La Rissa Food

Grocery · Toronto, Canada

About La Rissa Food

La Rissa Food Inc. began in 2002 with a narrow but specific goal: manufacturing and popularizing Indonesian food products, chiefly tempeh, within Canada. Operating today from a storefront at 3501 McNicoll Avenue in Scarborough, a suburban district of Toronto with a substantial Southeast Asian population, the company has grown into one of the more recognizable Indonesian food brands in the Greater Toronto Area under its Queen Tempeh label.

Unlike a general grocery store carrying a mix of imported goods, La Rissa Food is built around a small number of core products it makes itself. Its flagship item, Queen Tempeh, is made from Canadian soybeans and marketed as one hundred percent organic, vegan and gluten-free, positioning it for both the Indonesian diaspora, who know tempeh as a staple protein, and a wider Canadian market interested in plant-based foods. The company also produces a range of krupuk, the deep-fried Indonesian crackers eaten as a side dish or snack with rice and other dishes.

The Scarborough location functions as both a production facility and a retail point of sale, open to walk-in customers six days a week, Monday through Saturday from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM, and closed on Sundays. This dual manufacturing-and-storefront model sets it apart from Oey Trading Co., another Toronto-area Indonesian food business already listed in this directory, which operates primarily as an importer and distributor of a broader range of Indonesian products rather than as a maker of its own signature item.

La Rissa Food can be reached by phone during business hours or by email, and maintains its own website with product information and a contact form. For members of Toronto's Indonesian community seeking tempeh made specifically for the Canadian market, or for anyone curious about plant-based Indonesian staples, the McNicoll Avenue storefront offers a direct, locally-made alternative to imported products that may have traveled a much longer distance to reach Canadian shelves.

Address

3501 McNicoll Avenue, Scarborough, ON M1V 2N3, Toronto, Canada

Opening hours

Monday Saturday
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday
Closed

Contact

Category

Indonesian Grocery in Canada

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