Rare food items for Southeast Asian cooking!…read more This market is one of my favorites in Philadelphia. It's not as large as the Sino-Vietnamese markets on Washington Ave, but it has some very specialized inventory for mainland Southeast Asia cooking (Thai/Lao/Cambodian/Vietnamese). I've been going there for about 5 years, and it's a regular stop on grocery shopping trips. If you've ever traveled to mainland Southeast Asia, you'll know that fresh herbs are very important in making or breaking a dish. Seng Hong's well-stocked herb selection in the refrigerator is a particular strength. At any given time they have around 10 different herbs available. The freezer section is exotic. Lots of interesting new imports from Thailand there, including "sour fish" and lightly fermented gouramy . There are frozen yanang leaves and frozen sour flesh of the krasang fruit for making funky Cambodian dips. They now sell Isaan sausages (Northeastern Thai sour pork sausages), alongside Chinese and Cambodian sausages. This is where we usually get our green papayas and ingredients for papaya salads, and there are new product lines of jarred dips and sauces in a pretty steady stream from Thailand. They also have a pretty good selection of Southeast Asian cooking implements (rice steamers, mortars and pestles). The staff are very helpful. One clerk speaks Thai and Lao in addition to Khmer, and the owner's English is good.

Ok, so I have a old Volvo with ~250,000 mile on it. It has this thing where it just dies and if…read moreyou wait 1 or 2 minutes with the ignition off it starts right back up. So today I was driving up Broad Street north of the Boulevard, south of the SEPTA regional rail overpass. Inga (my wife named her; since College I have named all my cars posie for Piece of S***IE) started to buck... Anyway Inga takes a herring break at Broad and just south of Rockland, so using momentum I made a right onto Rockland heading east. I slid into a spot and waited a few moments and then turned the key. Inga says ya, shure, and we are off turning left to go north on Old York Rd. On the northwest corner of Old York and Rockland there is a place with Sanscripty Thai ish script and English translation like ciigroceryanddeli just like that no spaces - they did not speak much English and they did not seem to have much I wanted to buy, but as I exited I saw across the street Seng Hong. What the heck I thought in for (insert your favorite phrase here - mad libs comes to Yelp - ya saw it here first, folks). Seng Hong is like the places that I would explore in NYC Chinatown as a kid in the 60's - the parents would L-I-N-G-E-R over lunch or dinner and 8 YO me would get excused and explore. Times sure have changed! One is curious how 'modern' kids and young adults function sans smart phone or even develop street smarts, but I digress... My MIL wanted gold haut 70's gold colored silverware for Xmas and I thought what the heck. They do have loads of oriental cooking stuff and various tschotskes as well as many different kinds of foods most unknown to me but not gold silverware. This is a place that folks who know about Oriental foods will likely enjoy exploring, and if you live in the Jenkintown - Cheltenham area like me like me it's closer then Chinatown, and less corporate then the admittedly excellent H Mart at Cheltenham and 611 at the Philly line. They have the requisite Hispanic guy assisting the middle aged woman who seems to run the place. If you want to check out a cool place and choose from Viet Namese, Chinese, and Thai stuff (to my untrained eye) this is a very cool place. My (as of this writing) 5 YO niece and her 3 YO brother love eating with chop sticks, but their dad is not a big Oriental food fan, so I bought a set of 6 plastic chop sticks, a pinkish red plastic plate with a pretty rose on it the niece, a blue plastic plate with a strong masculine design on it for the nephew, and a medium size serving plate with Chinese characters on it (eat at Liu's?) and 2 packages of ichi ban ramen for $13.26. The lady even let me use my MAC despite the bill being under 15 bucks... Here is a photo from Google Street View - it looked safe enough but late at night I don't know...http://goo.gl/maps/8Wfnv

Great little shop and the nicest owners! It's really convenient when you're walking around the…read morecenter of the city or between neighborhoods like Chinatown and center city. Love grabbing a cold drink on a warm day or stopping by on my way home from work. The owner is really sweet and open to feedback about items to order too! Love love love this spot. It's bigger on the inside than you think, very clean, and organized!

Fortune Market is super convenient, right across from my apartment! The service is excellent, and…read morethey stock everything I need except tobacco and alcohol. Highly recommend this store!

I really enjoyed visiting S.mart! You can't go wrong with anything you buy here…read more I spent less than $20 and got a decent amount of stuff: Black Truffle Velvet Mashed Potato Pringles Ritz Crackers with Chocolate Matcha Chocolates Watermelon Konjac jelly pack Japanese Oreos Gift Box (not pictured) So far, I've had the Oreos, Matcha Chocolate and the Pringles. All were pretty solid! The Pringles remind me of something other than mashed potatoes but I can't put my finger on it. The Oreos are all different flavors and are slightly thinner than the Oreos sold here in the US. The flavor I tried was White Peach and Crystal Grape. Interesting combination to mix with chocolate but it was actually tasty. The matcha chocolate doesn't taste like chocolate. The matcha flavor is very strong and it tastes like you're biting into a block of matcha but with the consistency of chocolate. I wasn't helped by anyone besides the cashier so I can't speak too much on the staff but overall I was able to navigate the store without any questions. The store is a little tight especially when you're sharing the aisles with other people. My understanding is that the S.mart directly next door is owned by the same family and is a store specializing in skincare. They share the same name but sell different items. Great selection of international treats and a nice place for gifts, too!

Small shop packed with an amazing selection of imported foods, drinks, and collectables, and great…read moreprices (far better than ordering online from A-z). Accepts SNAP. Always polite when I've shopped here.

This is a nice Asian market in Chinatown that has all kinds of Asian fruits and vegetables. We…read moreloaded up on longans, grape plums, and a few durians. Grape plums were something new to me, and I became addicted to them rather quickly. They taste just as their name depicts, a hybrid between a black grape and a red plum. The skin is thick and tart, just like a plum, while the inside resembles a black grape in taste while the texture is a bit chewy like the grapes used to make wine. I ate these almost every day while I was in town!

Prices are the lowest in this store among the other stores in the street. The OdOR is sooo scarry…read morestink. But for the low prices of seafood, veggies, junk foods, chips, meat and condiments on the second floor....that one can ignore the Foul Fishy Ocean smell. I think there is nothing they can about it. Busy and crowded. Wear your bad shoes 'coz the odor will follow you home.

Yummy and cheap food with lots of options. Neighborhood staple!! I wish they were open later for…read moremidnight munchies lol.

They are so very nice and the food is good. I can only get the fries because I'm vegan but they're…read morevery good. I have friends who've ordered other thing and it is good food. Lovely corner store.

If you can get past the fish smell when you walk in, this place is incredible. It has every kind of…read moreasian food you can imagine - from snacks, to noodles, to tofu, mochi, and everything in between! It's the best asian market in the city.

Best of the best. Lowest price complete grocery. A must stop. Parking lot available for free. For…read moreall your Asian/ oriental food items this is the place to buy and stock up.