C & C International Gifts & Groceries

Outstanding little Asian type grocery store,
Lots of fresh items, love the fresh noodles
Great staff here, they go out if there way to help you, I really like this spot!
Lots of fresh goodies made daily, lots of sales on the weekend, they been there 37 years!!!
Kudos!

Have been going to this store off and on with my family since I was a child, as of late the owners (married) have been getting ruder and ruder. Even to the point that the husband grabbed my arm and moved me out of the way for no reason and the wife bad mouths the customers to their face. They have not been happy the last few times I’ve been there, they do have a decent selection so I don’t have to travel into Virginia or into the District since I am a local girl. The wife mentioned that they are closing down at the end of the year and the space will be rented out as office. Good for them, since their customer service has been very poor. I was trying to give them one last chance after the husband put inappropriately put his hands on me, but the last trip was just as bad.

Good place to stock up on Asian groceries. It has a wide variety of teas, noodles, condiments and «unusual» ingredients like fermented bean curd, kelp, wood ear fungus, etc.

I really love and appreciate the couple who own this store more and more every year! I have lived in SMD for over twenty years and have stopped by here over and over regularly to get my Asian food whenever I go this direction.
The husband and wife team is such a wonderful hardworking couple and I know the hard and hours are so tough day in and day out to maintain such a well stocked store with a large inventory of diverse and fresh food items like what they have.
I wish them good fortune and health for many year to come… Just love them and their store.

This is a very good market. They have quite a good selection. It is typical of a local market, where the aisles are close together and you have to maneuver through them. They a great variety of noodles, sauces, canned fruits and such, spices, candy, chips, chilled and frozen sections. There is a nice selection of fresh fruit and vegetables such as mangos, bittermelon, bean sprouts, basil, etc. I like how they have selections for chinese, thai, and even vietnamese shoppers.
The owner of the shop of was extremely friendly and helpful. If there was something you were looking for, there is a 90% chance you will find it there, and for a great price. I definitely will be back to shop here again.

I love this place. They are priced reasonably and the owners are always friendly. I will travel here instead of some of the closer ones to my House because they have a huge variety.

Wow! This place has quite the selection of Asian groceries! We scoped out a few places in this area in search of Filipino markets and I was quite pleased with C&C’s wide array of choices. The prices are also reasonable. The owner (I think it was) was very friendly and knew all about Filipino vegetables – I felt like I was talking to one of my own peeps. :-).
We even ran into a customer who said that he was a frequent and loyal customer of several years and that no one can beat this place.
I think that Hilvic did a great job reviewing this place (can I just say «ditto»?) so the only thing that I would add is that I am definitely coming back.

I always pass by this place but never thought to go inside. So I thought to myself «self, lets stop by». It’s bigger than I thought. They have all kinds of canned, bottled and frozen asian goodies. The also get freshly made Filipino snacks like bico and puto. I think this is my new asian convenience store (when I don’t feel like driving to Jumbo, Grand or H Mart).

As Hilvic says, this is the best place for Filipino products in Prince George’s County, and probably all of the DC area on the Maryland side. Very large selection with lots of rare products. The Thai elderly lady that owns this store has been in business serving the Filipino community over there for over 30 years. (photo uploaded…)

Don’t be fooled by the cinder block building set on top of a gravel sea. This non-​descript storefront (these things usually are) contains some of the area’s best Asian foods.
They have the freshest, best produce for miles around. This is where I prefer to buy bitter melons and Chinese eggplants, because they look so healthy and nicely colored here. Other things, like bean sprouts or scallions, are so crisp and fresh. Their plantains are so sweet, too. And I am a freak about those long, skinny green beans that are perfect stir fry constituents.
Their biggest clients are the Filipinos in Fort Washington, so while the owners are Chinese and Thai, they have very Filipino-​specific offerings here. For example, you can find Silver Swan soy sauce and Datu Puti vinegar on their shelves. You can even find soy sauce blended with calamansi juice, which any red blooded Filipino will tell you is the greatest sauce on earth.
They also will have several Filipino rice-​based desserts. They have puto and, my personal favorite, cuchinta (or kutsinta). Once in a while, though, they’ll run short of coconut shavings that one uses to top cuchinta. They have a couple of different brands of dried mangos here, as well, but they’re not really the brand from Cebu that I like. To each his own, though.
Also, I’m known internationally as the destroyer of woks. Thanks goodness they sell plenty of them here. Carbon steel, no frills kind of woks that can stand some serious abuse. And with woks come their usual paraphernelia and such.
For you adventurous eaters, walk to the back of the store. Look for a set of eggs with a simple name tent above them labeled «balut.» Buy it. Eat it. You’ll love it.