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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Gwangjuboy wrote: |
| manners and space. |
I'd add: people who aren't obsessed with espying what's in my cart, or trying to put their greasy ajumma-mitts on my girl.
Sparkles*_* |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2004 3:04 am Post subject: |
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Feel rage? Snipe about it if you want, but what did you expect?
What I miss in the corner grocery stores is the grocer. Where do they go? I developed a rapport with the old Korean couple in the mom and pop operation, and suddenly now, after the holidays, it's a MINI-STOP. Plus, a year ago, the other corner store near my apartment became a BY THE WAY. The younger staff of the chain stores are about as sincere as your typical 7-Eleven back home. |
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The Lemon
Joined: 11 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2004 4:13 am Post subject: |
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| Cthulhu wrote: |
Speaking of wine, has anyone ever tried that Jinro wine? The one priced under W2000? Vile.  |
Perhaps, but if we'd had access to that back in high school we'd have been stylin'! No more $6/liter Hermit's Sherry for us.
My wish from the local grocery store: large bottles of Diet Coke. And not that foul "lemon-taste" stuff, that kills the throat. Yick. All the good stores in Seoul have it, but Kwangju? Nope. Just a few Ministops. |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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For a city of Gwangju's size, it seems there's nothing there. No diet coke, no plain cream cheese.
nyah,nyah, Cheongju's got all that and cranberry juice!  |
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HardyandTiny
Joined: 03 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2004 4:22 am Post subject: |
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| The Lemon wrote: |
| Cthulhu wrote: |
| Speaking of wine, has anyone ever tried that Jinro wine? The one priced under W2000? Vile. |
Perhaps, but if we'd had access to that back in high school we'd have been stylin'! No more $6/liter Hermit's Sherry for us. |
MD 20-20, Boone's Farm, Night Train...and on special evenings Mateus |
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The Lemon
Joined: 11 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2004 4:54 am Post subject: |
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| peppermint wrote: |
| For a city of Gwangju's size, it seems there's nothing there. No diet coke, no plain cream cheese. |
You're correct. And then when we Kwangjuites rejoice over the new TGIF's on this site - the one place we can get a real caesar salad within 200 miles - we get crapped on for being bad little waeguks by the resident culture nazis who insist we must eat the local kimchi and raw fish, 24/7/365.  |
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Corporal
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2004 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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| The Lemon wrote: |
| peppermint wrote: |
| For a city of Gwangju's size, it seems there's nothing there. No diet coke, no plain cream cheese. |
You're correct. And then when we Kwangjuites rejoice over the new TGIF's on this site - the one place we can get a real caesar salad within 200 miles - we get crapped on for being bad little waeguks by the resident culture nazis who insist we must eat the local kimchi and raw fish, 24/7/365. |
The resident culture nazis, I like it! Would those be the same ones that like to make comments on how they feel sorry for our Korean spouses (presumably because, among other things, we don't WANT to eat kimchi for breakfast everyday)?  |
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katydid
Joined: 02 Feb 2003
Location: Here kitty kitty kitty...
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| Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2004 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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I am happy because over the weekend I was able to visit the Hyundai department store that I will be close to, and they have wine, cheese (of the plain cream variety and brie and gouda, etc.) and organic food. I've never seen anything resembling organic food in Gwangju. It was truly too much for me to take in all at one time, but I feel now I have been rewarded for walking around in the culinary wilderness that is Jeollanamdo for the past two years.  |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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Culture nazis, hmmm?
I don't really eat a lot of Korean food, I'm vegetarian so there's not a hell of a lot of options and I really burned myself out on bibimbap ages ago.
The thing is, I enjoy cooking for myself, and I don't generally eat "Canadian" food either. |
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mack the knife
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: standing right behind you...
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| Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2004 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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| You can buy lamb at the halal shop across the way from 3 Alleys Pub in Itaewon. |
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osangrl
Joined: 04 Nov 2003
Location: osan
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I went to cosco today and got a nice big jar of Baby dills!~ 
my first time there and went wild...muffins, cinnamin buns, oatmeal, nutrigrain bars, feta.
wow |
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lao_ocean_girl
Joined: 27 Jan 2004
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| Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2004 10:56 pm Post subject: Ranch |
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| Does anyone know where to buy Ranch dressing? Or better yet... just the powder mix? A friend of mine is opening a bar and would like to get some in large supplies. |
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hojucandy
Joined: 03 Feb 2003
Location: In a better place
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| Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 12:23 am Post subject: |
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carrefour has run out of good coffee!!!!!
i am dying!!!!!!
it has been a week now!!!!
someone help me please!!
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Harpeau
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
Location: Coquitlam, BC
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| I'm wishing that grocery store would carry large containers of yogurt, good whole weat bread and various kinds of legumes and beans. |
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MollyBloom
Joined: 21 Jul 2006
Location: James Joyce's pants
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 2:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Can one find edamame easily in Seoul? |
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