Kim Long Market

10/21/24 Oh Em Gee! At long last, the elusive fresh young tamarind is HERE!Had this bookmarked since my friend Vuoch suggested they might carry young green tamarind here when in season. She told me Dong Mai was selling it last weekend (like yesterday!!)--went there today, nope, sold out! I rolled the dice on Kim Long & hit the Jackpot I could hardly contain my excitement when I saw the tamarind on the shelf. It was much smaller in size than what I'm used to but it's what they got. Yay!This Asian market is better in terms of cleanliness & organization, freshness of the products & the friendliness of the staff. Check out the photos I took for all the curious items I found fascinating. I wish this kind of market exists nearer to Montclair. Sigh. The cashier was very friendly & forthcoming with information, service with a smile The neighboring area does look a little sketchy with a few homeless encampments across the street. Their parking lot is gated & free but open to the public. Will return to check it out another time!

I was on the hunt to find Cambodian rice imported from Cambodia, after stopping at other stores in the area Kim Long Market stock it for $46 / 50 lbs bag . Store looks clean , had great selections of ready made snacks/ sweets . Vegetables were fresh & fully stocked and prices are comparable to other nearby grocery stores. Friendly & welcoming service I received at the checkout counter.

If you're looking for a southeast asian market, & you're in Long Beach, this is worth checking out. I had this in bookmarks for some time & was in the area. I wanted to check out this place since it's located in Cambodia Town & southeast asian (not vietnamese, basically everyone else) is harder to find. The store was pleasantly large ! I was thinking it was going to be a bodega style market. Although it definitely had it's grungy charm I can appreciate. I loved the kitchenware aisle. If you're looking for a Krok (mortar & pestle), DON'T pay $50+ for the amazon price... just make the trip to the store & that way you can see the variety of sizes & see the quality in person for yourself. Oh & they also carry sticky rice steamers. If you know, those are hard to find. Nope not even the viet markets have those. Add that to cart ! There's quite an abundance of fish, which i have never seen before. They have frozen sa'om too (barf). Also they have the black crab paste which if you're a papaya salad (thum mak hoong) you know that paste is nearly impossible to find. So get a couple, because this is the only other store (other than the Thai store in long beach) that sells it. I would return here, & I recommend this store if you're looking for southeast asian items.

Kim Long Market had all the fresh ingredients I needed to cook Canh Chua with Catfish (Vietnamese Sweet and Sour Soup). I'm mainly here to praise the fishmonger who took great care in spot cleaning and slicing my catfish! It cost $16 per smaller catfish. This supermarket has all the southeast asian staples. My favorite items include the wide rice noodles to make stir fry. If you're nervous about cooking new recipes, visit the center aisles of seasoning packets and pastes to make life easier and tastier. Four stars for moldy "fresh" pineapple. I bought them canned instead. It's a smaller market so I imagine their inventory turnover is slower. Therefore, remember to inspect your produce and refrigerated items before buying.

I believe it's a Cambodian Market. Since we are in the middle of Cambodia Town it would make sense. Great selection of fish, meat, inexpensive produce with some Asian rarities, lots of yummy Asian food, frozen items and Asian kitchen supplies. Like most small-scale Asian stores it's not as clean or as organized as it could be. I come from a retail background the way they utilize or don't utilize some of their space drives me crazy, but it works for them. Lots of great ready-to-eat items. Love this spot and would give 5 stars if they were cleaner.

The good:We found everything we were looking for here to make Vietnamese style egg rolls. I came from a city without a Vietnamese market so I drove all the way here to check this market out. LThey had 3 different types of bulk mangos! They also sold longan and rambutan. They let me use the restroom even though it said employees only. The bathroom was clean. The market is clean and organized. It doesn't smell too heavily of fish the way other Asian markets might. The produce was fresh. This is a medium sized market. The bad:There was a lady on the ground outside tweaking with her pants down. The side of the market looked like it was setup to sell fresh foods but nothing was being sold. The interesting:There were a lot of Cambodian customers. They had a canh chua packet ready to purchase. I've never seen this elsewhere! It has the vegetables, tomato, cut up pineapple and a pepper.

Bought balut and they were spoil.I told to the owner the older Asian guy and he said I'm sorry then I saw were they put the balut was empty. I guess I'm not the only one had a problem.Luckily I only bought 2 coz I didn't get my money back.2/22/2023- never bought balut at this place again in my life.

Those who are looking for hard-to-find Asian specialties will need pleased to walk the aisles of this market. Fresh and frozen seafood, helpful butchers onsite, decent produce section, wide variety of dry goods.

STEPH JUDGEMENT: A good-sized market for most of your Southeast Asian products needs.This market is a lot bigger than KH, and consequently has a better selection of items (including housewares and such), but none of the frozen veggie mock meats I was hoping to find--still need to go to Westminster for those. However, they have a good produce section and I was able to get my Southeast Asian staples (thai bananas, thai basil, mint, cilantro). If I need standard noodles, rice paper and sauces and don't have time to make the trek to OC, I'd definitely come here.

This little grocery store has everything you need and the people are so nice. If you're not Asian, they're helpful to have you find things in the grocery store. I appreciate them very much.