T & T Supermarket

Blown away by the size and variety of this place! The full car park should have been a give away this is a tucked away treasure. Was headed to Polson Pier for sunset and this was the spot for a warm pick me up! Even sells hot food, hot drinks on top of a wide variety of asian groceries.

I’m not sure if it’s just me but, i find the food that they serve at their hot table, tastes pretty nasty.
This is my 5^th time coming here for food and I’ve had enough. I thought I was ordering at the wrong hours of the day, but the food still tastes foul each time.
The rice and meat taste like it wasn’t washed or marinated prior before being cooked, and there is so much fat and BONE mixed in with the actual meat.
The fried rice is bright yellow, it looks like they soaked it in egg yolk and didn’t actually fry it. The shrimp tastes like it was jus snatched from the lobster and dropped into the finished (egg yolked) rice. The sweet and sour and the lemon chicken sauce is so THICK, it looks like it’s been sitting out for hours.
Something is terribly wrong with the way the food is being stored OR you guys keep making too much for one day, then by the end of the night you put it in the fridge, then re-​serve the leftovers the following day. And then the process is repeated with that same cooked food for eternity.
Now, I’m sure the shopping experience here is good which I don’t doubt. Otherwise, the fake security guy that stands at the end of the cash register conveyor belts wouldn’t be there. He’s probably the owner of the store who’s just very paranoid or he thinks that we’re actually intimidated by him. Or, he’s watching over the girls working the register. If they screw up, he takes out the whip and gives them a lash on the back… sorry, back to the original topic.
This review is not to bash the T&T franchise in any selfish way and the staff is great but your food is disgusting and something needs to be done.
Unless you’re accustomed to eating horrible tasting, stomach upsetting, constipation food. DON’T EAT FROM THE HOT PLATE.
1 STAR for making the food look appealing.

Sorry meant to post in the surrey BC not Toronto OT

so far as supermarkets go, this one is low on my list.
the food may be priced better then some places…
but the service and the freshness is lacking.
sometimes when i come here to get some food before a concert, i find that the staff are too busy to talk to, and even worse, when you have a question, sometimes the response is «i don’t know» or «i’m sorry?» sometimes when you get food at the hot table, its been out for a bit, so your not really getting the freshness that you deserve IMHO/​experience.
the washrooms ARE disgusting, and the fact that there is only one urinal\toliet\sink in the men’s bathroom is utterly disgusting.
to top it all off, they have now implemented a «one hour» parking rule, so if your shopping, please keep it under an hour, or your vehicle will get booted.
loblaws is just down the street, and clearly the better option :)

Good to get some Chinese groceries. However none of their cooked food is any good and I find it expensive for what u get. I had their spicy chicken and lemon chicken and I found it gross. All dark meat and I asked the staff there if it was white or dark and they all said it was white, but it wasn’t. Some of the staff there are dishonest. And their green beans and Chinese brocoli was not fresh, neither their rice. Never eating there again.

A large Chinese grocery store selling so much fruit, produce, meats, packaged foods, frozen foods, Japanese candies, snacks, ice creams, baked goods, hot prepared foods etc. It’s neat, clean, big, and has lots of Asian foods and snacks.
Good place to browse and buy groceries.

From Hello Kitty cakes, Bahn Mi Sandwiches, Japanese cheesecake and Chinese buns and tarts in the bakery, to less than stellar dim sum and BBQ meats and take out food at the hot counter, to the meat and seafood counters to the sushi counter, T&T has it all.
The one thing you must be careful of is prices at the checkout. One time I was charged double the price for Asparagus and when I went to customer service to complain they said the price in the produce section was wrong. So I told them I wanted to return it. Another time I bought pork neck bones from the meat counter which are 79 cents a pound and the sticker on the bag was for chicken breasts for $ 5 a pound!
The middle aisles have a mix of different Asian foods, not just Chinese… From Thai noodles and Tamarind Paste, to Japanese snacks and sushi rice, to Korean noodles and much more. What I find most out of place is the Loblaws products and other groceries like Ketchup or canned corn. I wonder if anyone buys stuff like that there?
The parking lot and store are a zoo on weekends, and virtually empty on a weekday, so plan your trip accordingly.

Happy that Loblaws didn’t totally destroy this grocery chain when they acquired it years ago. T&T boasts the best of both worlds, decent take out, and high quality produce/​meat/​fish/​bakery sections for those of us with time and inclination to cook. The prices are more then you’d find on Gerrard, but then again, there is parking.

Love going to T&T with my friends for evening food or just hanging out. I drop by for a bite when biking. It’s a beautiful location with the skyline of Toronto right outside. Food is good. Great price for the amount of food you get. They are very generous with portions. Grab some dim sum and an Arizona… you’re good for lunch!

My favourite super market in all of Toronto! Shopping here is my ultimate experience. Not only because I love the variety of Asian products but their shelves are stocked with western supplies as well. Such a clean and organized business with large lane ways and bright lighting. The café area that serves dim sum is a must go for a quick snack before you start your shopping. Never shop hungry! It is kind of far if you’re using public transit but the 72 Pape bus going south will take you almost to the door. Happy shopping!

I found this place on accident. I was perfoming at sound control and there werent many food options close by in walking distance. I found this market and they had sooo many great, authentic asian, homemade food offerings for eating in or for takeaway. Hope i get to return here some day.

The closest T & T to downtown Toronto. Although smaller than other locations this place has most everything you will need for your asian ingredients but also many great prepared foods. We typically come for the Dim Sum in the morning. It’s not the best Dim Sum that money can buy but it’s decent for the price! Usually I go for some had gau, siu main, sticky rice, bean curd rolls and a few other delightful tummy filling dishes!
When you enter the store they have a prepared sushi selection that is some of the cheapest supermarket sushi you will find. A great selection of rolls and sashimi fresh convenient and available. If you go 30 min before closing you can usually get some 50% off sushi that is still good!
This location also does have a smaller bakery of a variety of items, a good produce selection, butcher shop but my favourite to peruse is the seafood. Whether it’s the geoduck, crab, lobster, fresh fish there is always some good action. For me it’s part aquarium voyeur, part exhibition of fish mangers cleaning and gutting a fresh fish. What’s great about the butcher shop is you can get some nice Asian cuts of meat such as thinly sliced ribeye and beef short ribs.
Great selection, reasonable prices and a pleasant retail experience.

I like this grocery store as it’s fairly clean and a variety of foods can be purchased. Even the small food court is not bad but probably laden with its fair share of MSG.
Kids love the fish. Great to buy stuff for hot pots, Korean barbeque but for me, I’d stay away from the meats.

This T&T is organized and clean like other T&T locating uptown I go most of the time.
I came here today with my colleague mainly for their dim sum serving at their food court area. My review is based on their good court only. I would give it a 3.5 stars. We ordered shrimp dumplings, beef tripes, radish cakes, chicken feet, steamed bean curd wrap with pork and vegetables, and pan-​fried green onion pancake. They were all around $ 3 each except the green I onion pancake which was $ 4.99 each. The shrimp dumplings were fresh and hot. The beef tripes were surprisingly good. The green onion pancake was the worst I’ve ever had. The frozen one is even better. My colleague finished all the chicken feet at a very fast pace lol. I thought they were good. I don’t eat any feet! The rest were so so.
This T&T has an average-​sized eat-​in area with some tables and chairs.
It is not a bad place at all to grab some fresh and hot dim sum for a quick lunch while doing some grocery shopping.

Bottom Line: T&T Cherry St. is a clean Asian grocery store with a decent selection of Asian and non-​Asian foods. Vegetables/​Fruits are decently priced but vary in freshness.
Location:
Living downtown, I often find it economical to rent a Zipcar to make the trek to T&T on Cherry Street. Once upon a time, when this location first opened up, T&T used to have a shuttle bus from Union Station, but now you’ll have to rely on a TTC bus to get there via public transit. It’s located about 35 minutes by foot from Union Station. It’s a nice walk but unless you’re heading towards Cherry beach or Polson Pier, there’s not much to do around that area.
There’s ample parking and I’ve never had any trouble getting a spot.
Food:
Produce/​Fruits: decently priced most of the time. They often have cheaper prices than Metro or Loblaws, though a bit more pricey than shops in Chinatown. Quite a number of the fruits/​vegetables DO come from China so if that’s an issue for you, your selection will be more limited. Meats are also far cheaper and when they have sales, they can be amazing! $ 2.99/lbs chicken breast skinless bone-​out?! (Lord help me, I’m starting to sound like my parents…).
T&T’s also a pretty great place for harder to find Asian imports, especially some Japanese items which may not be easy to get unless you’re willing to travel to J-​Town.
Prepared foods are pretty hit or miss. They have a cheap and greasy selection of Chinese and Dim-​Sum dishes. They also have some BBQ meats, sushi and a random assortment of vietnamese food etc. I do like the Ma Po Tofu and greasy eggplant.
Bakery’s also pretty decent. I’m a fan of the coconut bread and their cakes aren’t too sweet if that’s your thing. The Chinese and Portuguese egg tarts are pretty tasty too.
Bathrooms:
OK, but not the cleanest. If you come during T&T’s night market, bringing a jar and catheter is a better alternative.
Service:
Pretty good. Haven’t had any trouble speaking English.
All in all, I’d give this a solid B+ for being clean and having a decent selection. I’ve had some vegetables go bad rather quickly so freshness is more hit or miss. Location isn’t that convenient unless you’re driving.

Used to come here all the time when I lived downtown. Sushi would be the best tasting as well as best priced!
I have tried many things for the first time from t&t, and feel if you are up for experimenting with different foods t&t is the place to go!
Overall great place, great variety and great price!

A trainer (fitness not Pokemon) took me here a few years ago to get a hula hoop. They sell these awesome weighted rubber coated hoops that are actually easier to keep up than your dollar store variety that will blow away in the wind when you crack it in two after it abruptly plunges down to your ankles mid-​twerk because it only weighs a half a gram. I know the neo-​hippies at your local drum circle are getting PVC tubing and wrapping them painstakingly with psychedelic duct tape (available at Home Depot) but who has time for that? Stoners, obviously. And even those are relatively lightweight. I’ve got a 4-​month polar vortex worth of peri-​menopausal middle pudge to contend with, I need a hoop with substance. I’ve never seen them anywhere else and I can’t remember how much they cost (maybe around $ 10), cheaper than a Pilates pass card.
ALSO: I kind of got hooked on the packaged dim sum that they sell in the cafeteria area. As I was perusing the other reviews, I saw a photo posted of what the plate used to look like, which was round and held a variety of dim sum dumplings, but over the years they’ve squished them all in a rectangle piece of styrofoam: 3 shrimp balls, 4 pork balls, and one mystery dumpling (maybe veg?). At first I was pissed because a) not visually exciting and b) wtf are they trying to pull with change? But then I calmed down. Why would I care? I only like the shrimp and pork balls anyway. THERE IS SOMETHING ON THE PORK BALLS LIKE ANGEL DUST, I AM ADDICTED! I come here twice a week (sometimes more).‘ It makes me so very, very happy. Once, on a bleak winter day, I sat with my dim sum staring out the window with the view of the smoke stack and the ships in the frozen harbour, I watched an empty plastic bag dance on the abandoned railway tracks, I was overcome by the melancholy beauty of it all, that I scrambled to find my phone to take a Vine of it but by the time I got it set up, the bag had blown away. I waited for it to come back but it never did, perhaps a fleeting spectacle of pulchritude to remind me to slow the fuck down and stop swallowing these balls down whole, CHEW!
That was also the day they had tins of Hello Kitty marzipan on sale. Hollah!

It’s an Asian grocery store but much cleaner and well managed than the ones in Chinatown (technically, it’s owned by Loblaws).
There’s a decent sized cooked food section but the foods are just 3 stars IMO. Reasonably priced for what you get, but pretty much run of the mill noodles, rice, various dishes, dim sum, bbq, sushi, etc.
I get all my Asian vegetables here because they are quite fresh and last in my fridge for a week without any problem (if I don’t have time to deal with them during the week).
I also like the selection of dried and canned goods, both Asian and non-​Asian. One stop shopping.
If you have a car, it’s worth the drive. There’s a huge parking lot out in front.

Culture shock activate! No really, did I visit Toronto or some country in Asia? This place completely blew away the Asian supermarkets I shop at in Atlanta, Georgia. The selection is incredible. I’m talking about snacks and candies that I thought I could only get overseas were being sold here.
The shopping baskets here are kind of adorable. I mean you unfold the basket and then drag it on the wheels that were attached. Totes adorable. I also love the living crabs and lobsters you can hand select and murder, I mean cook at home.
There is also a great view of the Toronto skyline outside T&T. That makes it worth shopping because I’m all about checking out skylines of cities. What I’m not into is people pointing out my tan lines. Ohhhh snap.

It may surprise you to learn that I do not just dine out all the time– I cook at home. A LOT!
And when it comes to Asian Food ingredients, T&T is my not so far away 1 stop. I could go to the markets in Chinatown, but parking is terrible and although I ride my bike, sometimes I can’t find all the goods I want at the same store. And the crowds drive me away.
T&T is clean, albiet sometimes it can get a little crowded at the checkout and there are rare times that I can’t find the specialty food items I’m looking for. Duck crepes? Yep– they’re located with the frozen dumplings. I had to search for 20 minutes and ask 3 different employees until finally a nice woman working the food demonstration for soba noodles directed me there.
Great fresh fish, although I do find that the prices have gone up a bit. Perhaps this has something to do with Loblaws buying the chain? And they always have a good selection of fresh ducks and rabbit, which can be hard to find even at No Frills, where I usually go for my game meat or other meats that aren’t often eaten or cooked by white people.
I’m not the biggest fan of the hot food buffet. Usually, the food is super greasy and fried. The most I will do is buy a duck from the BBQ counter and bring it home to make crepes and crystal rolls. The BBQ duck is by no means as crispy as Peking Duck, but it does the job in a pinch if you can remove the fat from the skin.
Large selection of thinly sliced meats for hot pot or fondue and I can always find the vegetables I need. Things like lime leaf and galangal are always available if I’m making Thai.
This is my number 2 go to grocery store and it’s always fun to go in and browse around, try the free samples on weekends and stock up on Asian foodstuffs for my pantry.

Très bonnes boîtes à lunch, dans le style du bento japonais, pour très peu cher. Les boîtes à lunch de sushi sont très abordables (environ 6 $) et il y a d’autres choix, comme l’anguille et la côtelette de porc au curry japonais. Un bon choix de dim sum et de plats préparés à assembler. Un point négatif: la qualité du riz n’est pas la meilleure.
La section supermarché plus standard est garnie de produits asiatiques. Beaucoup de spéciaux du jour ou de la semaine.
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(Middlefield & Steeles)
5661 Steeles Avenue East,
Scarborough, ON M1V 5P6
Heures: tous les jours
9:00 am 10:00 pm

t&t ist ein chinesischer Supermarkt mit einer tollen und großen Fischabteilung. Auch die restliche Auswahl an Produkten ist interessant — es reicht von normalen heimischen Produkten bis hinzu den exotischsten asiatischen Produkten. Dazu muss man sagen, das dieser Supermarkt einem wirklich sehr sauber und hygenisch vorkommt — was ja nicht alzu typisch für andere chinesische Märkte ist… =)
Auch bietet t&t eine Auswahl an Gerichten an, welche man entweder direkt im Supermarkt essen kann (Food-​Corner) oder aber auch mitnehmen kann — hier reicht das Angebot von Dim Sum bis Sushi.
Dieser Supermarkt ist einer meiner beliebtesten in Toronto!
— t&t gehört jetzt zu Loblaws (der größten kanadischen Supermarktkette, ähnlich Metro Group in Deutschland) — im Laden hat sich aber nichts verändert. Er ist und bleibt mein favourite one! -