Li Ming’s Global Mart

Li Ming’s has a great selection of specialty foods and the typical hard to find ingredients necessary for cooking different cuisines. There are several spices and dried peppers I need from Li Mings to cook some of my grandmother’s traditional Puerto Rican dishes.
While there, I love picking up ginger candy, canned Lychee, and big bottles of sriracha that are more economically priced than at the traditional grocery stores.
There are a couple of things I don’t like about this store but don’t mind dealing with… first is the location. This stretch of Gate City Blvd isn’t the best area so I don’t venture here after dark. Also, due to the fresh meat and seafood sections in the store, the inside of the store does have a very strong fishy odor that might bother people who are not fond of seafood.

With Chinese New Year we go here every year to get the grocery we need for dinner of New Years celebration. For the last three years we’ve been eating at the little sit down place in this grocery store and they seem to disappoint us more and more every year. This year we just decided we were gonna go eat somewhere else and then come shop. Their food is okay not the best food but if you just wanna come to one stop do everything and then leave this place is okay. Never get their eggplant dish, that dish is just oil and maybe 6 – 8 pieces of eggplant it was horrible. The duck is ok, I’ve had better. And once we ordered a steamed fish that was still raw.

Yes it looks weird and each aisle smells like it’s contents but I gotta say I just love this place. It is a chefs paradise

It’s an annual tradition during Christmas Day that our family goes out to the Asian grocery store and shop for what we’re going to eat that night. When I was growing up, there wasn’t a Li Ming’s or a Super G supermarket that provided the supreme variety of Asian goods. I remember the good/​only days of Dynasty asian mart. I’m happy this store popped up now!
Located right off of Gate City Blvd, this place is really hard to miss. The parking lot is gigantic so you’ll always find a place to park… and I mean always. The supermarket itself is gigantic with a large produce section that is about the same size as the packaged goods section.
In the back of the store is where you’ll find the fish and meats. There’s an additional pop up stand that has the catch of the days (usually crab and mollusks). If you want the live fish, you can’t miss the tanks that houses everything ranging from tilapia to grouper. Note: The beers are right next to the tanks ;).
On the other side of the store, you’ll find the household items (bowls, cleaners, pans/​woks, etc etc). The variety of knick knacks can burn at least an hour there. My family always spends at least 2 hours wandering the entire store searching for deals or reminiscing what each ingredient can make. *rolls eyes*
Lastly, There’s a bakery/​restaurant near the front that offers a good lunchbox deal. $ 5.95 for rice and 3 sides. AND the sides are given out generously. If you’re in the mood for roast duck, they have it here too! My mom refused to get it because of her bad experience with the roast duck at an affiliate in Durham.
I would definitely recommend checking this place out if you live in the area or stopping by. But don’t blame me if 2 hours fly by real fast.

Great Asian supermarket.
They have many authentic products as well as a great selection of fresh fish and meat.
They also offer an entire vegi-​soy freezer with faux meat options.
They have a hot bar that is usually open and a fresh bakery!
Staff is always very helpful and friendly, if you have a question don’t hesitate to ask!

Interesting. That just about says it all. This place is really cool with the live fish, live frogs, and everything else (I don’t recommend opening the frog cooler they can jump, and they jumped right out for me!) I stop by here to get most of my Asian food ingredients (and sometime just to look around) they have fairly good prices on most things but the cashiers can’t speak English very good.

Yes, this place is huge and has lots of Asian ingredients, but in comparison to all of the larger Asian supermarkets I’ve been to, this is not that great. Prices are more expensive, produce isn’t as fresh, and the small cafeteria isn’t just ok. I usually get a box of food (rice with 3 dishes for about $ 6 – 7), and the food is hit or miss. Sometimes it’s really good, but on other days, you can tell the food has been sitting there for a while and it’s really dry. The one time that I’ve bought a whole duck was a HUGE disappointment. The duck was SO dry (again, you could tell it had been hanging there for a while) and there was no flavor. I’ve also tried the baked items, and the dough isn’t that fluffy, just kind of greasy.

I was determined to try some of the Asian food here in the small cafeteria section on the far right hand side of the market — it’s like a small food court, including a bakery area. This time was much better since there was a very nice, older Asian lady who was very helpful, identifying the dishes I ask about.
There are probably about 12 to 15 dishes, including most of the usual Americanized Chinese favorites, and a few different twists. If you choose the combo, you pick 3 entrees to go with white rice, for $ 5.99, yeap $ 5.99. I choose Gen’l Tso’s, a sliced Potato dish, Chicken Wings, a Stewed Chicken dish (cooked on the boe), a Beef dish that was different (it was cooked on the bone, and a dish much like Kung Pao Chicken with some mild heat. This is pretty much a takeout place, so be prepared for that.
All of the dishes were good to very good, though the sliced potato dish was a bit bland, and only the Kung Pao style dish had any real heat. The Gen’l Tso’s was a nice version, but on the mild side. Both the Beef dish and Chicken dish cooked on the bone were full of flavor, and very tender. The Chicken Wings were excellent. I’d try all the dishes again, except the sliced potato one.
This place has some good, cheap eats, Asian style. We’ll be back, much more to try.

Where was Li Ming’s when I was growing up in the Triad?! Back in my day, we had to go to Dynasty on Spring Garden for our bags of rice and Chinese ingredients! *shakes cane*
Since moving away from the Triad years ago, I’m pleasantly surprised on my return visits to find new, big Asian supermarkets such as the Korean-​owned Super G Mart and this Chinese-​owned Li Ming’s Global Mart (opened in 2013), both in Greensboro. While they can’t compare to big city Asian supermarkets (e.g. Assi, Great Wall, Super H Mart) in terms of quality, freshness, cleanliness, and selection, they are definitely a step in the right direction and a plus for the Greensboro, Winston-​Salem, and High Point area.
Li Ming’s occupies the old Lowes Foods grocery store space next to the now-​empty T.J.Maxx space in the shopping center at the corner of High Point Rd and S Holden Rd. I have a lot of childhood memories visiting this stretch of High Point Rd as a kid. It has changed a lot since the 80s and 90s with a lot more ethnic restaurants and businesses opening in the 2000s and 2010s.
Li Ming’s is a medium-​to-​large sized Asian supermarket carrying everything from Chinese fruits and vegetables to live seafood to hard-​to-​find Asian and Hispanic ingredients (such as various brand rice, noodles, sauces, & beverages) to cookware for both home and restaurant use. There’s even a food court with a Chinese bakery, hot food stall (Chinese food buffet), and Cantonese-​style BBQ display with roast pork and whole roast duck. It’s a little ambitious and the selection isn’t always good nor fresh, but hey, it’s better than nothing (or driving to Charlotte or RTP).
At the bakery, you can buy various Chinese breads and buns. They have a deal: Buy five buns, get one free. When it comes to Hong Kong BBQ, you can purchase a whole roast duck for $ 21.99 (half $ 10.99) and roast pork for $ 6.99 a pound. The food court has a $ 7.50 Vietnamese phở (noodle soup) special and multi-​person combo meals that include steamed fish (tilapia), duck, and a stir-​fried vegetable for $ 18 (two people) and $ 27 (three people).
I always like checking out the seafood sections at these markets. On a recent visit, the tanks were chock full of live catfish, tilapia, rock crab, lobster, toad fish, Warsaw grouper, eel, and Dungeness crab. There are also various clams (e.g. Manila clams, razor clams) and conch along with frogs and a decent assortment of fish on ice.
The Chinese vegetable selection is respectable especially because the store stocks my favorite of all-​time: Ong choy (
)! Ong choy is known by many names. It’s a crispy, leafy green vegetable with unique hollow stems. It’s absolutely delicious when stir-​fried with garlic. You can get it for $ 3.99 a pound here. It’s labeled as «Kong Yin Cai» on the refrigerated produce shelf.
The kitchenware section is interesting to look at because they stock many commercial-​grade pots, pans, grills, and miscellaneous utensils. Some of those ginormous pots aren’t meant for home, but rather for a crawfish, phở, or ramen restaurant! Speaking of noodles, they have options galore when it comes to instant (and unhealthy) noodles. Instant spicy Thai tom yum and Shin Ramyun FTW.
As is common with Asian markets, Li Ming’s isn’t going to be as «clean» as a standard American grocery store. You may encounter a funky smell or two. However, you will find food items here that you may very well not find elsewhere in the Triad.
Li Ming’s is open daily, 9am to 9pm. Since the space next door is vacant, parking isn’t an issue like it can be sometimes at Super G Mart.

It’s a typical Asian foods market. It also carries Hispanic food products and food products from different cultures. I saw Turkish delights and ma’amouls, which are Middle Eastern date-​filled cookies, on the shelves.
It has a large produce and vegetable area. I purchased lots of dark green vegetables, and they were already bagged and ready to grab, which I appreciate. It has fresh beans, such as mung beans. The prices for the fresh beans were high, but, overall, the prices are reasonable.
It has a live seafood tank, which I didn’t look at so I cannot give proper reviews on the fish.
It also has a small eatery, which I didn’t try. The eatery consists of prepared dishes which are kept under warmer/​heater lights like those of a buffet. You tell the attendant what you want, and she scoops it for you.
It also has a bakery, which sells Hong Kong-​style buns. I tried the bakery — I can’t refuse bread. Carbs are yummy. In this case, the carbs were okay. I ate a bun with chicken filling and a cha su bao, which is a barbecued pork bun. The bun with chicken filling had too much of an oily, buttery flavor for my tasting, but, of course, some people like butter. The cha su bao was okay. I don’t have much to say about it. I didn’t hate it. I didn’t love it. The flavor was merely average. The bakery and eatery accepts cash only.

My second time here. I forgot to get my bubble tea, my bakery goods, jasmine rice, smoked turkey… basically, I can’t get enough of this place!
I discovered this place because a friend who wanted international grocery took us here. I walked in and was instantly shocked, a clean international grocer??? And I don’t mean Whole Foods or Trader Joes or Mariano’s…Which are all unauthentic international food mind you.
Clean and well lit isle, minimal smell. Live fish! They looked good, I was about to buy some but really, next time!
There is a bakery here and a restaurant inside, how cool. Grocery, dinner and dessert, if you are nerdy, or efficient, make this place your after work hang out? Some items are more expensive than others, however, there are a lot of varieties here! I am genuinely impressed!!! Some of the items here I can’t even find in the international grocer in Charlotte! Fresh produce. Overall, a pleasant experience.

Great selection of fish, including live frogs if you can believe it. Very impressed with quality, nice clean clear eyes.
Typical huge selection of fruit and veggies.
Wish it was closer to home.

The newly opened Li Ming global market is the best international market in the triad. It’s a clean and well-​lit one-​stop grocery shopping destination. You can find everything you need there. Li Ming also has a nice bakery, the only drawback of the fancy bakery is it only accepts cash payment.