Ethnic Market - International Food Store is a supermarket at 6/403 Worcester Street in Linwood, Christchurch, carrying a 4.4 Google rating from its shoppers.
An international grocer earns its keep by stocking what the big chains treat as afterthoughts: rice in large bags, spices, sauces, noodles and flours from several cuisines, and produce such as taro or fresh lemongrass that you may not find elsewhere. Labels are often in more than one language, so it pays to ask, and staff at a good store usually know their stock well enough to suggest a substitute. Regulars tend to read date codes and buy a line when they see it, as stock can rotate with each shipment, and prices on staples often undercut the major supermarkets.
For Linwood households and anyone east of the city chasing a proper ingredient, this Worcester Street shop is a handy local stop.