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[red_devil]

Do these exist in Korea outside of the military bases/areas? I haven't found them in any Korean grocery store so far...

• Sriracha
  
• Garlic Olive Oil
  
• Garlic Salt/Garlic Salt and Pepper
  
• Crushed Red Pepper flakes
  
• Shrimp Cocktail sauce
  
• Flavors of Tabasco (other than the regular) such as Garlic Pepper, Green
• Pepper, Chipotle
  
• Natural Casing hot dogs
  
• Smoked Polish sausage
  

[coralreefer_1]

# Sriracha - No idea

# Garlic Olive Oil - Check sites below

# Garlic Salt/Garlic Salt and Pepper - I have garlic power and garlic salt..both purchased at emart

# Crushed Red Pepper flakes - widely available even at neighborhood stores in many cases

# Shrimp Cocktail sauce - Check sites below

# Flavors of Tabasco (other than the regular) such as Garlic Pepper, Green - Check sites below

# Pepper, Chipotle - not sure..i brought mine form the states last year

# Natural Casing hot dogs - Check sites below, but I doubt it

# Smoked Polish sausage - Local emarts and homeplus carry a Johnsonville variety of smoked brats and a few have the smokes polish sausages, but they are the "pre-cook" variety, not the type I am used to back home that you can cook on the grill. Not sure if that is what you are looking for or not.

Above when I said "check the sites below" I recall seeing those items at some point in time in the past on at least one of the following sites, though it may not be carried anymore or sold out temporarily.The following are the sites I have found that carry a somewhat decent selection of imported foods. Some are way overpriced, others are not a bad deal. If anyone has other websites where imported foods are sold not on this list, I would surely like to add it to my bookmarks menu, so please let us all know.

http://www.hellocost.co.kr/ - Put cursor on left yellow menu to see English translation

http://ezshopkorea.com/

http://www.gmarket.co.kr/index_eng.asp

http://www.nicedeli.com/ - Not really imported food and many here probably already know about this place but it's still worth mentioning mainly because they have PASTRAMI!!!!

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[wylies99]

Red Devil- Have you been to Costco or a black market store?


Good thread. Maybe others can post what they need and others can respond. I smell a sticky.

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[wylies99]

[coralreefer_1]

Also, (this is beyond the scope of the OP's question, but to help others out there looking for items)

I would recommend looking in your city to see if there is what they call a "식품도매센터" Shik Poom domae center (god romanized Korean sucks)

Anyway, this is the kind of place that sells items in bulk mainly for restaurants and such. Many of the items there are Korean, but many are foreign as more and more fusion and foreign food restaurants open up. Prices are the cheapest you will find almost anywhere. I happen to live 5 minutes from one here and I have found many items I haven't seen anyplace else..even costco.. My guess is that the kinds of items you can find there vary with the kinds of restaurants in your city that are not chain restaurants. IN this area there are at least 2 mexican restaurants that I know of...so I can see many things in that store that are probably there because the owners of those restaurants requested those items and do a good deal of shopping there.

Tortilla shells - (Flour)

Pure lime juice(large bottle) as well as an imported brand of margarita mixer (liquid)

Kool-Aid

Kidney beans and a few other canned goods from home

A larger variety of spices that I have seen at emart or homeplus

Vlasic Dill pickles in glass jar with water

Egg rolls - the kind you get with your chinese food back home

Sliced pepperoni - (frozen)

Frozen cooked buffalo wings - The kind you broil in an oven and enjoy while watching football--Awesome with the ranch dressing available on gmarket

They also (at least the one close to me) has a meat section where the beef/pork prices are the cheapest I have seen. Though the selection of cuts in the case is not as large as emart or homeplus, they will certainly cut/prepare anything you want.

Aside from food items, there carry many other things that are a GREAT deal. For example I bought a 10KG bag of laundry detergent a few days ago for 8,900 won. I wont use that much detergent in a year, but split between 1 friend or 2, its a great way to save a little cash.

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[coralreefer_1]

[wylies99]

[red_devil]

[chemicalblur]

Try the international foods sections at:

Kim's Club
Hyundai dept store basement

[cangel]

The majority of these items can be found in any major Korean supermarket. I just bought a 1kg bag of frozen spicy chicken wings at HomePlus for about W11,000. Vlasic brand may be hard to find but Costco has good dills. "Western" style eggrolls I haven't seen so let me know should you find them. The import markets usually have cocktail sauce, Kool-Aid etc. Really, crushed red pepper flakes!? Come on, this has got to be a troll... Anyway, good luck.

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