Melbourne Oriental Market

Great Place to find your Asian food and stuff. Clean and very nice owners.

Clean uncluttered when I was there. Lots of items stocked. Owners willing to answer questions about products and their location if carried. I’ve been here several times and am always happy with what I purchased.

I didn’t really get into asian food until after I’d moved away from Brevard County. So I was super excited to explore what Melbourne had for asian grocers! I knew to temper my expectation since I live in an area where giant asian supermarkets abound but I was pretty psyched.
My mom and I were actually on a specific quest. A quest for natto. If you’ve had natto you either love it or hate it or love to hate it and eat it anyways for its health benefits. My mom’s on a health kick and is convinced she’ll love natto (yeah, sure). We’d been to a Korean grocer in Melbourne prior to this to no avail.
This grocery was far more pan asian! The gentleman at the register was Singaporean and oh so friendly and helpful! We roamed the aisles of the store looking at all the neat stuff I don’t know what to do with — YET. The fridges and freezers were full of tasty goodness and fresh veggies and dumplings. And, right as I was about to give up — I FOUND NATTO! Three kinds, actually! We found the kind that had the least number of ingredients and got it. We also picked up some frozen mochi (not ice cream, it has bean paste inside) — so good. My mom bought herself some green tea as well.
During check out the guy provided us with a small cardboard box for our goodies and was super friendly and talking to me about my asian travels.
All in all a great experience and now my mom knows where to go close to home for her asian necessities!