Sahath By Asian Grocery

Great place to find anything you need for SE Asian cooking. There is even a small housewares section in the back with a few cookers, mortar and pestles, and other necessaries. They also have Karaōke DVDs, for those of you who are interested. The service here is incredibly helpful. The thin guy is very knowledgeable and is always willing to give some cooking tips. The lady is super warm and friendly and never forgets a customer. They always seem to value every customer who enters their doors. However, at times they can be pushy sales people, trying to get you to buy one more thing. They usually do they whole «do you want this? do you want that?,» but they are also the type that don’t mind giving you something for free as opposed to letting it go to waste. Unlike some larger markets that shall remain unnamed, they do not sell expired goods. All in all, I enjoy coming here and seeing their sincere smiling faces. The husband and wife are very sweet people.
This place is clean and well-​stocked and frequented by much of the local Cambodian community. The prices and selection are very comparable to the West End SE Asian markets, besides the fact that they do not sell Asian desserts or taro (trao), etc here, but they do now have Asian white sweet potato. They have some frozen seafood, mostly fish. Battambang up the street does have some selection of such root vegetables and desserts. This store had DVDs, while I don’t think Battambang does. I just really appreciate how at Sahath by they go above and beyond with customer service and appreciation.
Of course, the location is super convenient since you can come right after or right before making your main purchases at Food Lion in the same plaza. I recommend buying your mangoes and limes (something like 6/​$ 1), rice, garlic (a huge thing of six garlic heads or so for just a few bucks), and herbs (super cheap) here, not at the supermarket, even if you don’t cook Asian food. It’s just smarter shopping.
In the back, there is a cooking supply shelf where you can find clay mortar and pestle sets, stone mortar and pestle sets, as well as other items. A large clay set will only set you back $ 13, which is quite reasonable. They also have a hand julienne tool and some hand slicing gadgets up near the register for just a couple bucks. They are great tools to have!
There’s also a small section of basic Goya Hispanic products like beans, etc.
For those who are not necessarily looking for SE Asian cooking products, they also have Jasmine tea, Café du Monde Chicory Coffee, instant Thai tea, beef bones for making stock (refrigerated section on the left), Maggi bouillon cubes, white sweet potato, as well as the firmer Asian version of buttercup squash (for Nicaraguans, this is what you use for ayote en miel).
Additional info:
In addition to English and Khmer, the husband speaks Thai, Lao, and I think Vietnamese.