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| Hong Kong-style whole Roast Duck, Roast Pork and Honey Barbecued Spare Ribs at 99 Ranch Market in Hackensack. |
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| A wide variety of Dim Sum are available at another stand in the busy food court. |
Editor's note: On visits in December 2019, a cashier at 99 Ranch Market charged me twice for the same item, necessitating a return trip to get a credit; and one of the employees behind the fish counter cleaned, but didn't scale, whole yellowtail snappers I purchased.
By VICTOR E. SASSON
EDITOR
HACKENSACK, N.J. -- The Korean supermarket chain with the folksy name of "One Arm Full of Groceries" has defined Asian food for decades.
With 6 H Marts in Bergen County alone, Han Ah Reum has had a loyal following among Korean-Americans and non-Koreans alike, despite competition from H&Y and other smaller chains.
But all that changed last week with the opening of 99 Ranch Market in Hackensack's Home Depot Shopping Center (June 2018).
The Chinese supermarket may not have as many good deals as H Mart, but the Hackensack store is simply a better Asian-food experience.
See more photos at The Sasson Report and on Instagram @victoresasson.
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| One of the stands in the food court of 99 Ranch Market in Hackensack. |
Reading this in January 2021, I want to add that since opening in Hackensack, 99 Ranch Market has changed little since July 2018 and that it is almost impossible to find any organic produce at the Chinese supermarket, compared to H Mart, which has a small selection of organic fruit, lettuce and salad mixes, and a much wider variety of fresh and live seafood. So, I shop weekly at the new H Mart in Little Ferry, but only go to 99 Market when we want to have fish ball soup or, ironically enough, to buy cabbage kimchi, which is better priced than at H Mart, although the selection is limited.
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