G & L Import Export

The place is cute and I’ve smelled worst Asian stores… the lady who is at the counter is very friendly and helpful… the place is very centric for us northeasters…
ok so that’s the good news… bad news… 8 dlls for regular commercial soy sauce you find at Fry’s or other place for like 5 dlls? I don’t think so… everything is SO expensive! I get it, it’s international, but some things are waaaay cheaper in regular grocery stores.
Many things have no label and no price at the produce section, no way to know what they are, and after going to the lady in the front 2 times during my first 5 minutes there… it get’s kind of embarrassing bothering her so much, sothere were many things there I had no idea what they were… and lastly and saddest, THEIR LIVE CRABS: it broke my heart to see them in a small carton box, like 20 of them piling up, horrible! I know you will kill them, but PLEASE, give them a descent place to like while they wait to be killed, there was a lot of places to put them in a more human way.
I really don’t think I’ll go again, even if it’s the closest to my house, I think I’d rather drive half hour to GrantStone

Great place to find a lot of Asian food. For those who like Asian decoration you will love this places.

The best international food market I’ve seen in Tucson. Lots of neat little items I haven’t found anywhere else. I can’t walk out without buying something I haven’t tried before. I can see how people would complain about some appearances, but this isn’t Safeway or Whole Foods. The store just feels cozy to me. They sell a good deal of items other than food like furniture or kids toys, but I’ve never bought anything other than the food.

I just love this place. The owners and workers are super sweet and extremely helpful. They love Walter and let me bring him without a second look. But who doesn’t love him, anyway great place to buy coconut water in bulk. They have fresh produce but best to go on Tuesday when new stuff comes in. If you need anything from ponzu to chopsticks this place has it. I recommend it to any one check it out.

I’m not really sure what happened to this place since I don’t think it had new management or anything but G & L Import Export Corp now has a serious problem of keeping expired food and food that is stale on their shelves letting it «infect» other foods. I came here to buy some ingredients for phở and spent $ 20 – 30 on rice noodles, anise seeds, etc. The date checked out so I figured oh good, now I have all the ingredients I need and I can get started!
You could just TELL the noodles had been surrounded by other old stuff — they kind of seeped in this really nasty flavor of all the other stale foods, kind of like when you let bananas sit next to your bread for a week and then your bread tastes like bananas. It also proceeded to make our entire pantry smell like stale noodles which was not fun :(We spent so long on making the phở and it was absolutely ruined by the ingredients this store provided since the taste got into the broth too!
So, you say, just because the noodles are nasty that doesn’t mean that anything else was! Well I also bought a brand of Japanese crackers I’ve purchased here before and they tasted the same — stale with hints of everything else in the store and completely inedible. A while ago I also bought some bargain bin ramen too and it was obvious it went on sale because it literally tasted like dust.
We usually bought our big rice bags here but we will NOT be returning to G &L ever again. It’s pretty obvious that the store is too big and that they can’t maintain stock when half the store is full of stale/​expired food, some of the fridge hinge doors are broken, and there are many spots where dust visibly lingers. Save your money and make the trip to Lee Lee or any of the other smaller oriental stores that deserve your business.

It’s no Lee Lee’s, but when I don’t want to make the hour long trek, it will do. It’s a great place to stock up on noodles. It is mostly Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Pinoy, Vietnamese and Thai– with a bit of Hawaii, Europe, African and Middle Eastern thrown in. When you enter, the produce is to your right. Grant Stone and Lee Lee’s has a much nicer selection. However, they have a great selection of rice, noodles and spices. The prices are great too! We stock up on a variety of Phở soup bases. When I run out of my beloved Maesri curry pastes, I can run here in a pinch. They also have my favorite Chaokoh coconut milk. I have had my eye on the Lumpiang Shanghai, Filipino spring rolls in the freezer section and I would love to wash it down with the Yuzu flavored beer.
They have the cutest Hello Kitty training chopsticks. They come in bright purple, red, green and blue with Hello Kitty on top decked out as a mermaid. It makes me want to ditch my flatware completely.
It is located in a strip mall, next to a now defunct dim sum shop. FYI-​there is a minimum for credit cards.

after being here in tucson for two years, i’ve finally found an asian market on my side of town. i’m pretty sure i kept hearing about this place from the owners of a restaurant that i visit, but, i could never remember the name or location.
after going wayyyyyyyyy across town for different asian food products that are essential to me, i thought i’d search for something on the east side.
the thing that i was really excited about was buying thai sticky rice (sweet/​glutinous rice). across town, i never knew which one was actually the one i was looking for (and the staff really never helped me). back home, my mom would always buy it and we’d have it on hand, so i never knew what to look for. i asked an employee at g&l just to be sure that i was choosing the right product. he helped me pick out what i needed.
also picked up some pork rinds and dried shredded pork. they go so great with sticky rice!
my daughter was even excited to pick out a cute pair of learning chopsticks near the register.
glad i’ll be able to come here next time instead of driving 45 minutes just for a few items.

This market offers all sorts of foreign ingredients. If you need rice, noodles, soy sauce, etc, they probably have it here. This is not a fancy supermarket, but it’s fascinating to walk around through the aisles to see what they offer.
They’ve remodeled recently and are now offering more items.

Old fashioned jumbled up anachronistic and rather odd Asian market with lots and lots of stuff. Like Grantstone market, I wouldn’t be going here for fresh vegetables and the like, but for dry and preserved foods and hardware it’s good. The 3 Stooges would be deadly in their giant urns for sale section… in fact I’m scared to walk through it, clumsy as I am, I might bump into one and start a chain reaction!

This is a really big store with plenty of variety. Their prices are the most affordable of all the Asian markets and stores that I have shopped at. I like going to this store since they offer fresh veggies and frozen goods. This is the place to go especially when you live in central or east Tucson.

I think this may be the best Asian market in Tucson. I say that based on their huge selection and balanced variety of different Asian countries’ foods. They are the only store in town where I have been able to find my favorite Japanese herb shiso. Good frozen/​refrigerated section, produce, dry goods, kitchenware and more.

G&L Import Export Corp. is a large pan-​Asian market specializing in Chinese, Thai, Japanese, Hawaiian, South Asian, and Korean products. There is also a small selection of Near Eastern and variety of European products however, the emphasis is definitely on Asian products. Aloha soy sauce, rice stick, soba noodles, durian, tahini, and Belgian speculass are all available in the pleasing atmosphere of an abandoned airplane hanger. In addition, fresh vegetables, kimchee, and a selection of frozen goods are available. Prices are incredibly fair, probably the best in Tucson, and besides food items there are other fascinating objects. Need an imitation Jingdezhen blue and white porcelain vase or a Hello Kitty knock off, well you have found your place.