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egrog1717
Joined: 12 Mar 2008
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 Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 2:49 pm Post subject: Some questions on food... |
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Just a couple of general questions (I'm hoping to work in Seoul):
1. Eating out / Cooking at home... Price differences? (I've heard it is very cheap to eat out... So much so that some never cook?)
2. I have a passion for Chocolate milk... 1% or 2%, doesn't matter... Will I have to give it up if/when I come to Korea??
3. Snack foods in general... Am I going to have to have someone fedex me a case of popcorn/chips/smarties/etc? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 3:18 pm Post subject: Re: Some questions on food... |
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| egrog1717 wrote: |
Just a couple of general questions (I'm hoping to work in Seoul):
1. Eating out / Cooking at home... Price differences? (I've heard it is very cheap to eat out... So much so that some never cook?)
2. I have a passion for Chocolate milk... 1% or 2%, doesn't matter... Will I have to give it up if/when I come to Korea??
3. Snack foods in general... Am I going to have to have someone fedex me a case of popcorn/chips/smarties/etc? |
1. Eating out Korean style is cheap. 3000-7000 for your average 1 person meal.
Fast food prices are similar to back home.
2. Chocolate, banana, strawberry, melon, pick a flavor. Lots to choose from in every corner store, convenience store and grocery. Usually 2%.
3. see 2. |
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egrog1717
Joined: 12 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks  A few more:
4. What about other dairy products? I've read that you can buy large blocks of cheese at costco?
5. What of breakfast foods? Besides the international hotels can I buy/make a Western style breakfast without spending a fortune?
6. Is there anything absolutly impossible to find? |
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Saxiif
Joined: 15 May 2003
Location: Seongnam
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| Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 4:30 pm Post subject: |
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| egrog1717 wrote: |
Thanks A few more:
4. What about other dairy products? I've read that you can buy large blocks of cheese at costco?
5. What of breakfast foods? Besides the international hotels can I buy/make a Western style breakfast without spending a fortune?
6. Is there anything absolutly impossible to find? |
You can get all of the ingredients for a good western style meal at costco. A lot of the Korean places have bacon and sausages but they're kind of crappy. |
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NightSky
Joined: 19 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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chocolate milk tastes quite different here though. either too weak, too strong (too cocoa-y) or overly sweet.
but really, chocolate milk should scarcely be one's focal point. |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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My dad worked for a dairy in Canada back when. I have early memories of feeding carrots & apples to the horse that pulled the milk delivery wagon! Chocolate milk was banned from our household because it was a concoction created to disguise soured milk.
Useless info, sorry OP. But fun to remember. |
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egrog1717
Joined: 12 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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| NightSky wrote: |
chocolate milk tastes quite different here though. either too weak, too strong (too cocoa-y) or overly sweet.
but really, chocolate milk should scarcely be one's focal point. |
Nope... Its the deal breaker for me... I'll work in a crappy hogwon 7 days a week so long as I have my chocolate milk 
(just kidding... I've heard horror stories, lol...) |
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Binch Lover
Joined: 25 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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I understand where you're coming from! In my experience, there are only 2 kinds of chocolate milk worth drinking in Korea. These are:
1. Jinjja Choco Uyu 진짜초코우유 Translates as "Real Chocolate Milk"
2. Ghana chocolate milk. Only available at Family Marts.
The rest are total crap I find. Incidentally, I found Australia to be a good place to sample various chocolate milks. They had one that had chocolate, honey and malt that I actually had a 1 hour drunken conversation about. Pretty good stuff. |
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Cerriowen
Joined: 03 Jun 2006
Location: Pocheon
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| Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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Depending on where you are...
In Seoul I could get blocks of cheese, chips, salsa, and chocolate milk at my local E-mart (kind of like walmart). But not always the same brands as back home...
For things you can't find there... there is Cosco, a couple of international food markets in Itaewon, and a few stores that have an "international" section. Stuff is kind of "hit-and-miss" there though.
The list of things I cannot find (or haven't been able to find) is much smaller...
Old-Elpaso taco seasonings
Refried beans
Tortillas
And per another posters response... I beg to differ. I've heard several stories on the origin of chocolate and chocolate milk and according to them... Chocolate milk was NOT an invention to cover up soured milk. It may have been used for that later, but not initially. (Per the History Channel... which everyone knows is the ultimate source of knowledge  ) |
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Tony_Balony
Joined: 12 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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5. What of breakfast foods? Besides the international hotels can I buy/make a Western style breakfast without spending a fortune? |
Hi all of stuff you need for a Western bfast are available here but you will have to scrounge.
Full Monty's are available in Seoul but much much less so outside and then only on weekends.
However, the K's eat things called "toast" which are toasted sandwiches and you can get a ham egg cheese toast for $1.50. The eggs come with vegetables like corn in them and if you are not careful, they will put a sugar
paste on your toast order. |
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Vancouver
Joined: 12 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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| egrog1717 wrote: |
Thanks A few more:
4. What about other dairy products? I've read that you can buy large blocks of cheese at costco? |
you can get them there, or you can get some at Namdaemoon market, just go a little underground ish. there's a little stairway that leads into the underground market. I think Costco is cheaper though
when buying milk, i recomend denmark milk. seoul milk has more creme and calories than a 2% in milk in canadian stores
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5. What of breakfast foods? Besides the international hotels can I buy/make a Western style breakfast without spending a fortune? |
I've made breakfast burritos before.
dozen flour wrap tortilla - 3200-3400 won at Lotte/Shinsaegae, but possibly and probablycheaper at a Hyundai. Apgujeong's Hyundai Mall was probably my favorite place in terms of price
American sausages: I saw less than 5 selections of foreign sausages for 6000 ish. so, i'd say use korean ham. It's actually good
eggs aren't expensive, but olive oil from bertoli probably is. bread is cheap, but non sweet breads might be a challenge to find, not too sure.
and chorizo and proschiutto are expensive as hell
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6. Is there anything absolutly impossible to find? |
[/quote]truffle oil, cheap chorizo, can't think of anything else right now |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 4:57 am Post subject: |
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| Binch Lover wrote: |
I understand where you're coming from! In my experience, there are only 2 kinds of chocolate milk worth drinking in Korea. These are:
1. Jinjja Choco Uyu 진짜초코우유 Translates as "Real Chocolate Milk"
2. Ghana chocolate milk. Only available at Family Marts.
The rest are total crap I find. Incidentally, I found Australia to be a good place to sample various chocolate milks. They had one that had chocolate, honey and malt that I actually had a 1 hour drunken conversation about. Pretty good stuff. |
All main supermarkets, i.e. emart, homever, home plus sell Ghana Choco Milk. |
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Burndog
Joined: 17 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 5:17 am Post subject: |
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| Similar question re flavoured milk...can anyone recommend a good brand of Iced Coffee? |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:49 am Post subject: |
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| Hovever at Yatap also has flour tortillas. |
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