Manna Asian Grocery Store is an Asian grocery shop at 142 Toi Toi St in Nelson, with a 4.2 Google rating. The directory files it as a supermarket, but the name points to a specialist Asian grocery.
An Asian grocery is where you find ingredients that mainstream supermarkets often do not carry, such as a range of rice, noodles, sauces, spices, pastes, tinned and frozen goods, snacks and sometimes fresh produce. If you are cooking from a recipe, ask staff where to find the right sauce or paste or bring a photo of the packet, and check ingredient labels if you have allergies, as English labelling can be limited. Look at best-before dates, particularly on imported, chilled and frozen items, and compare unit prices on staples such as rice and noodles. Regulars buy rice, noodles and soy sauce in bigger packs for better value and look for ingredients that are hard to find elsewhere in Nelson.
Toi Toi St is in the Nelson area, so this shop suits local cooks wanting Asian ingredients without ordering online or travelling to a bigger city.