New Generation Foods

This was my first visit to this ‘International Foods’ store, and I was sure impressed. From this first look-​around, it seemed so well-​stocked (spices, beans, flours, grains, rices, dried fruits, nuts, and so much more, including teas, and many different ‘tin & jar’ products, plus, some fresh and frozen products as well), everything very nicely displayed, and the store so neat & tidy, and clean. And those wonderful aroma’s! A nice, friendly greeting from the owner when we walked in, along with his helpful service, when asked for, while we browsed and shopped. There was so much to see, the browsing was a joy!
I really liked and appreciated how most products were packaged in several different sizes, allowing one to buy as much as really required, or wanted at the time. A 10lb bag of yellow cornmeal (lots of baking lies ahead, eh!!), 800gm bag of ’12-​bean’ dried beans (some warm thoughts of soup or baked beans!!), and 400gm bag of dried garlic flakes (always useful) came home with us. Suspect much more will be purchased the next time we visit the store, but first, some time is needed to raid our pantry supplies and assess future buying requirements.
I’m sure glad to have found this store, it will be so handy for fall/​winter cooking, baking, and the like. And its location is quite handy for us as well, it’s on the route we usually take home from our Saturday morning dim sum’s, and other shopping at markets and such on nearby Kingsway.
Their slogan — «Natural Foods for Healthy Lifestyles» — from what I’ve seen so far, very appropriate indeed!
edit to add: we made it back for another much-​enjoyed, personable, and productive early-​Saturday morning shopping visit, and despite the rain at the time, I was able to catch that storefront photo I missed taking last time. Large bags of rice and multi-​grain flour, along with some corn starch, dried powder ginger, and cayenne pepper came home with us this time. We’re quite set now for some early-​fall cooking and baking!
Forgot to mention in my review — if the street parking out front is full, there’s a small parking lot out back, with access to the store from there (just push the button!).

Wonderful selection of international ingredients, with a focus on Indian and Latin American. Especially good selection of spices, dried chiles, grains, flours and pulses. I was very happy to see hard to find (in Vancouver anyway) Mexican ingredients like hominy (tinned and dried) and tinned tomatillos.

It went to this store for sonamasuri rice and got quite impressed by the quality and cleanliness being maintained. I rarely see Indian store with such high quality.

Whether you’re looking for something to spice up your normal food routine or you’re looking for some authentic henna (and not the crap that they sell at Lush) New Generation Foods is the place to be. In this small space about the size of a corner store it’s packed with spices, Indian snack foods, drinks, hair products, magazines, samosas and dozens of other things you didn’t know you wanted to try. The folks that work there are friendly, but not annoying. They place may not look too glamorous on the outside (or inside for that matter), but there are treasures to be found!