Asian Food Center

For positives it’s nice and clean. But that’s about it. Prices are extremely overpriced. You can get asian goods of the same brand for some items at American stores. That’s how overpriced it is. We only go here if we absolutely can’t go anywhere else. Service from some employees are not great either.

I love this place. CONFESSION: I love all Asian markets… I love the wander factor. The chance to stumble across a wonderful snack, an exotic fruit or veggie, our something rich and savory. This epic Asian market is no different… cheap produce, cheap meat, exotic fruits and produce… extremely diverse. Being experienced in Asian Cuisine and cooking will be extremely handy here… but an adventurous spirit well go just as far! Start with the fresh wood ears… toss with scrambled eggs… YUM!

I bought a couple bags of frozen fish on sale here this week from the fish counter. I specifically asked for the frozen fish in the back because i knew I was going to just take it home to stick in my freezer. I defrosted a piece the night of purchase and had it for dinner, and it REEKED of ammonia, which is a sign of rotting fish. I took the rest of the frozen fish back 3 days later (my next day off from work) for return, and the manager was unapologetic that the fish was rotten, and unwilling to return the rest of the fish, stating that there is a 24hr policy on seafood and that I didn’t have the receipt, so she «couldn’t verify» when I purchased the fish, despite the fact that all the bags of frozen fish had their own label of date of package and expiration, since I purchased it from the fish counter. I pointed out that the label states when I bought it, and she said coolly that that’s the store policy, no return without receipt, and besides, it’s past 24hrs of purchase. You have to be suspicious when a market sells meat and fish that’s only guaranteed fresh the day of purchase– it means that that fish/​meat is on the verge of expiration.
Unfortunately, I shop here because it’s the only place to get chinese veggies on the west side. But I WILL NEVER purchase meat or seafood from here again. It is not much cheaper than purchasing elsewhere, definitely not worth the risk of the consequences of unsanitary meat and seafood. For seafood, I go to Uwajimaya, and for meat, I LOVE New Seasons (whose prices are surprisingly reasonable), and Costco is also a great option, if you’ve got extra freezer space, and I know, at least for New Seasons and Costco, freshness is guaranteed. But be warned, Asia Food Center is in the business of selling 3^rd rate seafood and meat (and fruit too– but I suppose you can wash well and cut out the blemishes), and you are taking a huge health risk purchasing here.

This is a Chinese style asian food mart to compliment the one Japanese and many Korean grocery stores in the area, and I’m glad it’s here.
I went looking for ingredients for my hot and sour soup and found it all no problem, plus cheaper than many of the others that I mentioned even for the same stuff as there is a lot of crossover. Surprisingly they even had some decent meat options that were grass fed or at least not commercial standard meats, something that you rarely see in a Chinese grocery. Now it’s not huge (like 99 Ranch in the SF area) but it’s big enough and likely you’ll find what you need if it’s Chinese ingredients you are looking for or basic meats and produce.

If you’re in the area this is a great place to stock up on Asian ingredients with a heavy focus on Chinese products.
The produce selection here is very clean and upon inspection I did not see anything that looked rotten. I liked the refrigerated case where they have a selection of different types of herbs. I noticed they had perilla leaves, basil, sesame leaves, curry leaves, kafir lime leaves, mint, ngo om, culantro, cilantro, rau rom, rap ca and many more. Everything in the packages looked so fresh and all of the dates were properly marked.
Since it is fall it is good to see they have some fall staples including big pumpkins at .29 a pound and some seasonal squash as well. There was a large selection of apples and pears including some Asian pears and apples. They also had fresh figs at $ 4.99 a pack which I decided to try and they were pretty good.
The meat section is very diverse and you can find all sorts of products including…
— Honeycomb Tripe
— Frog legs
— Chicken feet
— Duck feet
— Pigs feet
— Pork tongue
— Pork blood
— Pork snout
— Chicken liver
— Black chicken
There is a big area where there is a butcher and you should check out the prices. There were a lot of things that were on sale while I was there. There is also a seafood section with live seafood and they will clean your fish for you if you ask! That’s a good thing if you are like me and hate having to deal with it!
Their tea selection was pretty big and had a diverse selection including some teas you can find at local supermarkets. I liked that they had the Korean honey citron and honey jujube tea that are both good on a cold day.
They have Sake of you are so inclined and I saw several brands I have not seen in other stores. They also have a selection of inexpensive red and white wines. I also noticed that they had a masil alcohol that I had in Korea and there was only one bottle left. If you are interested in Asian beers you have your pick.
— Chang
— Tiger
— Ichiban
— Singha
— Asahi
— Kingfisher
— Sapporo
There was a large selection of Mochi available and many were on sale. The selection of biscuits /​cookies was a bit smaller than I imagined but it still had a lot of the traditional products you would find. If you like fried seaweed cookies try the I Mei Fried Seaweed cookie. In regards to sweets, they had tropical flavored Hi-​Chew! I like this and can usually only find the regular mix. I also saw Botan Rice candy in a bag instead of the traditional green box.
They have Japanese Pocky, Korean Pepero and Pejoy which is also made my the same company that makes Pocky. I noticed they had a lot of choices of Pejoy and I will try some next time. I like soft flour cakes and noticed they had a big display of them on sale. They go really well with a cup of tea.
The selection of ramen was really big and they had all kinds of instant noodles including some from Japan, China, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and others. They are available in packs, separate or in both large or small bowls.
There is a good selection of rice and they even have several choices of brown and black rice.
There is so much more that this store has to check out. It’s clean and the staff were helpful. It was a very pleasant experience. I also think the prices were better than Uwajimaya down the road.

AFC is far and away the best stop for Asian groceries in the Beaverton suburbs. There are other options, like Uwajimaya (in my opinion, way overpriced for produce) and assorted Korean grocery stores (produce freshness is often compromised by low turnover), but this is far and away the best one-​stop shop.
Some tips, though, that are helpful for anyone shopping in an Asian grocery store:
(1) Look for and check expiration dates. Let’s just say that not all Asian grocers are particularly conscientious about taking food that’s past its ideal shelf life off the shelves very quickly… do your due diligence!
(2) Select produce carefully, inspecting for bruises and mushy spots. Some shoppers at Asian grocery stores in particular really don’t take enough care with the produce in their frenzy to select the best fruits/​veggies for themselves, which leaves the rest of us to pick our way through bruised fruits and picked-​over veggies when we’re particularly unlucky.
(3) Have some cash — I know for a fact that there’s a credit card minimum here. I can’t remember what it is, but there definitely is one, so if you’re not planning on buying much, you should have a few dollars on hand just in case you don’t meet the credit card minimum.

Food … Asian food. Don’t overthink this.
The Asian Food Center should be the center of your shopping excursion for Asian food in Beaverton. There are some other choices, but what sets AFC apart isn’t its Asian-​ness or the food … it’s the fact that it is relatively clean for such a store and the prices are reasonable for the area.
We stopped in for the usual assortment of exotic and not-​so-​exotic fruits and veggies that you just can’t find at your local American Food Center. Along the way, we picked up some fish, meats, sauces, frozen dumplings, tofu, and spices that were needed for my household. Since ¾ of my household is from Asia, it’s especially comforting to find such a well-​kept supermarket with many of the comfort foods from China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and the rest of Southeast Asia.
Asian Food Center is exactly that … a center for food from Asia. Don’t overthink this.

We loved the Asian Food Center. Where else can you walk right into a produce isle dotted by the exotic Dragon fruit, Jack Fruit, and Durian? We took home the Dragon and Jack Fruits and YouTubed it to make we weren’t eating any undigestible parts.
Fish at Asian Food Center was my other curiosity. There are live tanks full of fish I know not the name of, and lots of other fish on ice. I went home with Thai Snapper and Butterfish in the whole and two salmon heads cut up. They will clean your fish, cut off the tail, cut off head, and cut into steaks if you would like for free. There are men working behind the glass fish counter walls. It was 5 minutes later and my fish was cleaned and bagged.
We were noticing Tiwanese imported Kimchi, and Chinese imported Mochi a bit cheaper. Went home and tried the mochi to acceptable standards, but found my Kimchi excellent. The sake is in limited amounts. Didn’t see local Sake One brews. It’s possible I overlooked them.
We went home with bunch of snacks, Bakery items, and drinks as well. Looking forward to my next Asian Food Center finds.

One of the cleanest Asian supermarkets around. It’s not the biggest, but offers a wide variety of all the food groups. I’m usually hesitant to buy produce at Asian supermarkets unless it’s Uwajimaya or H-​Mart, but I can buy it here and not worry. Even their meat section looks really organized and clean, intestines and all.

I was so excited when I saw the signs go up that this grocery store was going to be opening soon. I was a little disappointed when it finally opened. There is a small chinese store around there that I would prefer to shop at. This place is a little more expensive then other asian stores. When I judge an asian store, I judge it by freshness of the food and by price. This store is okay in both areas, but there are better asian stores around. I have been there a few times since then and prices and freshness have remained the same. There is a lot of parking spaces and the parking lot is easy to get into and out of.

This asian store is comparable to most asian grocery stores in the portland area. Definitely smaller than Fubonn, but cleaner and less smelly than most asian stores. Fruits and veggies are reasonably priced. The one issue I had was that I needed to buy ginger and they only sold ginger in a bag with several roots in it (priced per pound). It is hard for me to finish even one ginger root before it goes bad, so having to buy in larger quantities is not practical for me. Moving on, they sell other things here as well. They sell asian hair dyes (but Palty not among the selection when I visited), chinese sheet masks, and eating utensils. Overall a pleasant experience. The staff was very friendly and helpful

This was an Asian supermarket after my own heart. AFC has a wonderful selection of Asian produce and meat. A selection not based on one country, but on the entire region. However, if you take a closer look, the attention to detail and freshness is lacking.
I like that their grocery options aren’t specialized in one Asian country. Uwajimaya specializes in Japanese. H and G Mart’s main offerings are Korean. Then they spread the Asian love to the other countries with a small section of an aisle here and there. AFC seems to give all of Asia a fair shake. Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Thai, etc. have more of a balanced representation here. The meat and seafood section has almost everything you would want and then some. Pork Belly, Duck, every bit of offal, and the usual suspects make this a great place for the specialized meats and cuts for Asian cuisine.
However, where AFC truly failed was freshness. The freshness in the upfront items like produce and meats were fresh and neatly displayed. My journey into the refrigerated section was a shock. I perused many items on the shelf passed their expiration/​best by date. I saw several packs of fresh noodles with mold. Lots of mold. My advice is to check the expiration date of everything you buy here. You are supposed to do that anyway, but it has become an afterthought to many. The attention detail here is not all encompassing.
I’m probably coming back for the great meat and seafood department, but the amount of spoiled products that I have seen will make me think twice about making it my preferred destination.

Asian marketplace with a good selection of fruits and vegetables for cheaper price. For example blueberries for $ 2 that sells for $ 4 in New Seasons. The produce is of good quality and they even sell some Indian veggies like Indian eggplant and they even banana leaf. Nice
The aisles are a bit crowded so try to avoid peak times like weekend afternoon. They also sell some kick ass selection of sauces, oils and other stuff to make your own Asian food. I followed green curry recipe and got all the items here. The food came out so good that I never went to a Thai place for lunch that week (humble brag)
Overall a good shop for weekly grocery visit.

Was glad that it is closer than other Asian market in SE, and been a regular customer, but just found out they «re-​pack» broken packages with tapes regardless its quality and quantity – they only try to make it look like original and fool you to take it home. But, shouldn’t you make sure the product is still safe to use?
And i am wondering what they would treat the fresh meat and vegetable after they are no longer fresh? Repack it and put a new date on it? Make a new name and make a new item out of it?

It’s a decent place for Chinese groceries. The produce is about as fresh as H-​Mart but you do seem to pay a little bit more than H-​Mart. They have an ok selection of items.
If you live on the westside, it’s a good place to go to save you from driving further out. If I have time, I usually go to H-​Mart, however, as it has wider selection for produce with just a tad bit better prices.
They do not accept American Express.

Updated review–
Good prices and selection for Asian canned goods and produce! However… The middle of the store has been smelling like sewage for the past month or so… Not sure what is going on, but it really needs to be aired out! Its really disconcerting, especially since the butcher area is like 20 feet away. If its coming from an old spill/​problem then it should be cleaned better… And if its coming from the butcher area… Well then I’m not buying my meats here anymore :(

This is a great addition to this mall. Now we can have dim sum, sushi, and shop in the same mall. Being from an area where Asian food and markets barely exist at any higher level of quality, this market seems like nirvana. When we come to PDX, we like to stay on the Beaverton-​Lake Oswego side of town, so we feel like we hit the bullseye with this new market.
Clean, well stocked, and mostly Chinese centric (compared to Japanese centric, Uwijamiya), this really fits our likes. They have every type of noodle, seasoning, sauce, and tofu product, especially dried ones. And any Chinese market that carries over a dozen types of sausages (lop cheongs), dried salted fish (hom yui), and salted duck eggs is authentic in my book. And one day, I’ll show fellow Unilocaler and friend, Michele R., how to use those tiny anchovies in oil. ;-)
Great looking meat counter, fresh fish, and specialties. No Chinese roasted meats or fowl, as far as I could see, though.
They still do mostly the Saran wrapped veggies, but not exclusively. But I’d rather select my own and amount.
Small selection of cookware, but pretty diverse. They did have clay pots at a lot cheaper price tha Amazon. Hooray for them.
I would love for them to have Chinese takeout and roasted meats. So I can’t give them 5 stars until then. If we lived near a real Chinese market with authentic takeout and roasted meats/​fowls, I’d probably forget how to cook Chinese food.
Service is good. Checkout is fast. Again, a great addition to the area. Too bad we don’t have enough Chinese to bring one to Boise, since the Chinese once were a heavy percentage of Boise in the post gold rush days.

This is a newish asian grocer where Marshalls used to be in a strip mall thats main claim to fame was a Petco and Red Robin. It seems priced between H mart and Uwajimaya.
I was going to give this place 4 stars because as nice as it is, and as packed with good stuff, it is small. Then I saw the live seafood tanks! Is that live ells? Yes it was! Don’t get me wrong, I am not going to eat them, but I did like watching them in the tank so easy 1 star for that.
The produce was beautiful and the store had a nice selection of goods, I liked the layout. Not bad for a former Marshall’s space.

H Mart is Korean, Uwajimaya is Japanese, Fubon is Vietnamese and Asian Food Center is Chinese. AFC is very similar to 99 Ranch — mostly a Chinese market with large sprinkles of Vietnamese and other South East Asian/​other Asian foods. They have a big selection of produce and at a good price. Most of it seems solidly fresh (on par with H Mart though I think Uwajimaya might be more fresh). They have a wide selection of meats for cheap. My biggest complaint, which is the same with the every other Asian market (including Cali) is that they rarely carry my ultimate favorite instant noodles (Koka laksa). I had to buy 4 cases online to make up for it.
They also have a good stock of snacks at good prices. They’re also in a shopping center with HomeGoods, Petco and across from where I get my eyebrows done. There’s tons of parking too.
If I get homesick for Cantonese speaking people and need inspiration for some Chinese home cooking, I’ll be sure to visit this place.

Opened in October as extension of the Bellevue WA based mother-​ship store, this Chinese centric food market also has other Asian food specialty items. In the same way Beaverton located Uwajimaya, an extension of the Seattle based mother-​ship store, is Japanese centric food market but also with other Asian food specialty items.
Overall the scale of shopping in this bright and well organized store is a much better fit for me. I feel completely overwhelmed by the megastore size of Uwjimaya and more at home with size here if I’m looking for specialty food items from Chinese to Japanese to Thai. Prices on things I’m able to compare also seem better here.
PRODUCE
Yesterday I was on the hunt for Mosambi (sweet lime) and Gai-​Lan (Chinese broccoli). They had both in the splendid produce department. My favorite part of the store, if there is a disappointment for produce it is the number of things that are in plastic wrapped trays or bags. As examples, although they had three kinds of Asian eggplant it was shrink wrapped in multiples and the Gai-​Lan was in a plastic bag. I prefer selecting my own items and quantities.
AISLES OF SPECIALTY PRODUCTS ON SHELVES AND FREEZER CASES
It seems maybe ninety percent of shoppers had Asian heritage, which makes me feel as if the store is authentic in the same way an Italian food specialty market full of people of my hubby’s Italian heritage would.
Since I am largely clueless about how to cook Asian food delights, many of the items on the shelves were mysteries to me and I wished I knew more about them. (For example, how does one use those über teeny little anchovies packed in chili oil?) For things I do know how to use, like rice vinegar or rice noodles or wood ear mushrooms or preserved daikon or soba, I was delighted by the number of options. I also appreciated that almost all labeling on shelf tags had English text as well as Asian language characters.
FISH & MEAT
The fish section, although not huge in size, contained an amazing choice of fresh whole fish with shiny bright eyes packed in ice. White bass, big tail section filet of halibut, Norwegian mackerel, catfish… maybe three dozen different kinds of fresh fish. Also live tanks for blue crab, Dungeness crab and lobster.
My husband was amazed by the different cuts of pork in the butcher section. Having grown up in Brooklyn where Italian pork stores were part of the landscape, he was intrigued by how unique the meat cuts were here. On the rare occasions we purchase animal meats we like to know about the origins for sustainability and humane husbandry of the animals and that is something we didn’t know how to ask about here.
SERVICE
The folks at the register were friendly and the young woman helping us spoke English far better than I speak the Chinese that is her first language, which is to say I speak Chinese not at all. Good for her.
THIS N THAT:
1) OTHER: A small housewares section but not the selection of Uwajimaya. Also no prepared foods section in this store, which Uwajimaya has. .
2) PARKING: Big strip mall parking lot was mostly full of cars in spite of several vacant storefronts. Look for Catherine’s Plus Sizes and Sally’s Hair Supply as neighbors for this market.
3) ACCESSIBILITY: Accessible parking outside. Level in entry and throughout with plenty of space in aisles.