Truong Thinh II Super Market

Although $ 2.99/per lb is a bit pricy for durians! Got 2 durians here for $ 33 on thanksgiving night because I didn’t know what to bring over to my bf’s family for dinner. His mom and aunt loves durian and thought this would be more personal and thoughtful! With durian, it’s a hit or miss! But it was perfect! Just like the ones I ate in Viet Nam!

The best and freshest Asian Supermarket I’ve been to. Their prices are great as well. Go you will not regret it.

They overcharged my debit card and refused to refund my money. I’m filing a complaint with the Atty General’s Office and the Better Business Bureau. People if you use your debit card, please check and make sure this STEALING grocery store hasn’t helped themselves to money in your account. And God forbid do not throw out your receipts if you shop there… you may actually need it to prove your purchase. I will never ever shop there again.

My first time at Truong Thinh Super Market last week. I am a vegetarian so I did not look closely at any fish or meat.
I disagree with some of the reviews; I did not find it dirty at all
As a non-​Vietnamese person who likes Vietnamese food (and most ethnic food), I found the store to be amazing. It is quite large and has so many interesting foods that I never saw in any other Asian market in the Boston area, or anywhere else. It was fun looking and much cheaper than flying to Vietnam.
There were no signs in English in the produce section but that made it kind of fun and I got some help from an elderly customer in finding basil from among so many fresh looking vegetables.
I cooked many things from the market, and snacked on others like sesame cookies, over the weekend and all were yummee!
There was one refrigerated or frozen case near the produce that was being checked by some employees. The case did not seem warm to me at all but apparently it was not quite as cold as it should be. They were taking remedial action. I found this to be a good sign; they had a problem that was not obvious to me and working hard on it.

So I went to Truong Thinh Supermarket on Dorchester Ave. to pick up some Vietnamese groceries today. I encountered a very upsetting incident that’s still bothering me, and always will. There were two young black boys shopping in the market, one which I knew from teaching summer school in the past. I was in line paying for my groceries, and the owner of the store goes on the intercom and asks one of the employees (in Vietnamese) to follow the «two black boys» around and make sure they don’t leave the store with unpaid items. She walked around making sure the boys were still in the store and brought them to the register to pay for their items. Do Not support their business. There are many other Asian markets around, don’t go there! They don’t deserve our business and I will not support any racist businesses!

This is a great little supermarket for some things. Spices, root vegetables, an exotic variety of other fruits and vegetables. The fish/​meat sections kind of gross me out, but you can’t say the fish isn’t fresh. Much of it is still alive. There are so many random Asian foods to try, inexpensive kitchen utensils, and random useful items. Everything is really inexpensive & no-​frills.

If you are looking for Vietnamese groceries or prodiguous amounts of fake meat, you have found your place. They have all different kinds of dried soya meat, beef, ham, pork, sausage, duck, your run of the mill TVP. Me finding that section, it was like a ray of light poured out from the heavens on it as I came ambling down the aisle. So happy! Produce section is interesting; there’s usually something cool like the tiny white eggplants that were there last trip. Any kind of rice noodle or fish sauce you could desire is here, and those rice paper wrappers, they abound. Love it.

OK… it smells like fish, the vegetables are so-​so, the floor is dirty, the service is unfriendly by American standards, except the Latinos in the fish area are more personable.
Call me crazy, but I like this place. It is like an exotic world market. Many foods I cannot get in my neighborhood, except for here. There are many exotic items you can find at Whole Foods, but here they are good and inexpensive. For example, the textured vegetable protein is half the price. A huge can of sesame oil for only 10 bucks. The fish department’s fish is fresh, and not just the usual selection at the super market. Where else can you get bitter melon around here?
Shop here if you have an open mind. If you need everything shrink wrapped and sterile, this is not the place for you.
Is some respects, it competes with the Hong Kong market.

The owner there is fking rude, doesn’t know how to run a business. One time I bought a beef meat ball there, and the bag said nothing about the expiration date, got home open it up and oh boy its smell and i got mad called them up, the owner answered the phone and i told them what happen and she hang up on me… i was like WTF… and that was it I NEVER GO back THERE EVER AGAIN… stupid people so RUDE.

I do have to say, this is the most extensive Vietnamese market I’ve been to in Boston. Lots of decent produce (though they pre-​pack it in styrofoam and cellophane so you can’t buy just one inch of ginger or a couple hot peppers), and rows and rows of Asian staples. I have to admit, though I’m sort of Asian (Fil-​Am) it’s a little overwhelming. I’m not sure what to do with the three rows of frozen fish and a fourth for dried, and the plethora of spices and teas is too much. They’ve got good prices on just about everything, including a row of American/​Mexican food and a small department of kitchenwares.

Truong Thinh is where we buy all of our produce in the winter months. (In the summer we shop at the Fields Corner farmers market in the parking lot at A.J. Wright.)
This little market is a bit chaotic, messy, and dirty by supermarket standards, but very affordable. The selection varies. The labels are mostly in Vietnamese so if you don’t know what an item is by sight you may just have to go for it… I have received quite an education in exotic produce by combining a shopping trip here with extensive Googling.
Recently I bought a bunch of what I hurriedly thought was broccoli rabe, but when I started to prepare it it exuded a thick, viscous slime. The internet revealed that it was in fact Mong Toi, also known as Slippery Vegetable or Malabar Spinach. Tasty– with a really weird mouth feel.
In addition to produce they carry all sorts of staples– varieties of rice, noodles, sheets of nori, canned goods, spices. The dried shitake mushrooms are a bargain, as are the bulk packs of coconut milk. They have a small home-​goods area with pots and pans, cleaning supplies, skewers, ceramic pots, incense, and other random bits and bobs.
Most of the employees speak a little bit of English, and they accept credit cards.

What foods are purple? Let’s see… grapes, beets, eggplants, cranberries… jelly beans! We all know that we should eat a variety of foods, right? Especially with produce too, it should be colorful. Because, well, colors are fun. I like colors.
To get my purple food fixated, I come here for the purple spud. The name of these purple spuds is Okinawan sweet potatoes or Ube to the Filipinos. Light brown on the outside (the skin), but a very deep purple on the inside. They are very sweet, and good just plainly boiled. Or try fooling someone into thinking you’ve photoshopped the mashed potatoes?
The potatoes are pretty much the only thing that I come to this market for. It is a pretty good med-​sized store, despite the name ‘supermarket,’ it is anything but. This store carries all the basic Asian stables like noodles etc., but leans more on Vietnamese products and veggies. They have pre-​made fish sauce (ones that are diluted and seasoned) for you to dip meats or spring rolls in.
But the store is overstocked, so be careful in tripping over boxes on the ground. Yeah, what is it with asian stores and boxes on the ground? The aisles are small damn it. And of course, living in Boston, this store is out of the way if you don’t have a car. The owners are very nice too btw, hardworking with the rest of the staff.