Kim's Asian Market is a compact Korean-owned store offering a wide variety of Asian foods. It carries all the essentials, with a huge selection of Korean staples, snacks, sides, cooking ingredients, ramen, and several types of kimchi. The store has a good selection of dry and frozen ingredients, including Japanese products, and offers high-quality items like short grain haiga rice. The produce available is fresh, though the selection is limited. Prices are great and reasonable, noted as the best for some items like butane stove canisters. The staff is super great, nice, friendly, helpful, kind, welcoming, and patient, often assisting customers in finding products. They contribute to a feeling of community. The store is highly recommended, though parking can be tight. It is considered the best Korean market in the area, providing a great cultural resource for Korean ingredients and other Asian foods in a small, local space.
This is the best Korean grocery store! They have so many amazing options that you can’t find anywhere else in the Twin Cities. They have always been so helpful finding the right ingredients!
April 2026
I set out to find some ingredients for gochujang, and unfortunately stopped at several stores that didn’t have a single item. Kim’s had almost everything I required, and more. I went in looking for a few ingredients and found hard to find foods from Korea and Japan. This is now my new favorite store!
February 2026
The lady was impressed that I make my own kimchi, and it’s good enough to give some to a Korean coworker. She helped me gather up the ingredients and suggested a nice ripe Korean pear. I wanted to see a few more Japanese items though, like peanuts and jelly candies.
