Business Details
24 Years
experience
Your Trusted Source for Filipino Groceries & Freshly Prepared Meals
Tindahan Grocery is a family-owned business established in November 2002 as the first Filipino grocery store in Richmond, BC. Our founders Jay and Stella bring decades of culinary expertise rooted in Philippine heritage. Stella, daughter of renowned chef Nora Daza, honed her skills through formal training in France and hands-on experience at her family's restaurants in Paris and Manila. Since 2004, we've operated an in-house kitchen featuring Jun Anonuevo, a chef with over 40 years of experience perfecting traditional Filipino recipes. Our store offers an extensive selection of authentic products including frozen seafood, specialty groceries, and freshly prepared meals.We pride ourselves on maintaining consistent quality while preserving the flavors of home for Filipino communities. Our culinary legacy spans multiple generations and continents through cookbooks, television programs, and restaurant ventures. This deep-rooted expertise ensures every product and dish reflects authentic Filipino cuisine. We remain committed to serving Richmond's community with the same dedication that made us pioneers in this space. Our reputation for excellence continues to grow through customer loyalty and word-of-mouth recognition.
Services
Filipino Grocery Items
Prepared Meals
Party Trays
Desserts
Noodle Dishes
Vegetable Sides
Empanadas
Breakfast Specials
Lunch Entrees
Catering Services
Details
- Year established: 2002
Highlights and features
- Family-owned since 2002 with deep Filipino culinary roots
- Chefs trained in France with international restaurant experience
- 40+ years of combined kitchen expertise from our lead cook
- Extensive selection of authentic Philippine products
- Consistently rated for quality by loyal customers since opening
What people say
Top-notch food
Best store in Richmond
Consistently good quality
Taste like home
Friendly and helpful staff
Services
Filipino Grocery Items
We offer an extensive selection of authentic Philippine products including frozen and dried fish, traditional snacks, and specialty groceries. Our inventory features household staples like canned goods, noodles, and coffee alongside unique items such as longganisa and tocino. Every product is carefully sourced to maintain the integrity of Filipino cuisine while catering to local availability and customer preferences.
Prepared Meals
Our in-house kitchen prepares traditional Filipino meals daily using recipes perfected over decades. Options include beef tapa, menudo, and crispy pata made with house-seasoned ingredients. Each dish combines authentic flavors with modern food safety standards, offering customers convenient access to homemade-quality meals without compromising on taste or cultural authenticity.
Party Trays
We create custom party trays featuring curated selections of Filipino favorites for special events. Our offerings include various meat dishes, vegetable sides, and rice preparations arranged for easy serving. These trays showcase our culinary expertise through balanced flavor profiles and presentation that reflects traditional Filipino hospitality at gatherings and celebrations.
Desserts
Our dessert menu features classic Filipino confections like halo-halo, turon, and ube-langka biko. These sweets are made using time-tested methods that preserve their distinct textures and flavors. Each dessert reflects regional variations and family recipes that have been refined through generations of culinary experience in both Philippine and international kitchens.
Noodle Dishes
We prepare traditional Filipino noodle dishes including bihon, sotanghon, and spaghetti with house-made sauces. Our recipes maintain authentic flavor profiles while adapting to local ingredient availability. Each preparation demonstrates our commitment to preserving culinary heritage through proper cooking techniques and attention to regional variations in noodle preparation.
People
Stella
Co-Owner & Culinary Director
Stella brings decades of culinary expertise from training in France and working with her mother Nora Daza's restaurants. She oversees recipe development and maintains quality standards across all prepared foods.
Jay
Co-Owner
Jay co-founded Tindahan Grocery with Stella in 2002. He contributes his culinary experience from working at Nora Daza's Paris restaurant and manages daily operations with a focus on customer service.
Victor 'Jun' Anonuevo
Head Chef
Jun has perfected Filipino cuisine for over 40 years, starting with Nora Daza's kitchens in Manila. He executes traditional recipes with precision while innovating new dishes that maintain cultural authenticity.
Questions
What makes Tindahan Grocery unique?
We were Richmond's first Filipino grocery store, combining authentic products with chef-prepared meals from a family culinary legacy spanning three decades.
Do you offer catering services?
Yes, we create custom party trays with traditional Filipino dishes for events of all sizes with 24-hour advance notice.
Are specialty ingredients available?
We stock hard-to-find Philippine products including regional snacks, frozen seafood, and specialty spices not commonly found in mainstream stores.
What are your breakfast hours?
Our breakfast service runs Monday-Friday 8:30AM-11:00AM with traditional dishes like beef tapa and homemade siopao.
Do you sell cookbooks?
Yes, we carry titles by Nora Daza whose pioneering work inspired our store's culinary philosophy and recipe development.
Reviews (6)
Dennise Secret Channel
Jan 24, 2022
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This is our most favorite Filipino Store, best quality and affordable product lines we found here. Our daughter Dennise loves Filipino Foods even she was born here in Canada. Her first tagalog word she learned is "Tindahan" when it comes to Filipino Store. Tindahan caters the yummiest foods ever and we feel home everytime we patronize their products. Our simple way to thank and support Tindahan, we recently started our DAT_Family3 Tiktok to promote our local business here in B.C. and broadcast in Canada that Filipinos are well-known in serving best delicacies and make everyone's tummy happy
Darby John
Dec 18, 2021
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It's an all-in-one Filipino grocery and eatery where you can find all your Filipino food and products. They have pork bbq every wednesday, bbq boneless marinated milkfish every friday when available, sisig prepared in multiple ways...be it pork, milkfish or squid. They prepare your favorite rice breakfast combos like Filipino "silogs", their very own home-made corned beef, tocino and longganisa, arrozcaldo, fried jeprox fish...and of course, a whole lot of dishes more to crush those cravings for Filipino food and freshly made desserts and snacks. More rice please lol!
Arenay Mahajan
Sep 30, 2021
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Very friendly staff. Lots of Philippino food variety. Tried their lunch menu, someplace I don't mind eating again
Bettina B.
Aug 31, 2021
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Best Filipino food made fresh daily! Empanadas are out of this world! They have special Halo-Halo only available during the summer..all ingredients made from scratch..sooo good! They have a wide variety of baked goods as well like Turon, cassava, karioka, lumpiang gulay, and more. Also a great assortment of Filipino groceries! Great staff too ;)
Toffy Concepcion
Aug 12, 2021
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This is a Filipino store with a takeout food place run by Stella Daza, the daughter of the late Filipino food icon Nora Daza. Nora Daza's cook books documented and defined Filipino food for the last 2 generations. I highly recommend the pork barbecue, empanadas and lumpia (spring rolls) and turon fried banana in caramelized spring roll wrapper. I really liked their ginataang langka (jackfruit cooked in coconut milk). A constant go to for Filipinos.
Ena Point
Jun 14, 2021
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Great selection of Filipino foods and household supplies. The staff are very nice and like when my children go shopping in the candy isle.
