Roong Jing Jing Thai Specialty in El Cerrito

A nice little Thai market in El Cerrito, CA. Not too much of selections, but it does have what the family needs/wants. The pre-packed Thai foods are pretty good. We usually get the Northern Thai Pork Laab, I believe they were out by the time we dropped by. This dish contains pork liver. The dessert that we also usually pick up is the Thai cotton cake. During this visit, we picked up the Thai cotton cake, pork laab, flower-shaped cookies & rice crackers w/honey.Update: 04/30/2023We stopped by the restaurant next door today and decided to stop in to see whats left from yesterdays pre-packed food. We managed to pick up some more Thai Cotton Cake, pork laab and a few other snacks. Always a pleasure shopping here. Great service! 👍

I’m all about it. Excellent takeaway Thai food in this tiny little marketplace. Love me some Thai food, and the pink seafood noodle soup was no exception. The noodles and seafood were packed in one box, with the “pink” soup in the other. Mm mm. It was a delicious tangy, savory treat!

I frequent this store when I’m in the area. A small store but it has a good selection of Thai and Asian food and home sundries. It even has a refrigerator for cold and frozen foods. The highlight is that on certain days, it carries very good prepackaged foods and desserts. Very friendly proprietors. Some foods mild or somewhat spicy, others can be extra crazy spicy.

You can get almost any sort of Thai ingredients here. Ive gotten limestone water(makes crispy desserts like khanom Kai nok krata), tian op candles for smoking desserts, seedless tamarind paste, stemless cha om for omelettes, and apparently they occasionally have cilantro roots. On weekends you can get random premade things like yum pladook Fu(crispy fried catfish puff), Mee krob(crispy sweet noodles), chor muang, thai patongko with sangkaya(basically mini youtiao with kaya jam/custard), and Thai egg yolk desserts like foi thong(based on Portuguese fios de ovos) and thong yod. The staff is super helpful and friendly.

This place is super popular on Saturday mornings where cooked Thai food is sold. Legit. I had the otak otak which is fish steam in a leaf. The mango coconut rice is spot on. I think the mangoes are soaked in sugar.

I love this little store! It has so many things you just cant find elsewhere. Prices are very reasonable, and the people there are kind and helpful.Get there early on Saturdays if you want a broad selection of prepared foods from local Thai kitchens.

Good thai/lao store. saturday morning is the best time to go for their desserts n bentos (plate lunches). lol. sorry for the slang im from hawaii.

Hands down the best Thai market in the Bay Area! You can find authentic hot food, dessert, ingredients, and frozen exotic ingredients here. I hope it is closer to my home :(

Small Thai market. Nice, helpful & friendly owners. On Saturdays different restaurants sell their food here. Prepackaged w/lots to choose from. They offer noodles, rice plates, currys, soups, desserts etc. Many items I have not seen on menus.. The list is long. Worth a visit. My monthly indulgence.

Legit as it gets. Amazing Thai home cooking. Packed foods to go. Go there on Saturdays. Get there when opens because they run out of most popular dishes.