Win Sam Grocery & Liquor

Win Sam has been around for years, but it’s only in the last few years that I’ve been brave enough to enter and do some shopping for myself. We’ve become very willing to experiment in our kitchen since we discovered the food network on pay TV. Win Sam, along with others like Yeoh’s and a couple of others, has become something of a regular addition to our weekly shopping trip.
For me, the real drawcard is the freezer, because I love to buy steamed custard buns. They’re like an addiction to me. Yes, they’re better fresh, but I’m not yet at the stage where I’m confident making my own yum cha doughs for steaming.
I often get that craving for yum cha, but being a bit cheap, this place helps save me quite a bit of cash. I really like this place.

This is a specialty Asian grocery store where you can find most of your Asian ingredients. This little green shop is cluttered and packed with all sort of strange Asian groceries. I feel as though the place is a bit unorganized, with boxes of products on the floor (because they don’t have the shelf space) and things placed randomly down aisles. This said, I have never ever been to a ‘nice’ Asian grocery store before either.
In Win Sam you can find pretty much whatever your looking for, they have an entire aisle for sauces, oils and marinades. Another majority of an aisle to Asian style snacks and sweet treats.
The back corner offers a tiny green grocer section that sells Asian vegetables. Their best feature is probably their frozen section, with a huge variety of dumplings, wontons, buns, flour skins, tofu, fish balls, hot pot meat– I could go on.
If you’re not from a Cantonese speaking background and think you might have difficulty finding something, it’s probably best to find out the name of your ingredient first and write it down, as there may be language barriers.