T S Emporium: Tak Shing Hong

I was buying a huo guo hot pot. They had a nice variety, I bought one with a divider for $ 50. Then I went to a grocery store to buy food for the hot pot and found a comparable hot pot on sale at the grocery for $ 20 less. I immediately returned the hot pot and it was easy, no questions asked.

My mom insisted on taking me here to visit a Chinese doctor because western medicine are dangerous and will screw you over. And I was a Pre-Med…Thanks Mom!
Anyway, the wait for this Doctor is RIDICULOUS! We waited two hours! (well, reminded me of my western clinic wait time). Anyway, after he «read» my pulse and asked about my daily habits, diet etc and he wrote a list of herbs for me. Although I felt that I was the one who gave him all my symptoms rather than he diagnosed from the pulse checking, I might have watched way too many Chinese drama to mislead myself knowing on how it should work. The seating was odd and had no leg room, my posture was really uncomfortable while he «felt/​read» my pulse, not mentioning he pressed my wrist a bit hard (wouldn’t that alter the pulse flow?) He could be an expert for what I know.
Anyway, waited 2 hours, see the doctor for 5 mins, and spent $ 50. The visit was $ 15 and rest goes to medicine. I’m pretty sure I saw a giant bug and a centipede in that bundle of herb…
Anyway, the lady who weight out my medicine was just RUDE! She acts like the everybody owes her, or that she’s angry at the world, or something. Doesn’t smile, doesn’t answer my questions, doesn’t talk. She walked past by me like I didn’t exist (I had to move out of her way because she was about to invade into my personal space). She handed me the slip to go pay, but when I asked her a question, she didn’t bother look and answer; hence, I was completely clueless. Madam… You’re the reason I deducted two stars.
Anyway, this store is pretty small and dim compare to other T&S. And parking is a nightmare.

As a non Chinese person, this store fascinates me. There is such a great variety of products here, it is one store I do not mind loitering about in. A great place for people watching too, I enjoy this place. It has problems with parking according to other reviews. I park a long ways away and walk in, as I have had issues with parking (see my review of Hawaiian Supermarket
for a laugh). My honey and I buy medicines, herbs, foods, and household goods here. It is a neat store we go to over and over.

I am a good customer of theirs and today I went to get some patent Chinese herbal pills that I needed really bad. I was stucked in traffic but knowing that they close at 8pm I decided to take a chance. I arrived at 7:50 and they already had the doors closed but customers were there so I told the security why they close if it wasn’t 8 yet and be said they close the doors at 7:55. I showed him the time and told him it was only 7:50 and all I needed is to grab something really quick and I knew to go straight where it was. He said the cashiers were closed even though I see people paying right there through the glass doors. If you care about customers you should make exceptions especially if they are reasonable. I could understand if I came at 8 sharp but this is within the hours of operation. Then they should put they close at 7:45 and not 8pm. You lost a customer.

My Mom asked if we can go here and my stress shot up a bit… the parking in here is freaking nutty! Luckily, she has the handicapped sign and so parking was easily, readily and available for us.
This Chinese herbal store is located right next to Yum Cha Hong Kong Café. No matter what hours or day, this place is always packed, especially with the Asian elderlies shopping here, especially, got the veggies here are dirt cheap.
The first part of the store is where they sell the assorted foods, fruits and veggies. They also got your various teas, dried foods, clothing, towels and house décor items, and Chinese religious/​gods/​goddess Buddhist deities and paper money/​clothing for the dead. The second part of the store is where they have your holistic doctors and ancient Chinese medicines. Also, that’s where the one and only restroom, hehehe!
This herbal medicine place is cheaper than Wing Hop Fung and caters more to the older Asian generation. It’s an interesting little herbal store filled with various little knick knacks that will delight anyone who comes here whether you’re old or young and Asian or not.

My doctor visits had caused me to come by these 2 days. This time, I had checked out the herb teas for dietary supplements. Many of the choices are good for elders with major health issues such as high blood pressure, cholesterol, sweat, kidney and mental health. If you are suffering from diagnosis, you probably would like to try to drink herb tea besides taking the medicines.
I do find customer service was average, but they let me exchange items. with a bit troubles.

I believe they got every Chinese medicine that existed. Maybe. However, if you could, you should go to a different one. Yes, there’s a private lot. But gosh, people are insane! You know what they say, it’s a Chinatown, people can’t drive, no courtesy. While one car is backing up, two other cars back up the same time with cars waiting for parking spots. Like, hello! Why can’t you guys go one at a time?! Crazy lot, crazy Chinese. Yes, I’m Chinese too.

Stay away! Liars. They say it weighs 37.5grams and sell at 30grams. Not that big of a difference you would say? Not when that 37.5 grams is $ 100. I bought sea horse (herbal medicine). Called them back and they say its their managers fault. Don’t come here. They lie and price their herbs inaccurately. There’s plenty of places in the area that sell the exact same stuff. My luck to walk into this shack. I don’t even want to get started on their customer service.

Couldn’t be any worse than that.
Horrible customer service.
Sold me a defective item. Won’t let me return. Just give me a run around… for half an hour.
When I ask for manager, all the workers walked away from me???

For $ 12 (cash) you get a consultation with an acupuncturist/​herbalist, and after that for $ 18 you walk away with a week’s worth of powdered herbs, or more expensive raw herbs to cook at home. Excellent way to treat health conditions that don’t respond well to Western medicine. Everybody comes here, from kids to grandmas. Take a number, have a seat, smell the ginseng!

What a brilliant idea to put all the Chinese necessities under one roof. This place is truly a one stop shop for everything you need, from groceries, to Chinese herbal medicines to herbal supplements, to cooking ware and even household appliances. In addition, they have the seasonal Chinese festivals gifts for Chinese New Year, Dragon Festival, Moon Festival and Winter Solstice Festival.
Not only do they have wide varieties of merchandise, their prices are also pretty reasonable.
I have always liked going to their Rowland Heights store when I lived in Rancho Cucamonga. I am so glad now that this store is only 5 minutes from my home which makes it really convenient for my shopping.

Great place to buy variety of Chinese Medicine. I come here very often to buy japanese red Lingzhi for my mom, that’s her favorite drinks. You can pretty much find anything here they sell the weirdest to the most expensive stuff/​tea/​food here. Very interesting little store.

One stop shop for some of your general chinese necessities. Their products range from frozen prepackaged foods (dumplings etc) to dried noodles, sauces, cookies, tea, fresh produce and veggies, candy, cooking wares (pots and pans) dishes, herbal supplements, dried this dried that, and a couple household appliances.
Generally the produce here is a little cheaper than supermarkets, at least that is what my I am told from my mom and aunts.
There is a parking lot that can get quite confusing/​frustrating when packed!

Random find today as I was walking back from the Chinese New Year festival. I checked it out at the perfect time, because they had tons of New Years décor and red envelopes. It’s a combo herbal store and marketplace. They had household small appliances, groceries, dishes, décor, tea, dried goods etc. I spent a good 30m browsing. Prices seemed pretty fair. Staffers weren’t too friendly, but I wasn’t there for conversation. Picked up a bunch of red envelopes that I haven’t seen anywhere else.

I’ve always liked coming here as a kid & I still do as an adult! Sure, it’s crowded and people are pushy… but there’s such a variety of things to look at!
They have a small variety of choy and melons (is that the English word for guah?), candy, tea, household items, and lots more!
I had a rude awakening though… it’s cash only. My mother had to pay for my groceries today lol. SORRY MOM!

Recent trip with my mom to get some chinese herbs and medicine. There’s 2 areas in the store — the herbal center and market. You want service in the herbal center? FORGET IT. you ain’t gettin’ any.
We get to the counter and NO ONE is willing to help. You have to slam the countertop to get service. Since my mom can’t see or hear very well, we ask the «herbal hags» to write down the ingredients on a paper large enough to see. The one attending us was willing to write it down so that my mom could at least read what’s on the box. HOWEVER, one of the hags — we’ll call her «head herbal hag» sternly says from across the floor «don’t write it down, we might get in trouble!». Look, she can’t see so writing the ingredients down doesn’t constitute a prescription. They say, «let her use the magnifying glass»…THE WHOLE POINT OF WRITING IT DOWN IS BECAUSE IT’S HARD TO READ (even with magnification, trust me chinese characters in small print does not work)!
Story not over yet. :) So the herbal hags continue to say «even if we tell you the ingredients you wouldn’t know what they are.» I then say do YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ARE?! They shrug their shoulders. We wanted to see if there would be any animal by-​products since my mom is vegan.
Long story short — don’t expect to find any service at this place… this applies to both areas of the store. They don’t give two licks about you. Buy your «sheeet» and get out. If you read this and you’re asian, PLEASE tell your asian elders… the herbal hags will not help you. If you’re something other than asian, well good luck. Try talking to the on-​site doctor about your ailments FIRST.
I’m thinking that they have been sued before offering herbal advice without the consent of the doctor. Adding on to the fact that they don’t want to help you. You think that working in a herbal shop requires you to have some basic knowledge about the herbs you sell — for example, would the CVS worker recommend you some foot cream for your headache?

I enjoy the selection available inside, but I do not enjoy the tight space and rude customers.
This is the best place to get everything you could imagine as if you were in China. A wide selection of snacks, teas, herbs, and knick knacks (like mah-​jong tiles and potted plants)! The store in the back is purely herbs and medicine. You can see the doctor there without an appointment. He can test your blood pressure and any anomalies in your body, and then provide you a «prescription» for your herbal medicine which you can pick up at the counter. They have a great selection of Chinese medicine, imported from China and Taiwan that have cured my fevers to stomach aches better than any Western medicine I’ve been prescribed. They also have a variety of ginseng ranging from dirt cheap to $ 100.
Also, they have a few produce available, from lotus root to other types of veggies you might find at other Asian supermarkets. But from the times I’ve been there, they haven’t been too fresh. I suggest buying the packs of soup ingredients they have available costing around $ 5 per bag. If you’re a fan of Cantonese soup, they pack a great bag!
Tip: Park on the streets if you want to avoid other’s incapability of driving. Avoid weekends to avoid crowds. Familiarity with Chinese is an effective way of communicating to employees. No returns accepted, only exchange.

What other place can you walk out of with a bag of dried scallops, ginseng, roasted peanuts, a lantern, bok choy and dried red beans and barely make a dent in your wallet? TS is definitely a place where you can get all your Asian cravings and needs filled (although you may walk out with a bruise bc of those tight aisles and those super aggressive Asian ladies who will literally not move out of your way even if you were coming at them on a speed bike).

This place give you the best for your buck. I go there for vegetables and fruits.
Price is way better than the typical overrated american store. I Make my own ginger so buy some ginger from TS (lot of it). It was only to my surprise 60 cents. I love this place.

This is the great place to get all kinds of Chinese culture stuff. Including herb, tea, food, tool, plant, decoration and more…
I specially like their snack that you won’t find them in local American supermarket.
Mah Jong Table and tools is one of my item that I got from here. ^_^