YES! Do a Mexican supermarket version. Just 2 minutes north of the Asian Family Market on Aurora is my go-to Mercado called Plaza Latina. AWESOME bakery and I really like their cheap Al Pastor from the butcher there.

4:58 My paternal side of the family owned Rose Brand until a few years ago. We used to visit every summer. Last time we went was 2018. My great aunt and uncle used to send packages of fortune cookie rejects and noodles. :-) Fun memories.

Very refreshing to see these videos. A lot of food related content on youtube became very broculturesque over the last years with big dck ingredients, elaborate preparations and questionable star chef attitudes. Glad to see that people still can buy two plain chicken breast for 5 bucks without feeling existential dread

FWIW, there is actually a cantonese dish that uses the pith of the pomelo where you braise it (usually in an oyster sauce ish sort of sauce)… It’s delicious and uses the whole fruit!

I’m liking these grocery haul videos. I get a little self-conscious when buying meat from supermarkets too. Being a truck driver for a meat company would do that. Unhappy animals, it’s difficult not to support industrial meat, it’s everywhere. Would have to go to dedicated butchers with vetted farmers

More grocery haul videos please! Mexican grocery sounds great, would also be interested in a Costco haul (or whatever wholesale market you go to)

My fav asian lays chips are the Numb & Spicy Hot Pot ones. basically MSG and Sichuan peppercorn flavour.

Yes! Thank you for this. I live 2 blocks from the AFM but I'm usually pretty overwhelmed when I go in so it's good to know more about what's what. I'd love it if you could do more videos from there, exploring more of the Asian foods available. Also, yes to the Mexican market tour.

Love these videos, please make more! There have been some interesting articles in the past couple of years about the supply chain networks that Asian groceries in the US have developed; I think in a lot of cases they have fewer steps from farm to store, which explains why so much of the produce is fresher *and* cheaper. Always happy to support that!

I love that kenji listens to his audience and is giving us such fun, informational content 😊

Loving these market videos. Not only is it great to see the offerings that some of the various cultural markets have to offer, I love the added comments on the specifics of what you look for and why when picking out ingredients. As much as I love to experiment with new ingredients, I'm often ignorant of what to look for in a "quality" or ideal piece, like the ginger your described. Thank you for continuing to share your knowledge.

Kenji charmed us with the Food Lab but now he is saving us with the GOOD Lab (doing good by saving us money)

LOVE LOVE LOVE your Asian grocery hauls!

I love these videos! Thank you, Kenji.

Learned a lot! Especially about the fruits. Thank you!

Great video, thank you. I like this variety of videos- tasting, shopping, cooking, etc. And I do like the new videography with more of a personal look. Thank you.

Now that you're doing these grocery videos, I'm gonna make my top video requests - kitchen/fridge organization and cleaning!

I love this content for reference with my own country! Keep it up!!!

Thank you - I love those type of videos, please do more of them 🥰🥰

Not going to lie, I love these videos. Keep them coming, kenji!

Really enjoying these videos as of late. Please keep posting!

I really enjoy these videos. It so intriguing to see what a chef will buy and I love the different stores! Thank you 😊

Love these types of videos I learn something every time.

Love these supermarket videos, please make more!

More of these video types please. I especially like when you tell us the planned uses - I am guilty of buying cool stuff, and not having a clue what I will do with them. Great to see you say that it is OK not to make everything from scratch every day !!

These are all great recommendations. Thank you!

Yesss. It's that time of the week with Papa Kenji.

I'm with the person who mentioned the less than pleasant attitudes of some cooks who make videos. I'm very appreciative of your attitude, your dignified vocabulary, your dedication to your family/pets, your complete lack of pretense, your scientific explanations, and your recommendations ~ in the event I ever get to visit Seattle. At the risk of embarrassing both of us ~ you have alsoturned into some pretty serious eye candy, with a few more years on you. So...... what's not to like, amirite?

Love these videos! Yes, here for the Mexican and also Japanese grocery hauls too!

Any chance we might see a dedicated video to veggies/greens from Asia and how they are used in the kitchen?

i love these grocery hauls! please keep doing them :)

I used to live in the ID when I was a broke teacher and shopped at the old Uwayimaya and the Chinese markets. It was one of the ways we saved money back in the day.

ill be honest, im not a grocery haul type guy. but when kenji does it, then i want to watch

The beginning of the video cracked me up! Thanks for keeping things light.

Love these videos. Cheers 🎉

Yes! More please & thank you!

Love this! More please!

Yes to more of these type of videos. My local, United Noodles, has a nice variety of bok choy and cabbage and citrus fruits! Good reminder to head there this week.

Thanks Kenji! Yes yes yes to more shopping videos. I'd love to see what you get a Mexican food market!

Our Asian grocery has cabbage superior in price and flavor to everything but homegrown. This taught us to hit the various non-western stores. I am so glad you shared this!

Big fan of these videos as it helps me decide on what’s worth splurging on versus grabbing the cheapest version

Not me spitting out my coffee three seconds into the video.

definitely like your grocery videos! More!

I live near Asian family market and I really love having access to so many affordable Asian ingredients. I love Uwajimaya but it’s pretty expensive. Thanks for the tip about rice noodles on Monday, I didn’t know that. The yakiniku place in the shopping complex is very good for a splurge meal.

loving the video as per usual. I'd be super interested to see a video of your kitchen tools. Your kitchen always seems top notch, and I'd love to learn more about some of the tools you use.

Yes! Love these videos.☺️

Kenji, these market vids are really valuable because we can't always decipher what the ingredients are (even with google translate it is hard to get a good reading).

2:12 It's a small thing but hearing that you use produce that's been pre-processed in some way is very nice to hear for every day home cooks. I've read insane opinions online about how pretty much every produce is bad unless it has been basically plucked from the ground yourself.

These videos are super helpful. I aspire to do more shopping at different sorts of international markets but any time I try I just get super lost/ overwhelmed.

Hey Kenji! Thank you as always for your informative content. I was just wondering, one of these days, could you make a video on how you like to store various produce and dry goods. And maybe tips on how to maximize shelf-life. I always feel bad when I throw away a quarter of my haul to negligence haha. Anyways, I hope you have a great rest of your day and thanks for making the world a tastier place.

Hi Kenji. Our family shops at this store all the time. I agree the fresh produce is excellent and very reasonably priced. A place you might find interesting for meat and ESPECIALLY hot sauce is Double DD Meats in Mountlake Terrace a few miles north of the Family Asian Market on Aurora. They have lots of regular cuts of meat and will do special cuts per request. They also have a very eclectic mix of unusual meats in their freezer case. But the star of the show is their collection of hot sauces, other sauces, rubs, marinates, etc. Checking this out alone is worth the trip! Hope you can make it there soon. Btw - what is your secret to keeping your stove top so clean. I've seen zillions of your videos and you, like the rest of us, will spill on you stove top. But the next video and your stove top is absolutely spotless. Products, tools??? Thank you.

Love this kind of video!!

I like these videos. Keep doing them please

Any and all grocery hauls, please. Also a big fan of peeking under the over head camera. That might have been my favorite part! 😂❤

Thank you for making not feel guilty for using pre-peeled garlic 🙂

yes more videos like this please!

This is cool and I hope you visit groceries from other cultures as well and do hauls.

😁 Old-world groceries never disappoint! Everyone is getting _octopus ball_ chips in their stocking this year. 🤣

AFM is my store of choice. Best prices on so many things - especially produce that is hard to find other places. Our go-to egg has been the Wilcox free range from Costco in the PNW (the ones in the paper carton, not the stupid plastic clamshell - they are like $6 for 24 and always have the rich-colored yolk. The one thing I wish I could find at our AFM is holy basil.

I like these shopping videos. 😊

Kenji it would be cool to see you check out the various products at the Rose Brand retail shop in ID. The old fortune cookie factory space is now an excellent ceramics/art studio next door!

I love going to our local Asian markets. I can find my favorite fresh celantro _with the root_ , I too buy Thai chilies 🌶️ and throw the extras into the freezer along with other hot peppers. They still work well to spice a dish when added frozen. I also buy sauces and welcome your suggestions. I’m still learning about noodles etc., and I’m with you on buying specific meat cuts there and also awesome fresh fish. Cheers!

thanks kenji!

That intro was both startling and amazing.

Count me as another in favor of the grocery haul videos. That and the tour of the store you did a while back. They’re great!

Chinese Lays have such a cool range of flavors too. I remember eating a yogurt-flavored (not our yogurt) one when I was there. I think there was also some kind of squid-related one? I'd have to dig up the photos I took.

Thanks for teaching me to be a better cook. Thank you chef

I'm liking the goofy Kenji intros.

Yes, I like these kinds of videos! as far as I'm concerned you could make one every time you food shop!

Costco has some nice fruits and vegetables for cheap too! But I love the Asian Family Market. It’s always a bit of a travel from where I live and I always struggle to keep vegetables fresh in the fridge if I am not using them within the week.

Man, those braised duck tongue chips are so good. Most of the money i save on produce when I go to an asian grocery store is spent on fun chip flavors and these are some of my favorites. There were some sour chicken feet ones that were pretty great too. Or Cumin roasted lamb.

Going to Asian market has been my favorite thing to do ever since I was a child. Especially the seafood section and seeing all the different fresh fish! As an adult I always go for the fresh veggies and hotpot ingredients. Also Dungeness crab when it’s the season. Last year the crab got to 4.99 a pound

1:48 . Reusable produce / cotton bags yay. ❤ Just gotta flip them inside out after each use to clear the veggie "crumbs", wash (or soak) them with soap at the kitchen sink & dry them every time or every other time cuz the dirt and vegetable juice will soil the bags a little. 😸

Asian Family Market is always my go to for fresh herbs. Can’t beat the price

Golden Mountain… essential… basically a mild version of Maggi. MaeKrua is essential too for Thai cooking. Way tastier than LKK premium oyster sauce (and cheaper to boot).

Cutting board face cam was adorable and hilarious

"Probably made from unhappy pigs" KENJI LOL

My dad's restaurant used a gallon-sized bottle of pre-peeled garlic. I imagine most restaurants aren't wasting time having a prep cook peel a pound a day, except maybe fine dining.

Digging these videos... so i'd definitely love to see a Mexican or any other cuisine market haul!

Yes , Kai lan! My Dad makes pickled pomelo. Best eaten with BBQ meat. Scallion and thai bird chilli is a staple in my kitchen. My daughter loves Hoi Fan, she loves it stir fried with Beef. Enjoy watching this type of video.

Oh dang I love that spot!

These are cool videos hope to see more I'm always intimidated but the amount of unrecognizable items in my Asian market I do like to browse and gamble but sometimes I'd like to know I have at least a few winners this series helps with that

As a kid, pomelo was our snack while watching TV. One of my first knife handling skills was learning how to score the skin to peel it.

I liked this. I will watch others if you post them.

I want a video of that pomelo shrimp salad!

Those beer peach chips are craazy!!! They fizz in your mouth like pop rocks

+1 to frozen dumplings. The quality and variety seems like it shot up in the last 10 years or so.

FYI -- Golden Mountain seasoning is known to contain carcinogens identified by multiple federal health orgs around the world. It tastes great but use at your own risk! :)

I'd love to see a series where you use these in your cooking. Then I'd learn how to use them and what to use them in!

Nice to see you repping military time/24 hour clock - always what I use 👍⌚️👀

Yeah, I'm nosey and would like to see more of what you get!

I like these videos. I’d love to see how you plan out your meals for the week and then shop for it. The planning part is what prevents me from cooking regularly.

Yeah!! More!!

Please do more of these types of video. Also, include what type of dishes you would use the ingredients in. Thanks!

I'd love to see a grocery store tour video, where you get to talk about all of your shopping strategies at different types of grocery stores.

Good stuff 👍

I liike these kinds of videos ;P

And the added benefit of going to that store is that you can go next door after shopping and have some very decent dim-sum!

I love this place. I live a little down 99 from there. This place is awesome, my wife and I will pick up some sweets from KiKi's bakery after.

OMG! Gai Lan! The best with pork and shrimp wontons in noodle soup.