It’s interesting that in White Plains, both the Chinese supermarket, Kam Sen, and the Japanese supermarket, Daido, are somewhat inconspicuous, and yet neither lacks for customers.  I guess if you build a store that fills a need, people will find it.

Daido’s a fun place to poke around, and now I know where to go for any Japanese groceries (I like Oishinbo in Harrison too, though that’s a much smaller store). Daido’s got pretty much everything: sauces, oils, dried, canned and frozen items, produce, meats, seafood, baked goods from Parisienne Bakery, even Japanese videos.

I’ve never seen such a large selection of miso.

Like Kam Sen, aisles of packaged items, many with Japanese characters only. These were all different brands of dried seaweed.

At the back of the store, produce, meat and seafood.

The seafood looked extremely fresh — I’d love to make sushi rolls with that tuna.

Packaged octopus.

On one counter are freshly prepared items like rice balls, rice bowls, fried chicken and bento boxes.

I really wanted a bento box, and I’m sure it was perfectly fine, but it does make me a little nervous when food sits on a counter without refrigeration.  So I skipped the bento box this time and picked up a container of sweet rice with azuki beans instead (which actually isn’t sweet, but savory).

What do you usually buy when you shop at Daido?  Anything you recommend?

Daido
522 Mamaroneck Ave.
White Plains, NY
914-683-6735