This place is an unpretentious treasure-trove, and my nomination for the best grocery store in the whole greater Seattle area.
You can go in and buy basic staples like paper towels and Cheerios for good prices , or you can browse through a wonderland of seafood... there is freshly made sausage, organic meat, strangely-shaped ethnic produce which you want to buy just for the bizarreness factor. It's the only place I've ever encountered fresh durian, which is a huge southeast Asian fruit that smells like roadkill... This market is just irresistible. It's got everything you could possibly want, and a lot of things you've never even heard of. Plus teapots and dishtowels, free samples and prepared goodies and 25-lb sacks of rice... If I didn't live all the way across town from it, I'd go there every time I shopped.
It can get crowded at peak times, and it takes a while to navigate, so don't be in a hurry your first time there.
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