Lao Asian Market

This place is like heaven for a Thai person or a person interested in Thai food. lolGreat store

Lots of ingredients to make most Thai dishes. Small store, friendly vendor. Handmade desserts like mochi rice w coconut wrapped in tea leaf. Silk worms, ant eggs and snake head in the freezer. Street parking only and not the safest.

I enjoyed going to this store. Clean and organized. Prices clearly marked. I came for star anise spice for my boiled peanuts. I found they have small bags for $2.00. But, I wanted larger quantities. Owner's husband pulled out a 16 oz package for $20.00. This store is so so clean!!! Can't reiterate this. Finally found, they also have pho spice packets with cloth bag to make pho at home. Sometimes hard to find unless you go online.

Run of the mill Asian market in Chinatown. Called ahead and asked if they had Siamin bowls. Lady said yes, drove 25 minutes there to find out she was calling the big tubs/bowls of ramen type soup "siamin bowls".

Small ethnic grocery. Very clean! Located next to Wing Shave Ice & Ice Cream on Pauahi Street. Street parking only, or relatively cheap parking at the Beretania municipal lot. I went in because I really really wanted to make this Thai basil pesto and I wanted to pair it with some pork meatballs that had a pho flavor. The cashier recommended some pho packets and I found the rice noodles and - my fave! - a jar of friend garlic. There seemed to be a zillion brands of noodles but only one brand of pho packets! Also giant buckets of curry paste in flavors not seen in a regular American grocery. About half the store is taken up by giant chest freezers full of fish and meat - all types! You could seriously make pretty much any dish from ingredients from this store. There is a smallish selection of fresh veggies but they all look really fresh. Everything here is priced very reasonably to downright cheap. The cashier was very helpful, telling me how she makes her pho broth using the same packets. Because I didn't start off using meat to boil (meatballs, remember?) I ended up having to add beef bullion cubes but it all turned out. If I ever have to make another dish like this I'll be back. I'll certainly need to come back for the rice stick noodles, which were perfect!

A great spot to find Southeast Asian groceries. I was wanting to make tom kha soup and needed galangal, kaffir lime leaves and lemongrass. Despite being a small shop they had all of these and more of the items on my list right in the front. The cashier was very helpful when she saw that I had grabbed a different kind of leaf and pointed me to the right ones. The prices were very reasonable and they accepted credit card. It was also convenient that they were open til 5:30pm so I could swing by after work.

It's exactly what it sounds like and that's a good thing. If you're looking to make some southeast asian food (not just Lao) they've got a good selection of stuff, including my favorite shark brand sriracha sauce which I've not seen carried anywhere else in Hawaii.I wanted to buy some lao sausage but they were out. Apparently they're made locally and I saw the person before me get the last set. I'll just have to go back.

I love this store. It's very small but clean. They have a lot of the ingredients to make any southeast Asian food that I would normal have a difficult time finding, when in Chinatown. This is definitely my favorite place to get sauces. I also like that it's on the edge of what I would consider Chinatown so parking is a bit easier to find.

The people there are so nice, friendly and very helpful. I was looking for banana leaves but they ran out so they even recommended another store where they have. The lady at the store even walked us half way down the street to show us welders to go and get the banana leaves. It's a small shop but they have a lot of stuff there. I would recommend and definitely go back there.

My first time visiting this place. I was looking for the thai sticky rice steamer pot & basket. The lady working the register along with another gentleman in the store were really helpful with all the questions I had. They showed me how to make sticky rice because I'll be trying it out for the first time. I appreciate the patience they had with my husband & I.