Lucky Supermarket

Cheap fresh produce as expected with many asian grocery stores, I was able to find everything I was looking for at a relatively inexpensive cost. Well worth the extra driving time!

What can I say this remains one of my fav places to pick up most groceries, they at least as fresh as the other stores, and priced well. Add to that the additional items you can not find else where, and the good section of herbs it is always a joy to look around here. Needless to say I will be back.

Lucky Supermarket has a casual food court style eatery in the grocery store that has its own dedicated check out line. There’s also a small dining area with about 10 or so tables. Overall, this is a clean, fast and cheap place for a quick meal or take home alternative. Lunch hours can be quite busy and the line up for the food can be a bit confusing as the dim sum line and the combination food line intersects each other in a odd way. Also if you are there to only order a Vietnamese sub, you might feel like you are cutting people in line because it’s at the end of the food stations. Very odd set up.
There’s a small area with lots of bamboo steamers producing several popular dim sum dishes like shrimp dumplings (har gaw), pork dumplings (siu mai), steamed pork buns, and sticky rice wrapped in banana leaves. The dim sum dishes are under $ 4. I tried the shrimp dumplings (4 pieces for $ 3.69) — the shrimp filling was yum but the dumpling skin was a bit mushy. My friend enjoyed the pork dumplings and the sticky rice. Remember to ask for the hot chilli oil from the dim sum area, otherwise the cash till area only has that generic hot sauce (not Sriracha). They have combination lunches (Chinese & Filipino dishes) similar to those offered at the food courts though this place offers them at a much lower price. 3 piece combo = $ 4.99, 4 piece combo = $ 5.99 and 5 piece combo = $ 6.99. They rotate different items daily though the spring rolls and deep fried wings seem to the constants. I’ve seen stir fried crab legs, chicken/​veg stir fry, beef dishes, and pork ribs. Despite the great combination deal, I didn’t love the food but at these prices you can’t expect too much. The fried rice was too greasy for me. The stir fried veggies (gailan or Chinese broccoli, carrots and mushrooms) didn’t have much flavour to it. And the chicken wings with stir fried veggies were too salty; the dish was cooked well but less seasoning would’ve made this a better dish.
There’s also a bánh mì (Vietnamese submarine) station, $ 3.99 for an approximately foot long sub on a Vietnamese style baguette. Unless you say otherwise, the staff will put everything into that sub (which is the way you should eat it). Vietnamese subs are all about balance of flavours and textures so try one with all the fixings first! You can request for the sub to be spicy; I recommend the heat because it adds that right amount of kick to the sub. People put different types of meats in these subs but the more common version is with pork (in the form of a Vietnamese cold cuts). There’s also pickled carrots and daikon (my favourite!), liver pâté, cilantro, butter, cucumbers and thinly sliced chilli peppers. This sub may scare off some people but the flavours are really great. Though the bánh mì here isn’t the best I’ve had but it’ll do in a pinch.
There’s also a BBQ station where you can order the standard Chinese style BBQ pork and «char siu» by weight (mostly for take home). A pound of it is about $ 6 or $ 7. Lucky has vastly improved on the products here, when they first opened, the meats were overly sweet. But recently, their BBQ meats taste so much better. The BBQ pork is crispy and properly seasoned and the char siu has the right amount of sweetness.
There are some misses here but overall, good selection with good price points.
Grocery store is still good — see my previous review on that.

Fantastic additional to Winnipeg. This Supermarket has an amazing butcher, frozen and seafood section. Very affordable. We purchased a bag of calamari rings for $ 4.99 and 2 Marlins steaks for $ 2.19. Also had lunch at the ready made area it was ok but nothing earth shattering. The noodles and spring rolls were my best dish and the chicken legs in my husbands. Looking forwarding to trying the BBQ pork and duck in future visits.