries. Yep it's your typical dingy and grimey Chinatown supermarket but they have everything you could need for your home cooking needs. If you want cleaner you should check out the Flushing location. It's also much bigger. The cashiers here are bitches what can I say? They're fresh off the boat and mean business. Trick is to smile and just give them your groceries. Do not argue with them because you will get owned. Also if you want to use your debit/credit card be sure to have 10 dollars or more worth of groceries or else you will get chewed out.
A bit hard for a non-Asian to navigate, but it seems to have virtually everything.
I got lost in this part of Chinatown once and I ended up here. It's pretty authentic Hong Kong market, dead on to the markets I got lost in when I was actually in China. I can see how if someone is not familiar with the concept they may have trouble figuring the place out, though.
Basically another Dynasty Supermarket...only without that much hype. I've lived in Chinatown way too long to get excited about this stuff. But if you want to do Chinatown in one stop (grocery shopping wise), this is the place.
I really like this place. I like to get my junk food from here. Some of them are good an healthy. My only problem is with the cashiers. They are really big bitches. They think there so hot and they flirt with every guy in the store. Luckily i like the grocery there because i wouldnt go there if i didnt have to get anything.
They've got EVVVVERYTHING! HK is a great market where you can get just about everything in one stop. It is a bit out of the way, but you can always cab it. Lots of hard to find items and great prices.
Good place to get all your Chinese groceries, from rice, noodles, condiments, sauces, drinks, fresh vegetables, meat, seafood, desserts, etc. Pricing is cheap compared to some other Chinese supermarkets, kinda dingy but tolerable. It is over at East Broadway which is out of the way for me so I usually get my stuff over at Canal Street side.
I go to dynasty more even thou I live closer to this one. It's almost as big as dynasty, sell almost the same stuff... about the same price, and well, they sell a lot of bootleg chocolate lol
This place really comes in handy for the neighborhood. There are not as much little grocery stores or deli's in the area. This place serves as meat/fish market as well as a supermarket. But everytime I go, there's something off for me.. maybe because it's a bit on the dirty side, or the space isn't set up well. Something about it doesn't make me want to linger and shop like some other markets. Well stocked though. (Path Mart is up two or three long blocks but it's generally less expensive here and there's a whole lot of chinese items.)
this beats going from store to store trying to find every ingredient to make the appropriate dish! its the one stop shop! it almost makes me feel like im back in the bay area where they have many extensive asian markets like this...whats also great about this market, is that the location is NOT in the center of chinatown...thank goodness!
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