Want to cook Japanese or Asian dishes but don’t have a store nearby, there are shops where you can get Asian ingredients online.
Although I live far from my home country Japan, I’m fortunate to live near 3 Japanese grocery stores 15 minutes away from our home. And if I drive 30-40 minutes there are 4 more Japanese grocery stores where I can find the ingredients I need to prepare Japanese meals for my family.
They carry fresh Japanese produces, dry Asian ingredients, thinly sliced meat, sashimi, rare fish that we can’t find in American grocery stores, and deli sections where we can buy different kinds of sushi and bento to go.
But I understand many folks across the country (as well as other countries) don’t have such a luxury. Unless you live in a large city, you may need to rely on online shops to get your necessities.
Asian Ingredients Online
Here are a few of the sites I’ve known, but if you have one that you highly recommend in your country, let us know in the comments below!
Do you know any affordable online stores (possibly based in Asia) that ship worldwide where I can shop for Japanese ingredients? I am in Turkey but shipping fees of stores based in Europe cost a fortune so I am hoping those based in Asia might be more affordable. A quick Google search provides many options but it is hard to know which are reliable. So any recommendations will be much appreciated!!
Hi Gul! Thank you for your question. I’m not familiar with online shops in Asia, but I’ll be on the lookout and will update as soon as I find some info. 🙂
Any online shops that ship to Canada (other than Amazon which is not great for Japanese ingredients) that carry fresh natto (like fridge, breakfast kind in styrofoam), and slimey seaweed and the tiny pink eggs?
Hi Geo! I’m not too familiar with the online shops in Canada, but if we ever find out, I’ll let make a note here. 🙂