Maui Oriental Market is a Korean grocery now under new ownership. The new owner is a young chef with a culinary background who has brought innovative and out of this world banchan, hot foods, bentos, and prepared dishes. The bibimbap is better than the restaurants on Maui, and the kimchee fried rice and Korean sushi are also on point. The food is authentic, top notch, and the best on the island. It is the only place to go for real kim chee, which is considered the best. The owners are described as super nice, with no one being nicer than the couple that runs the store. They are real local style, soft spoken, and modest, sometimes offering small, sweet gestures to customers. The market carries Korean groceries and what moves in the Maui Korean food market, making it a definitive go-to for Korean ingredients and prepared dishes. Longtime customers and new visitors alike highly recommend stopping in to try the food, noting the wonderful improvements and that you won't regret it.
