The 99 Ranch Market is likely the biggest Asian Market (Chinese and Filipino mostly) in Corona. I certainly don't know if it's the best, but it certainly has the size and the selection. The vegetables are great - hands-down better than other markets...
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The 99 Ranch Market is likely the biggest Asian Market (Chinese and Filipino mostly) in Corona. I certainly don't know if it's the best, but it certainly has the size and the selection. The vegetables are great - hands-down better than other markets in the area. I love the various spices and prepared noodles they have too. There are a great many varieties of spices and noodles, both cooked and uncooked. The outside edge of part of the store has a bakery, and some fast food places too, and they're pretty good. The front of the store had small vendors, that sell things, including a jeweler that is pretty good. They sell lots of fresh fish too, and I mean they even have fish swimming in tanks, and lobsters, that you can buy on the spot.I decided to buy some chicken. I went over to the meet section and they have lots of cut beef and chicken, packaged nicely, and attractively. The prices are competitive with other local markets, although it's likely that Stater Brothers beats them on most meat and chicken prices (not sure about fish.)My one complaint is the smell of their chicken. It had a horrible smell when I opened the package. That brings down my rating considerably (one more star). I tried to examine it to see if it was spoiled or rotting, and it wasn't. What was the smell then? Why did it smell so bad,? Then it hit me - their butcher had cut the chicken on the same cutting table as the fish, without completely washing the scent of the fish off the table. I'm sure that the scent of the fish is fine to many people, but to me it's disgusting when it's all over chicken thighs. I was going to give a 4 star rating (my opinion only) but the scent of the fish smell on the chicken brought my rating down to 3 stars.