I Heart Marukai…read more Going to Marukai is like being in a candy store for me. Entering the store, my senses are barraged with upteen choices, starting with snacks. Really have to hold myself back as I could subsist on Japanese snacks alone lol. Love that freshly milled rice is available here, amongst the myriad of bagged rice choices. Hot and cold food available here, along with poke bar and food items of regional fairs regularly held here. Getting here may pose a challenge with lane closures due to rail construction. Once you get here, finding parking is usually not an issue (save special holidays). Perhaps tonight I will be dreaming of having a shopping spree at Marukai where I get to consume what I wish to my hearts delight!

I can count on this location for fresh bentos, hot and cold selections made daily under $10 during…read morebreakfast and lunch. If you need bentos for dinner, some may be discounted for $1 to $2 less than the regular price. Most of the employees running the kitchen are done for the day. I have bought some items regarding party favors. If I need to find specific Japanese items or brands, I can browse and generally find it here. You're welcome to bring your own shopping bags. There's also recyclable bags available for purchase.

What a great little store. They had exactly what I was looking for. They have a large variety of…read morecondiments, sauces,spices, noodles, rice and frozen items. We had fun exploring the products. The staff o4 owners were very friendly and helpful. I highly recommend this shop and look forward to another visit when I need to stock up on Thai products again

It's a small Lao store located in China town, close to maunakea marketplace. It was my 2nd time…read morecoming by. The prices they have in this store is cheaper than I've seen in DonQ. They also have a small fridge filled with homemade Laos items like fermented pork sausage, jeow bong, etc. The workers are so friendly here, easily making conversation with us and the regulars here. Worth stopping by!

Love this place on Bethel Street. Have been going here for their pickle mango. The owner makes the…read morepickle mango and always call me and say hello nice lady she calls me that I make pickle mango how much you like i save for you. I normally buy 1 pound tell her I be down later in the week or that same day. I love the lemon peel strips it doesn't have a taste where other c mui places carry does. So I go there all the time. If you in town on Bethel Street go and get some seeds. She even have candies too all ready bagged.

The sweetest lady helped us! Her seeds were excellent!! Can't wait to go again!! Her recipe does…read morenot include saccharine which gives us headaches! They were delicious!

Great selection of specialty Asian items…read more Good service Convenient location. Lots of narrow aisles with loads of treasures

New Hong Kong Market in Chinatown is my go-to place for frozen buns (bao). The last row against the…read morewall, has all the freezers and they are stocked with different brands of frozen buns, shrimp dumplings, soup dumpling (xiao long bao) and glutinous rice balls (tong yuan). They have the cleanest freezers because they don't post their price tags all over the glass. They have the salted egg yolk custard buns here and they're $6 for 12 pieces. All the frozen buns in the baby blue colored package are good. The buns are moist and soft when you steam them at home. If you're looking for Asian sauces, dried noodles, Asian canned goods, or authentic snacks, you will also find those here. The aisles are tight, and each shelf is filled with merchandise. If you can't find something, ask the person sitting at the register and they will let you know if they have it and which aisle. The owners speak Mandarin and a little bit of English but if you show them a photo of the product on your phone, they'll be able to help you out. Whenever I shop in Chinatown, I park in the Marin Tower parking. The parking structure is well lit, and they have reasonable rates. It's only a few minutes walk to New Hong Kong Market.

Discovered that there was an H Mart closer to where we were staying so we ddecided to pop in…read more Hmmm...this was a surprise for us. We are from the Bay Area, so our H Marts are newer and cleaner. This H Mart seemed to be like a Lion's Market from where we come from. They did have some interesting potato chip flavors.

I have bad exprienced here because of cashier. Her name is…read moreFLORINDA. She is very bad customer service. She need trainning how treat to customer. Greeting and packing basic manner for customer. She didn't greeting even no packing what i bought. She so rude to customer.

Awesome place to check out if you like a different style variety for items you won't see at other…read morebig box stores / Sam's / Costco Great bulk selections of specialty food Fresh & frozen & restaurant supplies free membership .....

It's a locally owned and operated and part of the Y. Hata Ohana. Their warehouse has gourmet food…read moreand restaurant's supply for food service professionals and home cooks. You can find some local products and gourmet food supplies that you may not be able to find at other places. You will find frozen products and produce in the chiller and containers, utensils & plastic bags and other restaurant supplies. Sometimes they have specials going on and gourmet items that you will need to make your dish a stand out. It great to browse around and see what they have. They have free memberships for Ohana and business memberships. For businesses, can enter 2 hour prior from regular memberships. Although they may not turn away paying customers if they happened to show up early. There's enough free parking available. Recently forgot something in my cart and I took a chance to call if anyone turned it in. Yay, they had it on their log and so grateful. The chef zone's red roof can be seen from afar! It's located at Ualena street and close to Lagoon Drive! Sign up and your card will be ready when the next time you visit again.

BLAH!? Like blah blah blah? Why do you call this BLAH? You're lying, cuz there is NOTHING BLAH…read moreabout Blah's smoked meat. I was a vendor at a recent Christmas craft fair at Dole Cannery and stumbled on Blah's because it was the only food vendor there. THIS. THIS IS WHAT SMOKED MEAT tastes like. Holy smoked meat you guys. You gotta sampo if you ever come across this booth. I think the only way to get your hands on his meat is to visit the air conditioned farmers markets. Yeah, this is my kind of guy, only doing business in the A/C! Basically you have to catch him at Windward Mall farmers markets inside the mall or at these air conditioned Christmas craft fairs. He sells most of it uncooked, so you just have to throw it in a fry pan when you get home. I was lucky enough to get a bento with smoked meat/rice to go, and I inhaled it all. Do yourself a flavor and find this guy and buy a slab of his meat. Get one for me too.

I'm super picky when it comes to smoked meat bring from off island I have certain standards…read more I came to Windward mall and Blahs was one of the first vendors I saw and was offered a sample. Not only did I love the sample but my 7 year old boy loved it. My intention was to walk through the whole farmers market and come back to get a bento. Well that didn't last long. After a few mins I went back to get my smoked meat bento. My son and I shared the bento and we are both full. Not sure if they use guava Jam or jelly but I could definitely taste the sweet but it was equally balanced with the savory of the what I'm assuming is soy and other spices. The meat was tender and had just enough fat to balance it all out. The sauce over the rice was winner! Mahalo Blahs Bonus: the guy selling the smoked meat was awesome too. Super friendly and even offered my son 2 samples

I just picked up 20lb xl snow crabs legs, 6lb jumbo tiger shrimp, and 6lb clams all for $370 for…read moreour seafood boil feast at home...GREAT DEAL! The guys were super helpful and patient. They brought out the products from their freezer that I considered buying just so I could see they looked like. Not much parking but you're pretty much in and out fast. CASH ONLY. Here are the current prices...

I like their prices. I don't like that, even for a fee, they can't cut large bulk pieces into…read moresmaller manageable chunks for home use.