Soy Sauces
Light, dark, mushroom, sweet, and aged — over fifteen brands of soy on one wall.
Chinese ingredients
Chinese Groceries in Escondido.
From Cantonese stir-fries to Sichuan mala, we carry the brands, cuts, and dry goods Chinese home cooks count on.
850 E. Valley Pkwy, Escondido
What we carry, and why.
We stock the Chinese cooking essentials at depth: Lee Kum Kee oyster sauce and Premium Soy, Pearl River Bridge light and dark soys, Chinkiang black vinegar, Shaoxing wine, doubanjiang (Pixian broad bean paste), Lao Gan Ma chili crisp in every variety, and Sichuan peppercorns whole and ground.
The dry goods section runs deep — dried shiitake mushrooms, wood ear, lily flower, dried scallop, salted duck egg yolks, lotus seed, and red bean paste for desserts. We carry hot pot bases from Haidilao and Little Sheep, plus all the fixings: bean curd skin, fish balls, beef tendon balls, frozen dumplings.
Our produce keeps Chinese broccoli (gai lan), yu choy, Shanghai bok choy, Chinese long beans, and bitter melon stocked weekly. The butcher cuts pork belly for char siu and red-braised pork, and we carry whole ducks for roasting.
Popular chinese ingredients.
Not sure which paste, noodle, or wrapper a recipe means? These guides explain the useful differences and link to our current catalog.
Chinese pantry
Shaoxing Wine
An amber Chinese rice wine associated with Shaoxing, Zhejiang, used to season marinades, stir-fries, braises, and sauces.
Read the guide Chinese condimentHoisin Sauce
A thick Chinese sweet-savory sauce commonly based on fermented soybean paste, sugar, spices, and seasonings.
Read the guide Chinese condimentChili Crisp
A chile-oil condiment packed with fried or toasted solids such as chile flakes, garlic, shallot, soybean, spices, nuts, or seeds.
Read the guideOn the shelf
Chinese pantry — what we stock.
A non-exhaustive list of the chinese items we keep on the shelves week to week. If a product is listed on our website, we carry it in-store — for anything not shown, submit a product request.
Sauces, vinegars & wines
- Lee Kum Kee Premium Oyster Sauce
- Pearl River Bridge light and dark soy
- Chinkiang (Zhenjiang) black vinegar
- Shaoxing rice wine
- Doubanjiang (Pixian broad bean paste)
- Lao Gan Ma chili crisp — original, peanut, black bean
Spices & aromatics
- Sichuan peppercorns — whole and ground
- Star anise, Chinese cinnamon (cassia)
- Five-spice powder
- Dried chilies (er jing tiao, facing heaven)
- Fresh garlic, ginger, scallions
Dry goods
- Dried shiitake mushrooms (premium and standard)
- Wood ear and snow fungus
- Dried scallop (conpoy) and dried shrimp
- Lily flower, lotus seed, red dates
- Red bean paste and lotus paste
Hot pot & frozen
- Haidilao and Little Sheep hot pot bases
- Frozen dumplings — Wei-Chuan, Synear
- Fish balls, beef tendon balls, lamb slices
- Bean curd skin and rice cakes
- Frozen char siu and Peking duck pancakes
Related departments
Walk these aisles for chinese cooking.
Sauces & Marinades
Fish sauce, oyster, hoisin, sriracha, chili crisp — every condiment your kitchen needs.
Pastes & Aromatics
Curry pastes, gochujang, doubanjiang, miso, tamarind, lemongrass — the foundation of flavor.
Cooking Oils
Sesame, peanut, coconut, palm, rice bran — in single bottles or restaurant-size jugs.
Frozen & Ice Cream
Six full doors of ice cream plus dumplings, baos, hot pot fixings, and weeknight proteins.
Meat & Seafood
Quality cuts ready for the wok or the grill — plus fresh and frozen seafood for every dish.
Signature chinese dishes — everything in stock.
Kung Pao Chicken
Sichuan classic — chicken, peanuts, dried chilies, Sichuan peppercorns.
Mapo Tofu
Silken tofu in doubanjiang and Sichuan peppercorn sauce.
Char Siu
Cantonese roast pork — we cut the belly and shoulder to size.
From our kitchen
Chinese recipes to try at home.
Need a specific chinese ingredient?
If it’s listed here or on a department page, we carry it in-store. For anything not shown, submit a product request or call the butcher counter for any cut.
