Yin Wall City

For someone who got introduced to ginger tea in Toronto I was on the hunt for buying it somewhere in Chicago. I thought, it would make sense to have it in Chinatown, so I went into every store on the block until I finally went into Yin Wall City. They have 3 different kinds of ginger tea and they are all delicious! Even though I live in LA now, when I go back to Chicago I stock up! I love the spice and how it clears you up in the morning. So if you need your ginger fix, go here.

I’ve visited Yin Wall city after I read the review from Unilocal.However, I purchased some chinese herbs and found some of the exact packaging in another local groceries stores in ‘old’ chinatown is even cheaper. When I back home, I weight one of the herbs, lovage tuber (), the packaging stated «Net Wt. 500g» but the herbs is only 457g! If with the box, then is 520g. I’m soooo disappointed and this is one of the herbs that selling $ 3 more than the local groceries stores!
If you’re visiting, do remember to weight ad make sure what it stated. Please take note that they do not accept returns/​refunds once after you purchased.

A really great place for your herbal, dried food, or medicinal needs!!! This place has the dried scallops and other seafood, mushrooms, as well as teas and ginseng. They even have lap cherg (chinese sausage)!!!
I was in search for po chai pills. They sell them here for $ 2.99 a box!!! My aunt advised me this place was not the cheapest place in Chinatown, but they definitely carry products you can trust will work. With that type of endorsement, I went and made a confident purchase!
Staff is extremely friendly here. We needed someone to help us and they stopped what they were doing to assist us immediately. Would definitely come back here again!

Loose dragon green tea at 6.25 per ¼ pound? Absolutely!
I’m not really here for the herbal remedies (alot of them at over the $ 100 mark for just a pound of whatever your poison… erm, anti-​poison is), but their selection of green teas is fairly exhaustive. They’re straightforward and simple, not the flavored stuff you’d find at The Tea Exchange over at Lakeview — this of course is a good thing if you’re looking for straight forward (jasmine green for example, ixnay on the gunpowder though).
The staff are pleasant and leave the customers to browse and shop freely — the layout of the shop is clean and modern. Overall, solid place to come for teas, herbs (if you’re into that) and candies.

This is mainly a bulk foods store, selling a variety of items, almost all dried things, in bins, by the pound. It’s not cheap, but the quality is pretty good – from my experience, far better than average for a Chinese grocery. This place carries everything from dried mushrooms to dried jellyfish, squid, or cuttlefish, to various medicinal herbs.
There’s a lot of selection: choose between five different kinds of shittake mushrooms, for instance, four kinds of candied ginger, or seemingly endless types of ginseng root.
There’s a little bit of other stuff, teas, etc, but the selection of these items is pretty minimal. The dried goods are the mainstay of this store.
The people here are very patient, friendly, and willing to help. Even though their English was very minimal, they were adept at communicating and were able to answer all my questions. I would gladly return here and would certainly recommend this store, especially for their candied ginger!

I always have to take a deep breath before I come in here. I try not to be overwhelmed with trying to remember my Chinese here. I can get my point across, but making complete sentences is tough. The staff was very helpful dispite my lack of Chinese speaking capabilities. They have a $ 20 minimum credit card useage here, so I had to find other items to buy in addition to some herbal medicine my mom had me buy for her. In fact, the herbal store in Argyle was charging twice the amount of the medicine I was buying. 2 stores down another herbal store charged 50 cents more. So, this place will probably give you the best deal and not rip you off! So, I bought candy and tea to meet the $ 20 minimum requirement. They have quite a variety of teas here and the place is relatively neat and clean.

Another good source of teas, herbs, and also has more refrigerated food items.

Your ginseng needs will be well met here as well as a huge assortment of other herbs.

This store is basically an herbal emporium for the Chinese community. There are all sorts of eye-​catching things in bags and boxes and jars, and of course everything is good for you as your mother or grandmother would say. This location is on Wentworth, and there is another not that far away in Chinatown Square.