Lee Foods

lots of food you wont find in tescos, great if youre wanting to cook something extra special, really affordable too.

There isn’t much more to add to the other reviewers comments on Lee Foods with regard to the plentiful supplies of Chinese cooking ingredients that are available here.
I like the way everything is so authentic and the Chinese labels on the bottles of rice wine for instance make a nice addition to the kitchen even before you’ve started cooking.
Sometimes it’s a good place to pick up china and utensils too — I found some wonderful inexpensive mugs from Hong Kong and there are some amazing porcelain jars, so it’s worth coming here for ingredients and a quick look for some extra household item.

Lee Foods! Whilst it’s safe to say that I love this place, I’m generally scared to go in during the weeks either side of pay day. I’ll either be spending money I don’t have, or blowing a sizeable chunk of my paycheck in one go.
If you like to cook, chances are you’ll have those wee cylinders of herbs and spices bought for a couple of quid each in your larder. Lee Foods do bags of spices at a fraction of the cost.
Did you know that chillis freeze really well? I bought a big bag of bird’s eye chillis for a quid or thereabouts, I take them out of the cooler to thaw when I need some. Do you have an awesome looking recipe for a Thai salad, or a curry paste, or want to make tamales but you don’t know where to get fresh papaya, real turmeric or banana leaves? Lee Foods will have it.
It outperforms the major supermarkets in many different ways. More choice, better prices, weird and wonderful stuff you might not have heard of before. There’s nowhere else like it in town.

A large Asian supermarket is the centre of town, Lee foods stock anything and everything you may need for some Asian cooking. Lees services the local Chinese community and I would imagine some local take-​aways would take advantage of their bulk bags of rice.
Although it is not as well stocked as the Asian Supermarket on the Ormeau Road, it is a little less intimidating and more user friendly.
The prices are great value too and I’d definately recommend popping in here instead of your local Tesco to get some really fresh foods.
Get yourself onto the BBC Good Food website (a haven for quick n easy recipes), a good wok, some ingredients in Lee Foods and cook up a Asian storm!

Seeking out key ingredients for my first stab at traditional Chinese cooking I thought I’d give this place a try, and was notably impressed.
This is very much a functional supermarket for the local Asian community and also the heaving number of Chinese takeaways in the local area. It’s laid out like any other small shop or market, aisles of any number of types of noodles, huge range of every Asian condiment known to man, a large frozen section and a great range of fresh vegetables.
I ended up leaving with a round bottomed wok, fish sauce, a multitude or rice and egg noodles, fresh ginger (cheaper than anywhere else) some green beans, pak choi and a few others which have left me.
This place is situated across from and a few premises down from several Chinese restaurants in the area. Staff weren’t overly friendly but when I did need help it was always there on offer.

I’m not sure if this is owned by the same people who own Lee Garden, a large Chinese restaurant just around the corner, or maybe «Lee» is the Chinese version of «Smith» as a surname, but this large mini-​market sells everything and anything you might need if you wanted to cook some Asian or Chinese cuisine at home. It’s cleaner and brighter than the Asia Supermarket up the road, and easier to navigate, and it offers pretty much all sorts of spices, sauces, rice, noodles and other bits and pieces needed to create a gorgeous Chinese feast. The prices are good value too, you get a lot for your money, so it’s worth a look if you’re into cooking in general or if you’re into Asian food also.