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Where is China Town in Seoul? - or Chinese pharmacy

 
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Yesterday



Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Land of the Morning DongChim (Kancho)

PostPosted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:36 am    Post subject: Where is China Town in Seoul? - or Chinese pharmacy Reply with quote

Most China towns in countries I have travelled through sell a chinese product - I am searching for in Seoul....

Don't know the name of it (its in Chinese)...

however its a green liquid - with a very strong peppermint aroma....

its usually very cheap $3 ~ $5...

it comes in a very small, slim glass bottle with a green lid...

I ran out of my last drop this weekend and threw the bottle in the trash without thinking of keeping it so I could find out what it is...

however its excellent for winter...

and a drop of this stuff under the nose - gets rid of runny/stuffy noses etc...

it has a strong / hot/burning feeling when applied to the skin...

if anyone knows where in Seoul I could buy this... please let me know...
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RACETRAITOR



Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea

PostPosted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Incheon seems to have a better Chinatown than Seoul. There's a small Chinatown area in Namguro in southwestern Seoul that might be able to help. Most "Chinese" people in Korea are ethnic Koreans who spent a few decades living in China to escape political oppression here, then they moved back because they figured out things weren't much better in China, and then they got back here and were surprised to learn they were now foreigners.
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jvalmer



Joined: 06 Jun 2003

PostPosted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 4:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

RACETRAITOR wrote:
Incheon seems to have a better Chinatown than Seoul. There's a small Chinatown area in Namguro in southwestern Seoul that might be able to help. Most "Chinese" people in Korea are ethnic Koreans who spent a few decades living in China to escape political oppression here, then they moved back because they figured out things weren't much better in China, and then they got back here and were surprised to learn they were now foreigners.


Most of those are ethinic Korean descendants of who left Korea two or more generations ago.
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ultra



Joined: 09 Nov 2007
Location: Book Han Gook Land Of Opportunity

PostPosted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think its called essence of sumyungguy.
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Don Calliente



Joined: 31 Oct 2007
Location: SEOUL

PostPosted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ultra wrote:
I think its called essence of sumyungguy.


Isn't it actually - yoosukmedrybigai....?

Just approach any Chinese looking person and ask them - yoosukmedrybigai.
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RACETRAITOR



Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea

PostPosted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jvalmer wrote:
RACETRAITOR wrote:
Incheon seems to have a better Chinatown than Seoul. There's a small Chinatown area in Namguro in southwestern Seoul that might be able to help. Most "Chinese" people in Korea are ethnic Koreans who spent a few decades living in China to escape political oppression here, then they moved back because they figured out things weren't much better in China, and then they got back here and were surprised to learn they were now foreigners.


Most of those are ethinic Korean descendants of who left Korea two or more generations ago.


Basically, but what I'm saying is they won't have everything you'd expect from actual Chinese people. I'm sure they prefer jajangmyun to real Chinese food, for example.
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Yesterday



Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Land of the Morning DongChim (Kancho)

PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ultra wrote:
I think its called essence of sumyungguy.


Don Calliente wrote:
Just approach any Chinese looking person and ask them - yoosukmedrybigai.


You guys are both WANK3RS...
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