Large Ramen Selection
Korean, Japanese, Taiwanese, and Indonesian instant ramen — spicy, mild, soup or dry.
Korean ingredients
Korean Groceries in Escondido.
Korean cooking lives or dies on a handful of fermented building blocks — gochujang, doenjang, kimchi — and the right cuts of meat. We stock all of it, every day.
850 E. Valley Pkwy, Escondido
What we carry, and why.
Asian Market La Sorpresa Barata in Escondido is the most complete source for Korean groceries in North San Diego County. We carry the brands Korean home cooks reach for: Chung Jung One gochujang, Sempio soy sauce, Ottogi sesame oil, Nongshim's full ramen lineup including Shin Ramyun Black, and a refrigerated case of fresh kimchi and pickled banchan.
Our butcher counter handles all the Korean-specific cuts: bulgogi-thin sliced ribeye, shabu cuts, LA galbi, pork belly for samgyeopsal, and ox bones for seolleongtang. Ask and we'll slice it for you on the spot.
On the beverage shelf you'll find Chamisul and Jinro soju, Hite, and a Korean dessert freezer with mochi, bingsu mixes, and Melona bars. Free parking, open 7 days a week, two minutes off the I-15.
Popular korean ingredients.
Not sure which paste, noodle, or wrapper a recipe means? These guides explain the useful differences and link to our current catalog.
Korean ingredient
Kimchi
A broad family of Korean fermented vegetable dishes; napa-cabbage baechu kimchi is the best-known style.
Read the guide Korean pantryGochujang
A fermented Korean paste made around red chile powder, glutinous rice, fermented soybean, and salt.
Read the guide Korean noodlesBuldak Ramen
Samyang’s intensely spicy Korean stir-fried instant-noodle line, inspired by buldak or “fire chicken.”
Read the guide Korean fermented pasteDoenjang
A salty, full-flavored Korean fermented soybean paste used to season soups, stews, vegetables, and dipping sauces.
Read the guide Korean stapleKorean Rice Cakes
Chewy Korean cakes made primarily from pounded or processed rice; tteok is a large category with savory and sweet forms.
Read the guideOn the shelf
Korean pantry — what we stock.
A non-exhaustive list of the korean 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.
Pantry & sauces
- Chung Jung One gochujang (regular and brown rice)
- Sempio jin ganjang (Korean soy sauce)
- Doenjang (fermented soybean paste)
- Ssamjang for lettuce wraps
- Korean toasted sesame oil
- Roasted seaweed (gim) sheets and snack packs
Ramen & noodles
- Shin Ramyun, Shin Ramyun Black, Shin Light
- Neoguri, Jin Ramen, Chapagetti, Jjapaguri
- Buldak (Samyang) — original, carbonara, 2x spicy
- Naengmyeon kits (cold buckwheat noodles)
- Japchae sweet potato noodles
Butcher counter
- Thinly sliced ribeye for bulgogi
- LA galbi (cross-cut short rib)
- Pork belly for samgyeopsal
- Shabu shabu cuts
- Ox bones for sagol broth
Kimchi, banchan & frozen
- Fresh napa cabbage kimchi (mild & aged)
- Cubed daikon kimchi (kkakdugi)
- Frozen mandu and ddeokbokki rice cakes
- Korean fish cakes (eomuk)
- Frozen pajeon and hotteok
Related departments
Walk these aisles for korean cooking.
Pastes & Aromatics
Curry pastes, gochujang, doubanjiang, miso, tamarind, lemongrass — the foundation of flavor.
Soy Sauces
Light, dark, mushroom, sweet, and aged — over fifteen brands of soy on one wall.
Meat & Seafood
Quality cuts ready for the wok or the grill — plus fresh and frozen seafood for every dish.
Sake & Wine
Junmai, ginjo, plum wine, soju, and shochu — a focused selection curated for Asian cooking.
Signature korean dishes — everything in stock.
Bibimbap
Mixed rice bowl with seasoned vegetables, ribeye, and gochujang — every component in stock.
Kimchi jjigae
Aged kimchi stew with pork belly, tofu, and Korean chili.
Tteokbokki
Chewy rice cakes in gochujang sauce — kid favorite, weeknight win.
From our kitchen
Korean recipes to try at home.
Need a specific korean 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.
