Wing Yip

The restaurant is part of a complex that includes a Chinese supermarket. It is a bid place with parking. For people in he northwest London, it is quite convenient.
We ordered lots of food: roast duck (燒鴨), veggies, tofu (琵琶豆腐), crispy pork (燒肉） and barbecue park 叉燒 and fried rice 揚州炒飯. I loved the duck. Food quality is as good as you can get anywhere in London.

WING YIP! thats how its said ‘cos everytime i mention this place, someone from behind some hiding place shouts «WING YIP!!»
If you are a little like me and wondered how to cook like the best of Chinese and Oriental cooking, this is the place.
There so many little gems and everything One needs for a quality Chinese meal, or even for economic reasons.
The staff were helpful, and the isle are well laid out. the only problem is that it is hard to get to because its on Junction 1 of the M1 and as a pedestrian, it kinda difficult.
everyone i know loves the place and its a shame i’ve only recently discovered that this was an actual place to shop as I had passed many a time.
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WING YIP! You have saved me. Every little can of bean paste, every wonton I own (frozen!), every soy sauce variety I have collected in this house of mine is due to you. You massive, brightly lit with annoying neon lights, ridiculous and amazing store, you.
Upon moving here from London, I was annoyed that I couldn’t find the trusty East Asian groceries I had found with such ease in the states. Where the hell were the water chestnuts? Where could one find the best dumplings? Why can’t anything be found in a Sainsbury’s without a staff member giving you the evil eye?
My husband suggested, after listening to my ranting, that we visit Wing Yip and I’m so glad we did. Everything is clearly marked with a large selection of everything you’re looking for, from lemon grass to pork dumplings to fried duck to baby corn in a can. It’s a little out of our way and if it is for you, make sure you stock up. The staff is reliable, making your purchases is quick and painless and you will not leave disappointed. I can’t imagine an item you wouldn’t find in this store — go with a big shopping list and kiss your aggravating visits to Tesco goodbye.

Wing Yip is my little slice of Heaven. It’s a small pilgrimage for me, and I go every one or two months to stock up. I always set a price limit for myself, and I always break it.
Having lived in Asia, it’s great to find old loves and new ones among the rows and rows of aisles. My cheap large bottles of soy sauce, sticky vegetarian oyster sauce, frozen tempeh, fresh lotus root, and a case of discount TsingTao. All for me!
They have a great range of frozen mock meats and I love their restaurant kitchen warehouse section as well. Steamers, bulk scrubby pads, chopping boards; I’m stocked up!
In the supermarket area, but outside the tills, there are also other little shops. My fav being the knick knack shop because in the back they have books in English of Chinese lores, Buddhism and also children’s books for learning Mandarin.
Stop at the in-​house Reindeer Café before shopping so you don’t go in hungry!

Lets start with the service. Not normally what you start with when you’re considering a supermarket but Wing Yip is not your normal supermarket. This is somewhere where they pack your bags for you, taking so much consideration as to how you like them packed that the person on the till will sort through your lined-​up items to get heavy or frozen ones swiped first so they can go at the bottom of the bag.
It’s a far away from ‘Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area’ as you can get. A great human touch.
So what next after service? Décor. YES! Bright yellow with a pagoda roof and neighbouring pagoda office block. Okay, it’s not very traditional Edgware Road but it adds a smile to the bleakness of Staples Corner which is just suicidal grim.
The food range is incomparable for London East-​Asian food. They have the lot. What more can I say. They also have everything you need to set up your own restaurant as well — cutlery, 20 gallon pots, chopping boards in packs of 20. It’s pretty tempting in the final section not to just say ‘fuck it! I’m going into business!‘
For me the best section of all is the fresh seafood counter. Lobsters, Clams, Pomfret, Crabs all at very good prices and many still alive. I can imagine this is the fall-​back for many chefs who don’t get to Billingsgate on time.
I wish I lived closer and could swap Wing Yip for my local Tesco. Speaking of which… this is very close to where the first ever Tesco once was. How things change!

Being used to the mega Chinese and Taiwanese supermarkets of North America, I found Wing Yip slightly underwhelming but probably the best place to get all things Asian in the UK. They have a huge warehouse-​y cash and carry/​Costco type section in case you need 2 gallons of soy sauce or multiple packages of rice flour. A huge section of dumplings, seafood, fresh fish and meat, sauces, and noodles. They even have a lot of the cooking utensils — steamers, woks, ladles, bowls, etc.
In general I think Chinese vegetables (i.e. dau miu, gai lahn, etc.) are very hard to come by in the UK, and very expensive, since it’s all imported from China, but they have quite a good and fresh selection at Wing Yip.
Wing Yip is slightly difficult to get to if you don’t have a car — the 266 and 332 buses pass by there. For city slickers without a car, it can be a bit of a hike (and for someone like me new to town and confused that it was on Edgware Road — it’s in NW2).

If you like Chinese food and like to try your hand at cooking Chinese yourself, make your way to Wing Yip, as there is no place better to match your Chinese and oriental needs.
Wing Yip is massive Chinese supermarket, with free outdoor and underground parking. It has a lift to get to the shop floor, and it has absolutely everything that an Oriental Chef would need.
You can also buy Oriental Kitchen utensils like steamers and other things that they use. They also sell books on oriental cookery, toys and traditional Chinese ornaments etc.
I love a Dim Sum, that’s what I usually get when I am dining at a Chinese restaurant. Recently, I thought to try my hands at cooking Dim Sum my self.
A trip to Wing Yip made it easy, as they have a huge frozen section to get those dumplings, Ho-​Fun etc, I also bought some sweet chilli sauce. I took my frozen goods home and steamed them, and it was like having a takeaway, just healthier and cheaper.
I love Chinese food, and if you do, Wing Yip is the answer to Chinese food shopping. They also have their own restaurant, where they use only what you can find in store. I had a small meal and was not impressed. I had high hopes for it but they weren’t met. Though that was when the restaurant first opened, it may be better now.