Sun Oriental Market

I’m so glad that Portland has a Korean grocery that compliments Veranda (Vietnamese). Whatever I don’t find at Veranda, I would try to come here and look for them. I hosted a hotpot dinner last week and was able to find shaved beef and pork for $ 10/​pound (hotpot essentials!) I also scored some fish cake which looked home made. I find the pork to be softer and tastier than the beef. H-Mart’s beef is much much better but for now I am glad to have the options to go here for hot pot errands. Also, 1 extra star for cleanliness.

Went in on a rainy Tuesday to look around. I work nearby and was just browsing. They have a nice selection of teapots as well as kitchen gadgets for steaming all manner of food. The selection of grocery items isn’t as large as it used to be but they still carry a wide variety of sauces, powders, flours, raw ingredients and prepackaged meat, fish, and noodles to suit any taste or need. If you are new to Asian cooking, they will offer suggestions also. There is also a nice selection of candy, cookies, and crackers that are worth trying… some may look a little strange but be adventurous! They are reasonably priced and you might just find something really yummy.

Great selection and helpful staff. Tons of sushi rice and ramen choices. I highly recommend this grocery.

Great selection of all sorts of Asian food and other products. Fridges and freezes hold produce and frozen goods. I came looking for those little white buns you can steam and fill with pork belly and found them in the freezer — 16 for something like $ 4 — score!
All sorts of Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Indian ingredients and more.
While we were there, a guy came in from Anju (noodle place in Kittery) to buy pallets of ramen so I’m assuming it’s all good stuff!
Even if you’re not into Asian cuisine you can get amazing prices on bulk ingredients like dried porcini mushrooms (a huge bag for $ 12 vs. the $ 8.99 for a tiny jar in Whole Foods) and bags of sesame seeds and other stuff.
Great store in the Portland area (if you’re ever in Burlington, MA check out H-​Mart which is 20x the size and selection)

Living in NYC has spoiled me for options of Asian markets. I’m glad this is here now though. There weren’t any in Portland’s vicinity during the 22 years I lived here.

This market has essentially everything I, personally, could possibly need. I have found things I didn’t even know I was missing in my culinary life. Pricing is very reasonable and they have a wide selection [ mostly including Japanese and Korean foods].They are friendly and like to offer great cooking advice as well! If you’re just looking for some ramen or on the prowl for specialty items, this is the place for you. I would also like to comment on how clean and well organized the store is. [ compared to most of the others in Portland.] They also carry cookware, cutlery, rice cookers, bento boxes, snacks, and gifts.

Visiting the gf in Maine thousands of miles away from our homes this is THE Asian market to get the same ingredients and products for a good price away from home.
Short and simple– this place has great variety at prices that are much more reasonable than the other locations in the area. Missing SF Bay Area Asian food, check this place out, they most likely have it!

There are not alot of Asian Markets in Portland Maine and they are not all the same Ethnicity so you have to choose by which Cuisine you’re specifically looking for. Sun’s caters to Japanese, Korean and Indian. Frozen Sushi grad Seafood, Dumplings, sauces, some vegetables and cook ware. If you want Thai, Cambodia, Chinese and Latino market items, then go to Washington Avenue and check out Mittapheap World Market.
This is strictly Korean Japanese, Indian so you can find the must have items for these cuisines here. They’re pleasant, family run, Husband, Wife, son. Knowledgeable and helpful with answering questions about use of items and availability.

excellent small korean market in town

as most others here have said, this is a lovely market with many items that i like to have on hand. of course Sun Oriental doesn’t carry every item one might want– they are a small location with a quality selection for their size and convenient (for me!) location.
but they do have Mori-​nu silken extra-​firm tofu, the kind that can is not packaged with water (makes for way easier frying!) and can be used to make creative replacements for dairy. they also have chili garlic sauce, a wide variety of hard to find spices, the list goes on! this shop is definitely worth a visit.
as for the wide noodles that one reviewer could not find– yes, i love those too, and no, they are not to be found at Sun Oriental. but i spent a year searching Boston’s Chinatown and never successfully tracked them down there, either. if anyone does know where to find wide rice noodles, let me know :-)

I go to this market nearly every week for their products. Its small but the owners are extremely helpful. It is very clean and well organized. As I have learned more about Asian foods, I have been surprised to find that they carry many of the well regarded brands. You won’t find an entire aisle dedicated to soy sauce, but you will find Pearl River Bridge, Kikkoman, and San-​J. I think this is the best Asian market Portland has to offer.

You’d be surprise in the amount if Asian markets there are in Portland but this one is worth checking out. Has tons of noodles and lots if japanese and korean goods unlike the other markets in the area. It has my kewpie mayo and that is all i care about.

Cute little Asian market owned by a lovely couple. It is a SMALL store, so you’re not going to find everything Asian there. They mostly carry staples.

Maybe I’m spoiled. I just moved up from Albany about a month ago, where an Asian Supermarket recently opened. This place was really sort of a wonderland. Now, I can’t expect every Asian market to live up to the standards of an Asian supermarket, and Sun Oriental Market just doesn’t have the space to carry every item anyone could possibly want. But after weeks of anticipation, I finally went in there because I needed a nice wide noodle. You know– the kind that pretty much every Asian cuisine uses some version of for some dish or other. They didn’t have them. A noodle that I could think of no place but an Asian market to get, and they didn’t have them. I wasn’t especially impressed with anything else there either, including many of the prices. To top it off, I guess the guy at the counter thought I was being more indecisive than could possibly really be just indecision, because he began conspicuously following me around, watching me, and checking shelves where I’d just been. It was not appreciated.

If you’re an asian living in Maine, this is one of the MUST GO place.
This place is not very big, but you can get basic necessary condiments and pantry food for asian dish. Price is a bit high, (I’m a big fan of Korean Kimpap… and they sell it for like $ 4.95! OMG!) but oh well, it’s very hard to get speciality food in Maine, I guess it can’t be helped.
Down side is they have very little produce and meat products. Some frozen food seems they’ve been traveling alot, slightly defrosted in the truck then refroze in the freezer, kind of.
So the way I figured out is Condiments & Pantry Food– Sun Oriental, Produce– Hong Kong Market, and Meat– Bissons Meat Market, is the best way to shop.
If you dont mind driving for a couple of hours, going H-​Mart in Boston once in a month would actually might be better. They have much better selections and reasonable price.

This store is small, but it is one of the best Asian /​Oriental markets of its size that I have encountered anywhere, in any city.
You won’t find the biggest selection; it simply wouldn’t fit in a store this small. What you will find is a hand-​picked selection of the best and most reasonably-​priced brands of various imported products. This place is very balanced as to product choice; you will find many Chinese, Japanese, and Korean products and some Vietnamese and Indian ones as well.
This place carries frozen foods, tea, teapots and cookware, sauces, snack foods, and various staples of Asian cooking. There’s even fresh kimchi! The man working behind the counter was very nice and helpful. They carried all of my favorite products, and I bought a few random products and brands that I had not tried before, and while they were all inexpensive, they turned out to be of the highest quality – evidence that whoever runs this place is very carefully selecting products to stock.
I would gladly return; stores combining this type of quality and low prices are remarkably hard to come by. This place is a must-​visit for anyone living in or near Portland.

This place is excellent. I live in Philly with a huge chinatown. I frequent NYC’s chinatown as well. However, this shop has it all pared down to the stuff you really need and the stuff you crave and miss. The owner is sweet too!

This place is a great asian market in central Portland. They have a large selection of canned foods, spices, rice, sauces as well as frozen foods from China, India, Thailand and Japan. It is nice to see a market like this include Indian cooking supplies.
I was so happy to find some instant Kalamansi flavored ‘Pancit Canton’. I used to eat that stuff all the time while I was in the Philippines and have not seen it since. I didn’t expect to find it in a little market in Portland.
The prices on staples like Sriracha, soy sauce etc are much better than at Hannafords or Shaws. The guy at the register was also really nice!