The Battambang Market

Surprisingly, The market is located next to the police station. The market has a strong element of Thai. The market sells various Thai ingredient like kaffe line leaf, galangal etc. they also sell various Thai curry paste or hai soup paste. Definitely a must go place if you are in city looking for Thai food ingredients. Btw the place is cash only. I also deduct one star because the place does not look too organized.

This grocery has everything you need to cook up some delicious curries. The lady behind the counter is very helpful making sure you have all necessary ingredients, right down to fresh lemon leaf. Outside nabe is sketchy as f%*k, but superb selection and low prices make for yummy dinners. Go to this market!

Came here for ingredients to make the Thai dish, Khao Man Gai. They had EVERYTHING– including the more exotic items like galangal, fermented soybean paste, thai chilies and pandan leaves (available frozen). When we went, the lady in the store was super nice (though we may not have understood each other 100%), and helping us find the things we wanted.
Note: It is CASH ONLY. There’s an ATM right next door if you forget though!

Like a reality tv show where you have to make a couture dress out of dollar store finds, shopping here is great if you want to relive your backpacking trip across SE Asia on a shoestring budget creating delicious Thai curries with dusty ingredients of questionable expiry dates. Only brave this neighbourhood before sunset and if you want to pick out your ingredients yourself instead of ordering Mae Ploy thai curry paste on Amazon. The produce looked sad like pimply faced adolescents waiting to be asked to dance at prom. The prices were rock bottom as was er store presentation and they do have alien-​looking dried galangal root and jars of impenetrable palm sugar (to hell with authentic ingredients… how do you mine a tablespoon of the stuff out of pure amber quartz?) if over priced Safeway ginger and white sugar isn’t close enough for you make the trek here. Five stars for authentic SE Asia shopping experience.

This tiny market has just about everything you need to make Thai food, and really came in handy for making Tom Yum soup.
I parked on the street and saw a huge pile of human poop next to my car. :(((It’s the Tenderloin so needless to say it in a skeeetchy area with «zombies» everywhere, but at least it’s right next to police station.
I tried calling to make sure they’re open but don’t bother, they don’t answer their phone.

Awesome little grocery store that has all the basics for your Thai cooking needs. I’ve been running around all over South Bay/​Peninsula trying to find a specific curry powder «namya.» (If you are looking for a different Thai curry to cook at home google this one). I was so excited they have it here! (In both canned curry paste and powder form.) The packets seemed old but it’s fine since the stuff doesn’t go bad.
Also noticed they had lots of items to make Thai desserts such as tapioca pearls and kanome Chun «green multi level dessert».
If you are looking for a hard to find Thai ingredient I would start here.

Battambang Market specializes in cambodian goods but everything germane to southeast asia can be found here. place is cramped, narrow aisles. it’s totally dark in the back (no lights)
eats: thai coconut rolls (2.29)
–resembles «love letters» cylindral tubes of crispiness via hong kong
or «whiskey thin rolled crêpe» in kirkland’s european cookies
–made with coconut milk, taro
4 stars

They have everything you need to make Thai curry — curry paste, fish sauce, basil, etc. And the prices are very affordable.
They had a lot of different curry pastes so I’ll be back to try out some their other ones!

I can always find what I’m looking for here in terms of Khmer ingredients! Well, except for that one occasion where I went in search of pea eggplants and was left high and dry. :-(The store is a bit disorganized, but you can always ask the cashier for assistance and she’ll be more than happy to help you!

My past attempts at Thai cooking have been hampered by the availability of the more rare ingredients (cilantro with roots, galangal, etc – unsurprisingly hard to find in the middle of the country). Now that I’m living in SF I expected things to get a lot easier, and they did, starting with this little shop. Like others have said, it was a bit dingy (produce kept in plastic grocery bags?) and the organization didn’t make a whole lot of sense, but it’s packed from floor to ceiling with everything you need for any attempts at Southeast Asian cuisine. Everything is, as far as I can tell, pretty cheap – I paid about $ 20 for a bunch of misc. supplies, and ¹⁄₅^th of that was a gigantic bag of red chilis which I’ll probably never have to purchase again for the rest of my life. As a bonus, the lady at the till seemed perfectly happy helping out clueless white girls like myself. All in all, highly recommended.

Been looking for kaffir lime leaves and galangal for a long time. Score! Definitely worth returning to due to variety of hard to find items.

Fresh produce in the TL! Quite an assortment, too. Plus meat if you want it, and all those great Asian snacks like watermelon seeds and dried peppered mango and a half-​dozen kinds of mochi up by the register. They even have those sweet «banana burrito» things like the ones at Saigon Sandwich. It’s a pretty lively stretch of the neighborhood, but it’s right next to the police station — so if you get get robbed or beaten up on your way home, you won’t have to go far to file a complaint.

This little store is one of a kind for our little city.
Stop in and and poke around. It’s not the cleanest or most well organized but they have that one special ingredient that you need that you can only get here or in Bangkok.

The Battambang Market has everything you’ll need to create any Southeast Asian feast that your heart desires. Are you tired of overpriced, mediocre, crowded and boring SF thai restaurants catering to tasteless yuppies? Then make your own for a fraction of the price in the comfort of your own home!
This place gets you off on the right foot for your own homemade thai feast.

Although the market is pretty small and mostly stocked with non-​produce items, it has some pretty rare and interesting ingredients that are hard to find anywhere else. The lady at the counter is also very friendly and the prices are reasonable.

This market has everything you need for a Southeast Asian recipe. The produce is always fresh and the workers always friendly. This is the place to go to find those hard to find spices and fruits– and its always cheap! This is where the Khmer people in SF go when they need anything from a market. I highly recommend this place! Go now!

went right before they close, they were very nice about showing me where everything is. They ran out of some ingredients at end of day so it’s best to call first to check.

I really wanted to make papaya salad, and this was the closest place from my house that had green papaya.
It’s about a mile from my house, so I decided to run there. My normal runs don’t take me through the tenderloin, so it was a good experience… I was actually a little scared, so when I finally saw Battambang, I was very relieved that 1) it existed and 2) I could escape the streets for a while.
Inside the market felt very «authentic». I’ve never been to southeast asia, but this is how I imagine a market there. 2 friendly looking ladies were sitting at the cashier by the door, and I was the only one in the market at the time. (around 6:30pm on a weekday)
There seemed to be so much produce I had a hard time finding my papaya. A little disorganized, but too much produce is a good thing in my eyes.
One of the friendly ladies even helped me choose the best papaya, explaining to me that you don’t want the light, hollow ones– you wanna find the dense, meaty ones. Thank you! The papaya salad turned out great!
I also bought a small ziplog bag full of chili peppers. I just wanted a couple, but they said I had to buy the whole thing (probably about 20 chili peppers). She said I could freeze it, and it was only $ 1 or $ 2, so I was sold.
I will come back whenever I want to make Thai food! … Even if I sort of fear for my life getting to this market!

Ever been to Cambodia? This place is a small slice of it right here in Frisco. If that, or the deep TL within which this place resides, doesn’t scare you off, and you need some Southeast Asian goods, you’re in for a treat.
The small chilies aren’t always hot which is kind of a bummer. Recently my wife scored fresh jackfruit and mangosteen. Fresh jackfruit and mangosteen!

Every time I want to make a thai curry, I swing by Battambang Market for supplies. They have a great selection and the prices are pretty much through the floor.
Thanks to this site:
for pointing this place out to me.