Living and (grocery) shopping in Lakewood WA- Paldo World

If you would like a place to shop for Asian groceries in Lakewood, your best bet is Paldo World.

While there are many places to shop for Asian groceries, Paldo World is an Asian Super Market.

 

  As you enter the store itself immediately you will be presented with a produce section larger in many cases than your average supermarket.

 The produce section sports pretty much all of the choices that you may be used to ( carrots, lettuce, apples, grapes) AND you will also find more exotic choices as well, varying of course with the season.

 On a recent trip we found Japanese Persimmons, several varieties of cucumbers including Lemon Cucumbers ( also known as Chinese yellow cucumbers),

 many varieties of melons and lots of veggies used in traditional asian cooking ( fresh okra, lime leaves and so on).

 Better yet, many of the items are far less expensive than other local grocery stores, so even if you are not cooking any Asian food this week, it might be worth stop for the produce section.

Further into the store you will visit an impressive sea food section where you can get your fish cut to order ( fillets, steaks and so on)

















  Again, you will find fish you are unlikely to find at Fred Meyer or Safeway for instance.  You can also pick up fresh sashimi  ( salmon, tuna, snapper and more)  Want a very fresh crab?  Well there is a tank of live crab for sale right in the middle of the seafood department.












Not in the mood for seafood? 

 

That's fine there is also a pretty impressive meat department too with beef, pork and chicken as well. There you will find thin cut beef for stir fries and some other hard to find cuts.

 

 

Besides these departments you will also find a dizzying array of crackers and snack items.

  More types of noodles than even the iron chef would know what to do with, more sauces than I know what to do with ( thankfully they stock the ones I do know what to do with and have a hard time finding elsewhere), tofu in all types and descriptions, miso,



and kim chee made from the most basic ingredients as well as veggies you may not have even known existed....and lots more.

Need to make a really quick dinner?  Pick up marinaded pork, beef or chicken breast ready to pair with rice and cook and serve.  Head to the freezer section to find many heat ( or fry) and eat items including pot stickers, dumplings of all types, egg rolls and more.

Like rice?  Paldo world carries so many types of rice that there are several isles just of rice and you can find the in all different quantities as well need 10lbs you can get that, prefer 50, that is there for you too.  Long grain, short grain, sushi, basmati, white, brown, easy cooking, what ever you want they have it.

Want a break from you usual wine or beer?  You will have many choices of popular Asian wines and beers to choose from as well. 

The store is rather clean and well organized.  The only problem you may have in shopping there is that many of the products have most of their labeling in a variety of Asian languages.  You will also find the isles marked in Korean, thankfully for those of us who do not speak Korean, there are also some English writing identifying what you'll find there. 

If you are new to Asian cooking and would like to be adventurous and prepare a new Asian dish I would suggest bringing an Asian cookbook along. ( preferably one with pictures of the items you will need from the Asian grocery store)

You will find Paldo World at  9601 South Tacoma Way Lakewood, WA 98499
They can be reached via phone at (253) 581-7800

Inside Paldo World you will also find Boulangerie Bakery and Cafe, convenient if you want to pick up a quick lunch or bakery items to take home with you for dessert or to pair with your dinner.