International Food Supermarkets in Seville: Where to Buy Ingredients for Cooking Classes

Where Do We Buy Ingredients for the Most Exotic Cooking Classes? This is a common question in Japanese, Korean, Indian, or Mexican cooking classes. Some products may seem hard to find, but thanks to the following stores, it’s becoming increasingly easy to find them in our city.

Hiper Oriente

Calle Aponte, 8 and Av. Kansas City, 1,3.
Hiper Oriente is perhaps the best-known store on this list. It has been in Seville for years, and its central locations make it very accessible. At Hiper Oriente, you can find products from many Asian countries, and recently they’ve also added Latin American items, like cancha corn and ají paste, which we use in our Nikkei and Peruvian Cooking Workshop.

Their selection of noodles, sauces, and other dried and canned goods, as well as frozen products, is excellent. You’ll find practically anything you need for our Asian cooking workshops: katsuobushi, okonomiyaki sauce, Japanese mayonnaise, ghee (clarified butter), wrappers for gyoza and wonton, sriracha sauce, and much more.

Fresh ingredients are more limited, but you can still get the basics: bean sprouts, spring onions and Chinese chives, Chinese cabbage, pak choi, and different types of tofu, among others.

Asia Africa Supermarket

Avenida Andalucía, 13.
Located in the Polígono Industrial Carretera Amarilla, this Asian supermarket is a paradise for lovers of oriental cuisine. It’s much larger than Hiper Oriente and caters more to the Asian community.

The variety of noodles and sauces here is almost endless. They have many fresh products that are hard to find elsewhere. You’ll see fruits and vegetables like kumquats, dragon fruit, pitahayas, various types of cabbage, different radishes, yuca, purple sweet potatoes, and an incredible selection of mushrooms…

Unlike Hiper Oriente, they also have a butcher section and a prepared foods section. The butcher specializes in meat products not usually sold in local stores, so you’ll find many offal cuts, tripe, and other types of offal uncommon in regular shops.

The frozen food section is vast, with many unusual cuts of meat and fish as well.

They also have a homeware area where you can find traditional Chinese and Japanese tableware, steamers, all kinds of rice cookers, and kitchen and table decorations.

One thing is certain, though—the “Africa” in the name is nowhere to be seen.

Mundo Latino

Pl. Playa de Punta Umbría, 4.
Right in the heart of the La Macarena neighborhood, you’ll find this small shop dedicated to products from Latin American countries. Despite its size, it’s packed with items, so you’ll be able to find plenty of things here.

Their canned goods stand out, especially the selection of beans and black carob beans they offer. They also have a small fresh produce section where you can buy yuca or plantains, among other items.

Here you can get the chiles needed for the Mexican Cooking Workshop. They don’t always have the same varieties, but habaneros and jalapeños are usually available. If you’re lucky, you might also find guajillo, chipotle, or árbol chiles.

It’s a great place to find Latin American white cheese or to buy beers and soft drinks from the region.

Todoespecias.com

They don’t have a physical store but are based in Alcalá de Guadaira. As their website says, you can discover “all the spices of the world” here. Maybe not all of them, but their variety is impressive.

They have countless spice blends ranging from basic garlic and parsley to a wide variety of curries, including Turkish spices, Italian blends, harissa, shawarma, and more.

You can also buy dried and powdered chiles here for Mexican, Thai, or any cooking classes that need a spicy kick.

Your Local Market!

Traditional fruit and vegetable shops are increasingly adding international products alongside local ones. Some you may need to order in advance, while others you can find right there.

At the fruit and vegetable stalls in Mercado de Triana, for example, you can find Chinese cabbage without ordering it, or you can order Chinese spring onions and bean sprouts. Some stalls offer a wide variety of chiles and mushrooms when they’re in season.

These markets are also your go-to for fresh herbs, such as basil—which, surprisingly, can sometimes be hard to find—or sage, which is practically impossible to find elsewhere.

You might also be pleasantly surprised at seed shops, where we’ve found some hard-to-find spices and even spice blends like garam masala.

The variety here isn’t the same as in specialized supermarkets, but these shops can definitely help you out in a pinch.