Exploring the Flavors of Asia: Our Shopping Adventure at Ta-Yo Supermarket#
If you’re a fan of Asian cuisine or just love discovering new snacks and ingredients, a trip to Ta-Yo Asian Supermarket is a must! We recently visited Ta-Yo and came home with a vibrant haul of goodies from across Asia.
From instant noodles and curry mixes to crispy seaweed, unique beverages, and a variety of ready-to-eat meals, the selection was both impressive and inspiring. Our basket quickly filled up with Korean ramyeon, Japanese curry, Chinese hot pot bases, Taiwanese snacks, and more. The shelves were stocked with products from Japan, Korea, China, Thailand, and beyond—making it easy to find both familiar favorites and exciting new treats to try.
Ta-Yo’s aisles are a treasure trove for anyone who loves to cook or snack. Whether you’re looking for authentic ingredients for a homemade meal or just want to sample something new, you’ll find plenty to choose from. We especially appreciated the clear labeling of kosher products and the helpful staff who were happy to answer questions.
What you can actually stock up on#
Ta-Yo is built around the pantry, not the fridge, and that shapes what it’s good for. The strongest aisles are the dry and ambient ones: a wide instant-noodle range covering Korean ramyeon, Japanese ramen and Thai and Chinese styles; cooking bases and pastes such as Japanese curry roux, Chinese hot pot and mala bases, and Korean gochujang and doenjang; rice, rice paper and dried noodles; cooking sauces — soy, oyster, fish, sesame, teriyaki; and a deep snack and confectionery section. There is also a frozen section with dumplings and other staples, plus Asian beverages and household and kitchenware items.
For an Asian home cook in Israel, that mix matters. The hardest things to source here are not snacks but the building blocks of a dish — the right paste, the right noodle, the specific seasoning a recipe assumes you already own. A shop like Ta-Yo turns those from a hunt across several stores into a single trip. The main thing to plan around is fresh produce: Asian herbs, leaves and vegetables are the category that’s hardest to find consistently anywhere in Israel, so treat Ta-Yo as the place that solves your dry and frozen pantry, and source fresh produce separately. If a recipe hinges on fresh kaffir lime leaves or Thai basil, it’s worth a phone call before a special trip.
Finding a branch near you#
When we wrote this, Ta-Yo’s basket was easy to fill because the chain genuinely carries one of the widest Asian ranges in the country. Ta-Yo now runs three branches — the original Beer Sheva flagship, Rishon LeZion, and a Haifa store on Derech Yafo that opened in 2025, extending the chain into the north. If you’re choosing where to shop, our city-by-city guide to Asian supermarkets in Israel maps Ta-Yo against every other Asian grocery by region, and the new northern branch is covered in our report on the TAYO Haifa opening. All three branches offer delivery, so a haul like ours doesn’t strictly require a car.
Curious about what we found? Check out the photo above for a glimpse of our shopping haul!
For more information about Ta-Yo Asian Supermarket, including locations, hours, and delivery options, read our full business profile here, or see the dedicated listing for the Haifa branch.
