Los Angeles

Best Asian Grocery Stores in LA

From Japanese imports to sprawling Taiwanese supermarkets

A good Asian market is the difference between cooking a dish and approximating it. LA has the full spread: Korean supermarkets with banchan counters and hot-food bars, Japanese grocers stocking fresh sashimi and imported snacks, Chinese markets with live seafood tanks and roast-meat counters, and Filipino and pan-Asian stores filling every gap in between. The stores on this list earn their spot with the things Western supermarkets cannot do: produce for Asian cooking picked and priced honestly, in-house butchers who know the cuts, and pantry aisles deep enough that you never have to substitute.