Hoa Hing Market

Serious hole in the wall, but it pretty much had everything I needed to make Vietnamese ca-​ri (curry) and for cheap!
I was able to get ginger, lemongrass, cilantro, onions, a huge bag of shallots, garlic-​chili paste, 4oz. of curry powder, two cans of coconut milk, and a bag of onion ring chips (the Asian kind, couldn’t resist) for about $ 12. Major steal for a recipe that makes at least 8 servings!
Definite go-​to for those specialty Asian items you need for your pantry!

I totally digged this little ghetto store and meat market! This market had everything an Asian could ever want in a market. I came in to get ingredients to make PHO. I was very impressed by the fresh produce and variety. The selection of Asian sauces, mixes, vegetables, noddles, teas, was awesome!
The meat selection was very fresh and well priced!
The fresh whole fish selection was impressive too!
The staff was very courteous and helpful!
My mother just moved into this neighborhood and I will be looking forward to stopping in here for some exotic shopping!

love this small shop by my house. (:

On a job in City Heights, I was prompted to pick up ingredients for a Thai dinner. Unilocal mobile app TO THE RESCUE! While I had no reviews to go on, it pointed me to a grocery that featured Thai and oriental items only 3 blocks away. I finished up the job and headed for Hoa Hing Market.
The strip mall it is in features numerous ethnic stores, and the parking lot is quite busy. After securing a space in the lot, I entered the store. The store is separated into groceries, produce and butcher on one side, with pots, pans and other housewares on the other side. The entrance to the store is on the grocery side, and access to the housewares is on the other side of the registers at the front of the store and through a doorway at the back of the store, next to the butcher.
This is a smaller grocery, with oriental, hispanic and american grocery offerings. There are 5 aisles, set up with oriental offerings on one side, hispanic and american offerings on the other. I was in search of several items for Pad Thai and Som Tom, and found everything I was looking for. While most oriental grocery stores offer multiple examples of every product, Hoa Hing does not have the space available for such an offering.
The butcher shop, like the store, is not large. While it is not dirty, per se, it could certainly benefit from some updating. The produce aisle, while also smaller, is stocked with wonderfully fresh fruit and vegetables. It suffers similar to the butcher shop, not dirty but could use some updating.
The prices on their offerings are a bit lower than other ethnic markets I have shopped in and around San Diego. The challenge: finding myself in the neighborhood so infrequently, it is a bit out of the way for me to come here. If I am going to do a big pantry restock, this is the place I will come to… but if I only need a few items to fill out a meal, I probably won’t.
Pros:Smaller, great prices, has everything I am looking for.
Cons:In need of some updating in the butcher shop and produce aisle.