Asia Supermarket
About
Grocery
Price Range : Under $10 (£)
Location
Adress: 189 Ormeau Road, Belfast, BT7 1SQ
Phone: +44 28 9032 6396
Work Hours
Business info
- move_to_inboxTake-outNo
- local_parkingParkingStreet
- directions_bikeBike ParkingYes
Reviews
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Jules S.
I've been meaning to try to recreate the dumplings from Wagamama for ages, and having been disappointed with my search for ingredients in Tesco, where else would I try but Asia Supermarket.
Looking drab from the outside, inside is a bustle of colour and noise, busy with people and packets with labels I couldn't read. After dandering up and down the aisles I finally asked a really lovely girl about the dumpling wrappers. She laughed in a nice way at the idea of me making my own and showed me what she used to make hers (from scratch, the show off) but then took me to the wrappers. Thank goodness she did, I would have been there for weeks. The selection of dried, pickled, canned and fresh goods is astounding. The fruit and veg section puts the big supermarkets to shame in quality and price.
This shopping experience was a roaring success. Lets hope my dumplings are too! -
Ciara S.
Brilliant - you'll get herbs and spices here that you won't get in other shops or supermarkets. Can be very busy at times - bit of an obstacle course to get around. Brilliant all the same.
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Caoimhe M.
I'm a huge fan of Asian cuisine especially Japanese and Thai. This supermarket literally has everything you need to make your own home cooked meals and try out some new ingredients.
It's situated just off the Ormeau Road and pretty easy to locate as there's always a lot of cars parked around it with customers coming out with trolleys piled high. The shop is quite cramped with narrow aisles between shelves but this is only because they stock so many different products. They have a great fresh fruit and vegetable section with lots of exotic fruit and vegetables I've never heard of before. Theres a huge range of herbs and spices, sauces and condiments, tinned produce, noodles, rice and vacuum packed meat. They also stock restaurant/takeaway essentials such as food containers, cutlery and cooking utensils. I bought one of their woks and it's excellent quality and fraction of the price you'd pay elsewhere. Theres always plenty of staff around who are happy to help with any queries and guide you to those obscure items you require for that recipe you just found online. -
Brooke C.
I love it! So many hard to find ingredients - they even have Mexican and Central American ingredients. Only place I know that I can regularly get corn masa and duck eggs. Staff are helpful and friendly.
Parking is almost non-existent, so be prepared to walk a bit, as the place is usually very busy. But this is the only fault in the whole place. If you've never been - go! -
Tia C.
I love wandering around stores like these and checking all the exoctic looking foods they have on offer. I used to shop a bit in the Chinese emporium on George Street in Dublin, because the vegetables were cheaper, fresher and came in bigger portions than in crappy supermarkets.
The Asia supermarket looks more like a factory than a place that sells food. The layout, as other reviewers have mentioned is vast and scatty, but if you have your wits about you, you may just come out with something weird and wonderful, and tasty too hopefully!
I would recommend getting some seaweed, a big block of Tofu (really good value) or some yummy miso soup. There are also big bags of spices, bags of rice so huge they could kill a man and some great traditional chinese vegetables.
A little haven.