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Kenny Kimchee
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[quote="periwinkle"][quote="esetters21"]
| periwinkle wrote: |
I wish that frame shop hadn't gone out of business (at Hannam Supermarket). Anybody know where to go for framing and matting? |
There are a whole bunch of them on the street on both sides of the main gate of Hongik University |
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Roch
Joined: 24 Apr 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 5:43 am Post subject: |
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| endo wrote: |
Where else in Seoul can you buy Triscuit crackers or some of those cereals.
They also have a wide selection of deoderants and condoms.
The Red Door is the only place in Seoul where you can buy some of those things.
Plus I like the walk down there from Itaewon Station. It's a nice area.
Has anyone been to the Kashmir Indian/Pakistani restaurant nearby? |
Do you mean the one on Boh-gwon-dong Street that's located Southwest of the Red Door (going towards Seobingoo and the Han River)? If so, the food in my opinion was certainly quite good in terms of its taste and appearance.
For the record, I randomly decided to walk into the restaurant on two occasions in 2004 and once in 2006. The men who worked there in the kitchen and as waiters seemed like they were intelligent and quite kind every time I took a meal there.
The attractive place that is just past the Seoul Mosque on the left deserves at least slightly higher marks, though, because the food was, if I recall correctly, about ten or fifteen percent cheaper and the portions were a little bit bigger and seemed, in my humble opinion, slightly more delicious.
I apologise for not being very knowledgeable about Indian food. However, I've eaten original Indian dishes at least one hundred and fifty times (lived with a beer and whiskey-swilling carnivore guy from Gujurat Province and an as$wip*e Fem from Bombay; both could outdo the local Indian cafes in Middletown or Hartford, Connecticut any day of the week) and tried to cook a few of the easier-to-make ones on twenty occaisions or so with, reportedly, a good deal of success.
Both restaurants are recommendable and should be visited at least once. |
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hogwonguy1979
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: the racoon den
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| Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="Kenny Kimchee"][quote="periwinkle"]
| esetters21 wrote: |
| periwinkle wrote: |
I wish that frame shop hadn't gone out of business (at Hannam Supermarket). Anybody know where to go for framing and matting? |
There are a whole bunch of them on the street on both sides of the main gate of Hongik University |
where? I've never seen them |
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esetters21
Joined: 30 Apr 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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| sojourner1 wrote: |
| She has those Prilosec OTC pills that are great for heartburn. I couldn't find those anywhere else. |
Curse you Sojourner1 for telling that  . Only joking of course. She has been a lifesaver in that regard. |
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Shimokitazawa
Joined: 14 Dec 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Where exactly is the Red Door? |
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NightSky
Joined: 19 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=875
It is easy to find. There is no Burger King anymore--they're building something else, a coffee shop I think? on the corner there now. Just walk slowly down the left side of the road. As has been said many times, the door is not red--it's glass, and red-rimmed around the inside.
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Shimokitazawa
Joined: 14 Dec 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks!  |
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Flash Ipanema
Joined: 29 Sep 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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| NightSky wrote: |
http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?
It is easy to find. There is no Burger King anymore--they're building something else, a coffee shop I think? on the corner there now. Just walk slowly down the left side of the road. As has been said many times, the door is not red--it's glass, and red-rimmed around the inside. |
<Your link doesn't work>
http://wiki.galbijim.com/Black_markets
It's a Coffee Bean at exit 3 I believe. Check out the galbijim link to see a picture, because seeing that yellow Money Exchange sign was the only way I was able to find it. |
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NightSky
Joined: 19 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 3:46 am Post subject: |
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I fixed it.  |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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| My wife tells me that markets that sell only imported goods have opened up in Namdeamun recently (and I don't mean the little stalls that have been there for ages). One is opened at night while the other opens early in the morning. She thinks they are run by import companies, so the prices are good. She got some products for the same price as we paid for them in Canada. If they don't have something you're looking for but can't find it on the shelves, ask. They have a lot more products in their warehouse than they have on their shelves. |
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Shimokitazawa
Joined: 14 Dec 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Hollywoodaction wrote: |
| My wife tells me that markets that sell only imported goods have opened up in Namdeamun recently (and I don't mean the little stalls that have been there for ages). One is opened at night while the other opens early in the morning. She thinks they are run by import companies, so the prices are good. She got some products for the same price as we paid for them in Canada. If they don't have something you're looking for but can't find it on the shelves, ask. They have a lot more products in their warehouse than they have on their shelves. |
For example, what did you get there? |
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SuperFly
Joined: 09 Jul 2003
Location: In the doghouse
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| Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Hollywoodaction wrote: |
| My wife tells me that markets that sell only imported goods have opened up in Namdeamun recently (and I don't mean the little stalls that have been there for ages). One is opened at night while the other opens early in the morning. She thinks they are run by import companies, so the prices are good. She got some products for the same price as we paid for them in Canada. If they don't have something you're looking for but can't find it on the shelves, ask. They have a lot more products in their warehouse than they have on their shelves. |
Need more specific directions. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 6:32 am Post subject: |
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Apparently, it's basically anything you can think of because she said we don't need to bring anything back from Canada next time we go. I do remember her saying that the one she went to had lots of Japanese foodstuff, too (she bought some of that). She didn't get much because she wants to return again with me. She did get some St Ives apricot scrub for (I think) 4500 won (like a dollar more than in Canada) and some Nu-skin (liquid bandage) for 5000 won (it's 4.99$ in Canada). She asked the guy for the Nu-skin, not expecting him to know what it was because he didn't have any in the store, but he told her to wait a minute, left and came back with a bottle for her. So, you have to ask if you're looking for something specific because it appears they have an even greater variety of goods in the warehouse than on the shelves.
I'll ask my wife and let you know about the names and directions. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 6:59 am Post subject: |
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I got the AAFES bags, too - double bagged at that! I thought it was rather ironic.
That place has been there since 1997 (or longer), so apparently the US military considers it an insignificant drain on US taxpayer dollars (and/or maybe the ajumma pays off the appropriate authorities, and the US military considers it fighting a losing battle.
She did have fresh Skoal and Copenhagen (no, I don't use either) in the fridge though. Can you get that at any other place in town (off base)? |
It's not US tax dollars at issue, as the Army and Air Force Exchange Service and the Navy Exchange are funded by purchases. The issue is Korean taxes. |
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TheBulimicFatGuy
Joined: 03 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 7:24 am Post subject: |
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| indytrucks wrote: |
| Did they have any Speed Stick? Went last week and they only had that Right Guard crap that burns the hell out of my pits. |
I, too, know the dilemma of finding deodorant in Korea. Fortunately, as some other posters on this thread have noted, Korea has become somewhat globalized and it IS possible to get deodorant at someplace other than the blackmarket and at reasonable prices! I order mine online. You can get pretty much any kind if you search long enough. Don't be discouraged if a basic Naver or Daum search doesn't turn up what you're looking for. I've noticed that they are not really comprehensive searches. You've got to keep looking into the various online markets, like GMarket, GSMart, etc. Of course, the usual barricade of requiring a Korean ID to actually buy it can be irksome, but that's where your Korean girl(boy)friends/wifes(husbands)/co-workers/random person on the street can be helpful. Happy hunting! |
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