Posted January 29th, 2017 in Food | No Comments »
If you love Japanese snacks you may have tried Yukimidaifuku – ice cream covered with thin mochi skin. I used to eat it while I was in Japan, especially in winter. “Yuki-Mi” literally means “watching snow”, and this ice cream used to be on the shelves at the shops during the winter. Now you can find it through a year.
I haven’t seen Yukimidaifuku around Perth for awhile, but today I bought a similar product from Spudshed in Jandakot.
They are in the ice cream isle, and few kinds of flavours’re available. Vanilla, green tea, black sesame, coconut… I forgot to take a photo. :p
Black sesame and coconut flavours were on sale and it was around $3.90, so I bought a box of black sesame. I couldn’t leave vanilla so I bought a box of those too.
There are 5 individually packed mochi ice cream inside a box. The original price was around $5 so they are bit pricy, but if you love mochi and ice cream I’d say you should try one.
Posted September 14th, 2015 in Japanese Stores in Perth, Perth WA | 3 Comments »
There are few posts that I wrote about Japanese grocery shops in Perth, and they are getting very old! So here is an update …
Fuji Mart in Subiaco
A new Japanese grocery shop. Easy access from Woolworths car park (90minutes free parking)!
Shop 13-14, 29 Station Street, Subiaco WA 6008
Tel : (08) 6162 8608
Mon-Fri 9:30 ~ 18:00
Sat 9:00 ~ 17:00
Sun 11:00 ~ 17:00
Public holidays closed
Yee Seng Oriental Supermarket
They occasionally sell new Japanese items. The shop is located in Hulm Court, surrounded by some nice shops including Sundays Everyday, Ohnamiya, Perth Kimuchi, and UTOPIA.
36 Hulme Ct, Myaree WA 6154
Tel : (08) 9330 9096
Lion Oriental Food Co.
They sells variety of Japanese liquor as well as grocery.
13 Fitzgerald Street, Northbridge Perth 6003
Tel: (08) 9228 9898
website
MCQ at Coventry Village
“Farmer Jacks” inside Coventry Village in Morley. Some items are much cheaper than other shops, such as Koshihikari rice, konnyaku, furikake rice seasonings and nori seaweed. They sell a variety of frozen food and this is where I buy all the ingredients for oden in winter!
243-253 Walter Road, Morley WA 6062
And, nowadays Coles and Woolworths sell Japanese items on international isle. They normally stock up basic stuff only such as nori seaweed, sushi vinegar and Japanese curry roux, but some store sell unique one e.g. QP wasabi mayonnaise! And sometimes you find a bargain – few weeks ago at local Coles, I got a pack of Japanese panko for $2. Now I’m thinking to make delicious katsu 🙂
Posted August 22nd, 2015 in Japanese Stores in Perth, Perth WA | No Comments »
Before I moved to North of the River I lived in Winthrop and whenever I needed Asian grocery I went to this place – Yee Seng Oriental Supermarket.
Yee Seng is located in Hulme Court in Myaree, just opposite Sundays Everyday and Perth Kimuchi.
The Japanese section used to be small, but now it’s expanded and you can find lots of Japanese & Korean grocery items at this store.
Most of the items, including rice, noodle and konnyaku, are actually tad cheaper at Coventry Village, but I still like Yee Seng because you can find more variety of Japanese food here.
For example, some frozen ready-to-cook food such as pre-cooked tempura, korokke, and crumbled fish are not sold at Coventry Village (to my knowledge).
You can get some Asian vegetables here too.
This is my another favourite section – drinks. There are lots of Korean drinks that are at low cost. They sell Korean version of Yakult cheaper than Yakult (although I’ve never tried as I always go with Yakult).
I love Hulme Court – there are lots of good grocery shops and restaurants/takeaway shops. 🙂
Yee Seng Oriental Supermarket
36 Hulme Ct, Myaree WA 6154
Posted June 6th, 2015 in Japanese Stores in Perth, Perth WA | 10 Comments »
It’s been awhile since I wrote about grocery stores in Perth where you can buy Japanese products. Nowadays most Asian grocery shops sell Japanese food, and even supermarkets such as Coles and Woolworths sell some Japanese food on the international isle. – But they are always the same products : soy sauce, wasabi, nori sheets, mayonnaise, sauces, seasonings… some basic things only. So for Japanese people who live in Perth and want something more “Japanese”, they’d go to Nippon Food in Subiaco where they can buy more variety of Japanese food and goods.
Now, however, there is a new Japanese grocery shop recently opened in Subiaco (same suburb as Nippon Food!) – Fuji Mart.
Fuji Mart is a newly opened shop which caters variety of Japanese products including food and also some home wares. They did a big opening ceremony at the shop few weeks ago which I missed – everything in store was 20% OFF!
The shop is conveniently located on Station Street in Subiaco, just above Woolworths car park (which you’ll pay $0 for 90minutes parking). You’ll find this store in front of the escalator from/to the car park.
Inside the shop resemble a Japanese convenience store or supermarket. Products are displayed neatly and everything is easy to see. The store manager at this store has worked at Fuji Mart in Eastern State for a decade, and I can see he has some skill to display a retail shop – WELL DONE!
And, at Fuji Mart, you will find much cheaper price compared to elsewhere. Some items are cheapest here to my knowledge!
You can also buy some “100 yen goods” here at Fuji Mart in Subiaco at $2.50.
I was quite amazed by the variety of goods sold here. You can even find a kit for Japanese calligraphy, magonote (back scratcher), and takoyaki-making plate!!!
I definitely recommend this store to anyone. If you haven’t been here, just come! The products are selling super fast so you may find some empty shelves, but they are ordering stocks and hopefully once the store starts rolling on track you can shop everything you need for a Japanese feast!
Fuji Mart
Shop 13-14, 29 Station Street, Subiaco WA
Tel : (08) 6162 8608
Mon-Fri 9:30 ~ 18:00
Sat 9:00 ~ 17:00
Sun 11:00 ~ 17:00
Public holidays closed
Posted October 28th, 2011 in Eat out in Perth | 1 Comment »
There is an Indian grocery shop at Market City in Canning Vale, just at the corner of Ranford road and Bannister road. This shop opens 7 days a week, along with other retail shops in Market City.
The price of items in this shop is competitive, and people travel there to buy some Indian and Asian groceries, but there is one more reason why this place is filled with people ; especially on weekends.
They sell some ready-made foods, including some Indian sweets and meals such as Nasi Lemak. I often see people there in early morning wearing pajamas who look for take-away breakfast!
There is an Indian restaurant (it’s more like small take-away type shop) next door. It’s also popular and I see many Indian people eating breakfast and lunch there.
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Posted June 17th, 2011 in Japanese Stores in Perth, Perth WA | 4 Comments »
(*** This is an old post. Read my newer post***)
I’ve posted grocery shops that I go to in Perth here, but they need to be updated!
Super Fuji in Victoria Park closes at the end of this month, but the shop isn’t open everyday already. And, Sushi Station Fuji no longer opens either. It’s shame that I really wanted to eat sushi over there after I gave birth to Hiro. 🙁 These two shops were owned by same owner (Japanese couple), but they suddenly decided to close both of them for a while…
Nippon Food Supplies in Fremantle is also closing at the end of June (this month!). From July, only Subiaco shop will operate.
There seems to be new shops selling Japanese items in Perth city, but I haven’t been there yet.
Hi Mart, Seoul Mart, and Hanaro Mart (Korean grocery shops) sell very similar items to Japanese food, and they are much cheaper.
Hi Mart :
133 Barrack Street, Perth WA 6000 – (08) 9417 7776
113 Collins Road, Willetton WA 6155 – (08) 9354 1433
346 Albany hwy, Victoria Park WA
Winthrop Shopping Centre, 131 Somerville Blvd, Winthrop WA 6150
Hanaro Mart :
Shop7, North Lake shopping Centre, 67 North Lake Rd, Myaree WA
Seoul Mart :
Shop 4-5, 544 Hay St (on Pier St) (08) 9221 0322
Shop 76 Southland Shopping Centre, Pinetree Gully Rd, Willetton, WA
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And, if you want to buy some Japanese grocery directly from importer, you can call up Japan Food Corp. (JFC). You can browse their product list on their website. If you want to go there, I recommend to call them first and tell them when you are coming, so that staff can prepare things for you.
There are Tokyo Mart and Fuji Mart in NSW, QLD and VIC, and there will be new Tokyo Mart shop opening in WA around the end of this year! They say the shop will be in Karawara, but exact location is unknown at the moment.
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Posted June 3rd, 2010 in Perth WA | 28 Comments »
Due to the rapid foreign population growth of Perth, there are many Asian grocery shops around Perth and other surrounding suburbs. There should be at least one shop near your house if you live within Metro area, although there are still only a few grocery shops down south: Mandurah Oriental Shop in Mandurah, Jacaranda Oriental Supermarket & Cynthia’s Asian Food Supply in Bunbury.
As I’m Japanese, I tend to go to grocery shops that sell many Japanese products. Some Japanese products are made in Singapore, Taiwan, or elsewhere, but I try not to buy any Chinese-looking packaged foods even though the contents are Japanese food. For example, “Japanese style mochi” but the package language is all Chinese and the production country is also China. I’m still sensitive against China’s food safety (although China signed an agreement for establishing a cooperation mechanism on food safety (news)) … well, it’s almost impossible to not to buy any China products nowadays though.
Anyway, here are a list of Asian grocery shops that I often go to.
*** Updated here ***
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<Emma’s Seafood YoungTofu>
They sell many varieties of Japanese food, including snacks, sweets, fish, icecream, condiments etc. Ingredients for Oden can be bought from here. It’s located in the heart of Northbridge, where other grocery shops and Asian butchers are gathered.
Address : 319 William St. Northbridge WA 6003
Phone : (08) 9228 8899
Open : 10:00 – 18:00 / 7 days
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<Yee Seng Oriental Supermarket>
Well stocked up with fresh vegetables to canned varieties and frozen meats. You can find basic Japanese food such as mirin, nori sheets, frozen burdock, frying fish roe, tofu etc etc as well as snacks and candies including dried cuttlefish to pickled plums candy.
and
Address : 36 Hulme Ct, Myaree WA 6154
Phone : (08) 9330 9096
Open : 7 days
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<Hung Wei Supermart>
Varieties of food including vegetables and herbs. The prices are reasonable.
and
Address : 3/333 Ranford Rd, Canning Vale, WA 6155
Phone : 08 9456 5080
Open : unknown
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<Lion Oriental Food / Loi’s Eastern Supermarket>
Convenient locations : on Barrack street in Perth, and on Fitzgerald St, Northbridge. Operated by the same owner, the Lion Oriental sells many Japanese food and liquor.
and
Address : 13 Fitzgerald Street, Northbridge Perth WA 6003
Phone : (08) 9228 9898
Open : 7 days
and
Address : 125 Barrack Street, Perth WA 6000
Phone : (08) 9325 2718
Open : 7 days
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<Maruyu Perth>
A Japanese grocery and gadget shop. All the staff are Japanese too. As I walk inside the shop, I feel like I’m in Japan’s convenience store.. They sell snacks, Japanese food ingredients (curry roux etc), frozen vegetables and unagi, icecream, instant noodle, and some skin care and hair care products. 100 yen goods are also sold in store for $3.00 each.
and
Address : Shop 2-33 Barrack St, Perth WA 6000
Phone : (08) 9202 1764
Open : Mon-Fri: 10am-5pm
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<Nippon Food Supplies Subiaco & Fremantle>
As an Japanese food importer, they sell lots of Japanese products in stores. Fremantle shop sells some Japanese tableware including tea cup and chopsticks.
aaa
Address : 180 Rokeby Rd, Subiaco WA 6008
Phone : (08)9380-6783
Open : Mon-Sat 10am-6pm Sun: 11am-5pm
and
Address : 1/ 19 Collie St, Fremantle WA 6160
Phone : (08) 9336 6064
Open : 7 days
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<Super Fuji>
A Japanese grocery shop in Victoria Park. Friendly staff. They do a rental service of Japanese drama/film DVD and Japanese song CDs in store as well.
They also operate a restaurant Sushi Station Fuji nearby.
Address :245 Albany Hwy, Victoria Park, WA 6100
Open : Monday – Saturday
*** Nippon Food Fremantle Shop and Super Fuji have been closed ***
*** Maruyu Perth is also closed for good ***
Posted December 18th, 2009 in Perth WA | 2 Comments »
The second largest Korean grocery shop, after Hi Mart, in Perth is Seoul Mart, I think. Seoul Mart started its original shop in Perth few years ago, and now there is one in Myaree, and one in Southlands shopping centre.
I’ve been to all of them, but I didn’t like the Perth shop. When I went there the staffs were very rude! On the other hand, Myaree and Southlands shop staffs are very polite and friendly. I’m not sure if those 3 shops are owned by a same owner, or different, but I really don’t feel like going back to the Perth shop. (but Perth shop does monthly special sale and things are cheap!)
The owner (I think) at Myaree shop is a very very nice guy. He serves customer with smile and try to answer any questions customer may have- most of the items are written in Korean, so non-Korean customers need some assistance ! At Myaree shop, they do vcd/dvd rental service of Korean drama / film as well.
Out of those three, I think Southland Seoul Mart is the biggest one. They sell not only food but also some household stuff such as rice cooker, grilling plate (for Korean BBQ) and stationery. The staff at Southland are friendly too. The shop is next to Reject Shop in Southland Shopping Centre.
Seoul Mart City (open 7 days)
Shop 4-5, 544 Hay St (on Pier St) (08) 9221 0322
Seoul Mart Myaree
Shop7, North Lake shopping Centre, 67 North Lake Road Myaree WA
Seoul Mart Southlands
Shop76, Southlands Shopping Centre Willetton WA
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