This is the chief branch of this Asian supermarket with several branches around the 13th arrondissement and Belleville, including Tang Gourmet. Slip inside and breathe in the sweet and spicy smells. The fruit and veg section is a wonderland of curious delights—tiny kumquats, juicy sharon fruit squatting like big ripe tomatoes, blocks of coconut meat and hot pink dragon fruit sprouting thick green leaves. Investigate the butcher’s and fishmonger’s, or stock up on unusual teas. Ten thousand clients pass through this mega store daily—it ’s a neighborhood institution.
48, avenue d’Ivry, Paris 13. Mº Porte d’Ivry. 01 45 83 47 97.