Aji Ichiban

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Aji Ichiban
Written Chinese:	優の良品
- Cantonese Jyutping:	yau¹ zi¹ leong⁴ ben²
- Mandarin Pinyin:	yōu zhī liáng pǐn
English:	Aji Ichiban

An outlet in a Hong Kong MTR station

Aji Ichiban is one of the largest snack food franchises founded in Hong Kong, China. They have over 90 stores worldwide including many at Hong Kong International Airport.

In the United States, Aji Ichiban USA was founded in 2000 as an exclusive franchise and they have stores in New York City, in Chinatown around Manhattan and Queens, as well as in the Chinatowns in Chicago, Richardson, TX, and San Gabriel, CA and Gaithersburg, Maryland a suburb of Washington, DC. Many Chinese political leaders have paid visits to these stores.

As for shoppers, they will find many exquisite items such as: mini Skittles, spicy dried fish, plum tablets, mango slices, chili olives, fried and shredded squid, shrimp crackers, hot dog and hamburger shaped gummy candies, wasabi peas, pork and beef jerky, etc. The stores have small bowls of samples for most of the snack items- mainly dried fruit and seafood preparations- so that customers can taste the snacks before they buy them.