Far East Center

This morning I jumped on the metrolink anxious to get downtown where I shop for tea. Wing Hop Fung has been my tea heaven for some time. When I arrived this morning I found the door locked, for good. This location is no longer in business.
Needless to say I was disappointed. The Far East Center is directly across the street from my now defunct dealer. The store front sure doesn’t look like much but the sign said they had tea and I didn’t want to come home empty handed (good tea is impossible to find in my town).
I wasn’t expecting much and there really isn’t much there. I bought pound of what was labeled Grade A Oolong and another pound of a fermented red tea (black really but the infusion is red). I am drinking a cup of the latter right now and I very pleased. In fact I will say it is better than what I used to buy at WHP and for a better price.
If you like tea like I like tea I highly recommend the Far East Center.

This place is awesome.
They carry full variety of the «dry goods», south to north, as so called in traditional Chinese way. Ethnic snacks are on shelf too. Quality here is great.
The store assistants and staff are very friendly, nice, and helpful. They explained when I seemed confused. They even told me how to use such ingredients to make such and such thing. I’ve been quite into herb tea recently, and developed the idea of mixing dried osmanthus and licorice there, also got high quality fructus here.
Accept cards. Yay. Ya glad to know that nowadays I don’t have to carry cash all around in Chinatown. Many of them accept cards now.
Will be back next time.

This place has a lot of east Asia herbs from dried herbs to tea bags form. They have many varieties of ginseng panax to Korean ginseng. I love that they have he shou wu, dong quai, and reishi and many other teas like oolong, puer tea. Hands down it’s good. And they have someone that knows English. If u have good energy u will be treated nice if not the guy that works there is always on a go and many people are always buying. You reap what you sow.

Walked into this shop thinking I could procure some boba. Clearly I was wrong, but surprisingly it was not a wasted trip! This place really made me feel like I was far in the east. So many herbal remedies. mmm

This Chinese store caters to the savvy Chinese shopper. I’ve come here for years. Friends would have me driving them here to buy tea or other health oriented items that they couldn’t find anywhere else. I love buying Ocean Salt there. It comes packaged in a ½ gallon plastic container. Very healthy salt for cooking. You can buy it in chunky form or regular free flowing. I prefer the chunks.

Far East Center is the best place to go to or stop by when you are in Chinatown! They have a huge selection and a wide variety of tea, coffee, ginseng and chinese medicine. If you’re not there for any of those, they also carry a whole section of snacks and have a refrigerator for drinks as well! I usually come here to get all my tea and ginseng products for my family and aunties and uncles. Whenever they get a chance, they always come to Far East Center first when they arrive to Chinatown in LA.
As for medicine, when one of my family members get sick, they always come here first to get checked up before they go to an American doctor. They prefer the traditional Chinese medicine with herbs to cure their sickness. What is cool about this place is that they actually do have a doctor who gives you a check-​up like a regular doctor. You tell them all their symptoms and they will tell you exactly what you need. I tried this plenty of times when I got sick before. When I drank the herbs (of course you will need to prepare the medicine first; they will teach you how) that they provided me, I was cured within 3 days! However, I recommend calling them first to see if the doctor is there. You can also ask them to put your name on the waiting list if the doctor is there!
For a Chinese store, I must say that their customer service is great! I usually get one or more workers at the other stores in Chinatown following me or staring me down like I am a criminal! However, at this store they will leave you alone. If you have any questions, they are always delighted to help you out and explain what medicine is what and what people take it for.
Overall, I LOVE THIS PLACE!
I do recommend this place to anyone and everyone! (:

Great little shop with all of your Chinese herbal needs! My mom needed to buy some traditional tea to gift for a wedding, but the service was great and we ended up buying some oolong tea for ourselves as well! Definitely recommend this place

Walk down the aisles and fill up your basket with Asian treats. Large selection of teas too. Chinatown is cool and so is the Far East Center

This place is awesome. There was a younger asian lady working there who answered all my questions about their green teas, very friendly. They have really good quality jasmine green tea pearls.

this is my first review ever!!! =O!!!
these types of stores aren’t usually my thing, but as i was exploring chinatown i found this GEM.
it’s a store that sells a lot of super herbal stuff i.e. ginseng, etc. (LOL that’s the only herb i can name). but they also have this doctor in their store that prescribes herbal treatments for whatever ails you. i thought that was super cool. natural treatments vs. downing a bunch of chemical concoctions? count me in!
they’re also super big on this diet tea thing, but while i was there i heard a bunch of miracle stories so if i was ever in the business of looking to shed a few pounds, that detox tea would be my first bet.
anyway even if you have no reason to enter this store, you should go in just to look around. THERE IS SO MUCH RANDOM CRAZY STUFF. FOR REAL GO LOOK. they have scorpians!!! but they’re dead. don’t cry! …like i did =(
OH YEA. they have all the really good asian snacks and candy. can you say OM NOM NOM NOM NOM?!
so fo sho, head here for a look around, detox tea, medicine man, and delicious asian snacks. you can thank me later.

I’ve sent more people to the Far East Center to get naturopathic relief from the flu, pneumonia, a bad cough, bad breath — whatever ails you, the these guys can kick it out of your body.
I went there a week ago, just diagnosed with bronchitis. My western doc wrote a scrip for a Z-​Pac. I’ve done my share of antibiotics in this lifetime — so I opted for a trip to Far East Center.
It’s a bit of an adventure. Make sure you go with an extended lunch hour, and be patient. Weekdays are best, weekends a LONG wait.
Enter and walk all the way to the rear on the left side. You’ll see a small desk with a kind, tiny woman named Mary Li who checked my blood pressure, pulse, symptoms, looked at my tongue, and stared through my eyes like she was diving into my soul. She then wrote down the most beautiful Chinese characters on a piece of paper (my «prescription») and sent me to the guy who fills it. It took him 15 minutes to fill four packets with what looked like bark, seeds, orange peels, eye of newt — who the hell knows? He spoke no English, and Mary couldn’t translate what the ingredients were. I took these home, boiled them, drank them as tea twice a day — and four days later my symptoms were completely GONE.
Warning: the tea is the worst thing you’ll ever taste. Just suck it up.
They’ve healed everyone I’ve referred. You have to take these herbs as instructed, or they won’t work. And if you’re suffering from a chronic illness, best to talk to your regular doc.
The consultation with Mary is $ 13, and the herbs were $ 32. Not bad. I have insurance, but came here because their herbs work miracles.

i only went in for some detox tea and ended up buying the world. wonderful variety of teas and medicines. people are friendly and helpful. products and prices are amazing. favorite herb store in chinatown.

Went in looking for some ginseng and green tea for my diet. Very good selection, and awesome service. Will definitely be going back again. Five stars, ’nuff said!