New Oriental Market
Austin, TX 78752-3609
Phone: (512) 467-9828
- Hours:
- Sun-Thu 10am-9pm, Fri-Sat 9am-10pm
Editorial Review for New Oriental Market – by Tara Fatemi
In Short
The large, well-lit New Oriental is filled with dishes and housewares. Find affordable ceramics from Korea and Japan including teapots, bowls, sake sets and even sushi boats. Other kitchen items are chopsticks, pots and pans, cutting boards and stovetop grills--to cook bulgoki (Korean barbecue). Also for sale: art work, bamboo plants, sandals and slippers, pillows and blankets, shampoo and Korean magazines and food staples like tofu, dried mushrooms, frozen seafood and dumplings.
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Insider Tips
The ExtrasNew Oriental features specialty items such as lotus root, pickled radishes, Korean ginseng gum, gingko nuts and pumpkin porridge.
User Reviews for New Oriental Market
11/28/2007 Posted by melonpocky
New Oriental Market is predominantly Korean, but carries a great selection of Japanese products, as well, including snacks, noodles, rice, and frozen foods. The store is fairly clean and always organized-- every time I go there a worker is shuffling through the shelves, reorganizing them. They have the best selection of Japanese and Korean snacks, drinks, and frozen treats in town, and their fridge is always full of a variety of coffees, teas, yogurt and fruit drinks, and sodas. They have a fantastic seaweed isle, so if you need kombu, wakame, furikake, nori sheets for sushi or you just have a hankering to munch on the yummy Korean-style snack sheets, they have numerous varieties of each. Their tea selection is also excellent, ranging from simple green and black teas to ginseng and barley tea. The frozen food section is plentiful and you can find fish, fish products, dumplings, and meats, among a variety of other things. Kimchi of all different types and ingredients necessary to make kimchi at home are also in abundance. New Oriental sells pretty much every kitchen implement needed for Korean and Japanese cooking, eating, cleaning, and storing. They even have things you don't need but will want to buy because they're so darned cute. A selection of household goods are available, as well, such as blankets and slippers. On the down-side, their vegetable section leaves much to be desired, and normally what they do have is kind of sad looking. That, and they do not have a fresh meat or fish section. Barring that, though, New Oriental Market is great for Korean and Japanese shopping, especially for prepared foods and kitchen tools.
Pros: Convenient, Ample parking, Good selection
Cons: Grocery is limited to mostly prepared foods, Produce is not good
10/19/2003 Posted by ericwilliams
Not only do they make the best Kim Chi I've ever had (you can also get jars of it in their fridge), but they make the best Bi Bim Bap ever! Try it!
Pros: Very friendly, Spacious, Good produce
Cons: Selection limited
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