Koozo République — Supermarket in Canal Saint-Martin, Paris
Koozo République on Rue de Turbigo looks like a corner grocery from the pavement and turns out to be a full supermarket of Japanese and Korean goods, from daifuku to steamer baskets.
What Koozo République is
A supermarket on Rue de Turbigo in Canal Saint-Martin, Koozo République stocks Japanese and Korean products you will not find in an ordinary French supermarket: daifuku, vegan gyoza, tofu, noodles, rice, seaweed, condiments and Korean chopsticks or steamer baskets. The shop is larger inside than the frontage suggests, laid out cleanly and spaciously. A basket runs about €15 to €40.
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About this store
Koozo République sits on Rue de Turbigo in Canal Saint-Martin, and from the street it reads as a modest grocery. Step in and the room opens up into a supermarket, with aisles laid out cleanly and enough space to move between them.
The shelves lean heavily Japanese and Korean. Daifuku, the soft mochi sweets, are the thing to put in your basket first, and the vegan gyoza are worth the freezer space. Tofu, noodles, rice, seaweed and condiments fill out the cooking side, and the sweets run across a wide range of Asian varieties if you are after dessert rather than dinner.
It is not only food. Korean chopsticks and steamer baskets sit alongside the groceries, so you can pick up the utensil a recipe calls for on the same trip as the ingredients.
Prices sit close to what you would pay in similar Asian stores elsewhere in Paris, and a basket lands somewhere between €15 and €40. The shop keeps a loyalty program that regulars lean on.
What to look for
Daifuku and vegan gyoza
The mochi sweets are soft and worth buying by the box, and the vegan gyoza hold up from the freezer.
Japanese products
A wide run of items straight from Japan, from snacks to the ingredients for cooking with them.
Korean products
Specialty Korean ingredients and packaged foods, plus Korean chopsticks and steamer baskets on the shelves.
The pick list
What to bring home
Japanese Products
The shelves carry items shipped directly from Japan, snacks and cooking ingredients among them, so a specific sauce or a bag of rice crackers is worth looking for.
Korean Products
The Korean range runs from specialty ingredients for cooking through to packaged foods.
Asian Sweets
The sweets take up a good stretch of the shop, with varieties from across Asia.
Who is this for
This one suits anyone cooking Japanese or Korean food in a Paris kitchen and short of the right tofu, noodles, rice or seaweed. It also works for a curious browser who wants to fill a bag with mochi, gyoza and Asian sweets rather than a standard weekly shop.
If you want bread and pastry rather than Asian groceries, Boulangerie Liberté on the same street sells a black charcoal baguette and a chausson aux pommes.
The verdict
The range of Japanese and Korean goods is broad and the aisles are clean and roomy, so it is a swing-by for cooks after specific ingredients rather than a shop to linger in.
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