A.R. Supermarket

Whether you’re hungry or not, shopping at A.R. Supermarket will chew up at least an hour of your time. But that’s part of the market’s strategy. If A.R. actually meant for its customers to make it out in less than an hour, it wouldn’t force them to pass by jewelry displays, a shoe store and a cosmetics counter just to get to the food—the place walks like a mall inside a market. Once you make it beyond the marked-down facial creams, however, A.R. opens up. There’s everything you could want here: fresh boxes of squash and purple yams, azuki bean ice cream, kimchi dumplings and even a surprisingly large selection of cactus-derived foods. But what makes A.R. great (aside from sheer size) is the butcher counter. Here, bulgogi and galbi and the staples of Korean barbeque wait for purchase, pre-marinated for easy take-home cooking. Next to the counter are self-serve trays of accompanying banchan items—pickled lotus root, seaweed salad and the like. Taken together, A.R. offers up the kind of convenience that can turn your own kitchen into your favorite stop for Korean barbeque.

A.R. SUPERMARKET 9580 GARDEN GROVE BLVD | STE 300 | GARDEN GROVE 92844 | 714.539.2702

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