Boo Han Oriental Market

This is primarily a Korean store but now that Anzen is is closed I was happy to see there’s also a small Japanese food selection with dashi and other stuff. Look in the refrigerator on the right-​hand wall for great organic miso from Japan. Best yet, the help is friendly and the store is not as huge and chaotic as Fubonn. Got a nice little kitchen ware section, too!

This is my go-​to Korean/​Asian market. It has everything I need, even including yummy snacks :) Plus, closest one to me. It’s a smaller market but it has everything you really need when it comes to making Korean food. (Only thing I wish they sold were eggs so that I don’t have to stop by Haggens or somewhere afterwards.) The workers are pretty quiet but friendly and efficient. The only downfall is their vegetable selection is a bit limited and sometimes, the veggies are a bit old so there were a few times I couldn’t even buy them and had to make another stop at a different grocery store.

I really love this place, lots of different Kim chee, sweet potato noodle salad, Korean sushi, many items I can’t find at fubonn or Hong phat. Since I live a few blocks away from all the Asian markets in southeast it’s easy to compare them to each other, but I keep coming back to Boo Han as my first choice. Nice folks here, always happy to see me and when they don’t have my favorite sweet potato noodle salad they let me know when they will make more. I read another review that said the price for seaweed salad was really expensive, but a 1 kilo block in the frozen section was $ 8.00. Just add smoked squid and it blows my mind! The problem I have is like most other Asian markets there is not many organic options, plus why is it most Asian markets use Styrofoam and plastic wrap to package fresh mushrooms and vegetables? Beautiful fresh shiitake and oyster mushroom at ¼ the price of mainstream grocers, but it comes in toxic wrap. Suck! I grow mushrooms and they grow organically, so why not bulk mushroom bins and paper bags? It also has to take away from their bottom line adding labor and packaging, so WTF? And until recently Boo Han had their home made Kim Chee in nice glass jars, but the jars are plastic now. Please stop packaging mushrooms in Styrofoam and plastic wrap and use the savings to put the Kim Chee in glass jars! If Boo Han would do that they would get
5 stars, but Styrofoam and plastic wrap for fresh shrooms takes 2 stars off the top. Same for Fubonn, Hong Phat, and most other Asian grocers. STOP USING TOXIC CHEMICALS TO WRAP MY FOOD!

Mon-​sat:
8:30 am — 8:30 pm
Sunday:
9:00 am — 8:00 pm
Love this place but the closing time on Unilocal is wrong. Thought you guys should know, so you wouldn’t waste a drive expecting to get some tasty treats like me. damn

We randomly got some Korean BBQ from costco so we needed some kimchee.
Stopped by Boo Han on the way home and man, they had everything. It was like a mini H-​Mart. Prices weren’t too bad and the Ajumah at the front was friendly. Nice to know we have options in this area.

The only korean market in SE so I really have nothing to compare it to lol. I do love their side dishes, and thin slices meat cut, and ofc the kimchi. It’s the only place I buy kimchi, or make it at home. Ofc buying is less work haha. The bad side is you can’t put what you want in. I like my kimchi with more green onions and radishes. But hey everything is great bought.

As a Korean-​American, this place has the basic necessities for cooking Korean dishes as well as the cooking utensils too. The staff is helpful and friendly, always good gimpop and japjae freshly made. If you want help in gathering the right ingredients for a dish, ask them and they will guide you.

This is a pretty good local korean grocery store. You can get anything you’re looking for at H-​Mart here without the drive. It seems like a mom and pops grocery store. Not as much variety but I’m ok with that. I really don’t need an aisle of soy sauces or 20 varieties of hot chili pastes.
They have kimchi, assortment of rices, pre-​made foods that tastes like a little old granny made them. Their flavors of pre-​made panchans (side dishes) aren’t as sweet as H-​Mart but that’s ok. Especially stellar are their kimbop (korean style seaweed roll), their sliced rib eyes, and Choco pies for the kids. I’ve bought their produce and think it’s pretty fresh.
I also like their cashiers, always helpful and friendly. It’s a nice local Korean grocery store and one I go to frequently.

Boo Han very clearly caters to Asian immigrants and is authentic to the core. You walk in and you notice Asian letters on just about everything.
When you enter, you see all kinds of the Poccari Sweet, cucumber drinks and cold coffee. As you walk up, you’ll see all kinds of moche and traditional seafood. Stroll through the aisle as you’ll see spices, packaged snacks and whatnot. If you go to the sides, you’ll see meat and towards the front, you’ll find chopsticks and traditional Chinese cookery.
Even the fertilizer is in Chinese. This places adds some diversity and a foreign experience to food and the surrounding communities. Much of it is still nevertheless processed, but the brilliant selection keeps you wanting to come back.
I bought a big bag of shrimp chips. It was only $ 1.25. Paying was quick.
Boo Han is a gateway to the Anthony Bourdain.

Being from the East Coast and living on the East side, I needed a go to spot for Korean items. This was it. Although very small compared to Hong Phat and Fubonn, they had everything I needed and were extremely nice. They have a ton of different pre made kim chi, and have fresh meat case with pork belly and bulkogi. They also have a small section of housewares such as bowls and cook ware.

I like this place. It’s a smaller shop that has all the Korean essentials. Some items are priced slightly lower than H-​Mart, the rest are around the same cost. So while I wouldn’t shop there regularly, they are the only shop that has my favorite soy sauce! I went to H-​Mart, Fubon, Asian Food Center, G-​Mart and none of them had my soy sauce. This is the only place that carries it and I hope they continue to do so!

I live on the east side so this is where I go when I need Korean-​y things. The fresh daily things are good, such as the kimbap and pre-​steamed sweet potatoes. I also really appreciate the huge selection of asian drinks. Yummy.
They have a nice variety of kimchee side dishes, but what i appreciate most is that they have pre-​sliced meats. I hate touching raw meats and this save me. :)
Yes, this place smells funny, but what asian market doesn’t? Look at the new Hong Phat. That place just took over Safeway and it already smells like Asia.

I’m going through a Korean food phase, and I stopped off here to get some ingredients. The staff were friendly and very helpful; the place was clean and they had the ingredients I needed. I’ll be back!

Still ghetto after all these years, but these folks serve up the best pre-​made banchan and kimchis in the area. And it’s a one-​stop shop for Korean cooking. The selection isn’t overall as good as Fubonn or the other big Asian markets, but when it comes to specializing in Korean goods, this place has what I need. And it’s crazy close to my house.
BOOM!

Better than Fubonn it’s a bit cheaper for produce and cleaner. Great selection of Korean food. Only thing lacking is the variety since it’s a small store.

Love their «banchans» korean side dishes! Food is very clean and tastes home made and all most everything has no MSG. My favorites were «jokbal» sliced pork feet, «jabchae» korean style vermicelli vegetable noodle, kimchee, and «boolgogi» korean style marinated bbq. If you love Korean food, miss your mother’s cooking, on a budget, this is the place to go!

Everything is Overpriced !
Looking to buy a box if seaweed salad n the lady say $ 45. So I pass. N went to hmart it’s half the price!!! Wow, luckily I didn’t buy it that time !
The ready to eat fishcake is just plain flour ! I rather drive out to hmart if I needed Korean goodies !

When my husband and I moved to Portland 12÷25÷04, the first thing my (Korean) mom did was take us out to find all the Korean places to eat and shop.
This is my favorite place to go for Korean food! I love to get all my kimchee, meat, noodles, Bibimbap ingredients etc… form here: D It reminds me of the Korean store my mom used to take me to in SLC growing up :)

What do I know about making Korean food? Not a whole lot. But I know how to eat it! With my Korean cookbook and my Korean buddy Steve, I’m learning. And it’s Steve who clued me into this little market on the east side. Since I tried to stay in my SE biking area, this market had just what I needed for my first batch of kim chi. The place had a fire with in the last few years, so needless to say, after the remodel the joint is shiny-​sparkly clean and bright, like an operating room practically.
The produce department is less than what you find at Fubonn but fills most of your basic needs. The deli has marinated boolgogi that is really friggin’ good. Haven’t tried the kim chi yet, but a 5 gallon jar for around 12 bucks makes me wonder why the hell I make my own. Plus the kim chi is in GLASS jars. Nice, no plastic.
Haven’t been to HMart, which Steve says is bigger, but if I can get what I need on this side of town, much less go to (shudder…) Tigard, maybe Boo Han is just better. Yep.

Korean Sushi $ 3.50 ^o^
Vegetarian Jap Chae (Stir-​fried Potato Starch Noodle) $ 3.99 ^o^
I don’t come here for anything else other than the two items listed above, and they’re enough to keep me coming back! Selection is quite limited here, ranging from snacks, produce, frozen goods, beverages, ban chan (e.g. kimchi), etc. You can find the basic stuff here, but their prices are not very appealing. I’d rather stock up from H-​Mart, Fubonn, or Uwajimaya.
They do have a few things that Fubonn doesn’t, like smelt roe, frozen prepared unagi, more variety of Korean side dishes, and super-​sized Korean chili paste.
The staff are really nice and don’t mind helping you with their limited English. :)