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Birmingham.couple
Joined: 29 May 2010
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 Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 6:12 am Post subject: Leaving the UK in 7 days, what do I need to stock up on? |
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I've heard that you can't get good quality chocolate in Korea as it's all the horrible American kind  (Hershey's isn't chocolate, it's garbage) so I think I'll be stocking up on some good British/Belgian chocolate.
Also I'm a UK size 12 for shoes so I guess I should take a few pairs from here.
I'm stocked up on deodorant but am wondering if there is anything else that is normal here in the UK that isn't readily available in Korea.....any advice would be appreciated. |
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Jake_Kim
Joined: 27 Aug 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 6:55 am Post subject: |
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Unless you don't drink tea in the first place, boxes of black tea. Be that may PG Tips, Twinings, Yorkshire Tea, Tetley or whatever brand you like.
Locally available ones would be Lipton Yellow Label or small boxes of Twinings or Ahmad which you don't even get to see very often and way more expensive. Well, you can count in TESCO Earl Grey if you'd like. And the retail price of black tea in Korea isn't generous at all.
Availability isn't an issue with coffee, but overall price level seems to be lower in the UK than South Korea, by the latest exchange rate. |
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Birmingham.couple
Joined: 29 May 2010
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| Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 7:08 am Post subject: |
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| Tea? I drink a fair bit of tea, seems strange to me that black tea would be a problem...what with China next door but yeah, I'll definitely bring a good supple of tea. Thanks. |
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Capo
Joined: 09 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 7:22 am Post subject: |
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| big block of cheese. freeze pack of bacon and put in your check in luggage. A loaf or 2 of good quality bread. black pudding. muesli. some game meat if you could get but it's wrong time of the year. Shirts...cannot get shirts to fit in this country because Europeans have wider shoulders. |
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StavvioD
Joined: 31 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 7:22 am Post subject: |
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| Teabags/gravy/marmite! Also, I recommend bringing several cans of your prefered deodourant. It is available here, but there is less variety and it is more expensive. That's about it really! |
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Capo
Joined: 09 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 7:23 am Post subject: |
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| You can get tea cheaply in the russian places in Dongdaemoon |
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Oliver
Joined: 19 Apr 2008
Location: Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 7:26 am Post subject: |
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| toothpaste. A years supply. |
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Radius
Joined: 20 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 7:28 am Post subject: |
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| Hershey chocolate rules. stock up on your crumpits. |
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Vimfuego
Joined: 10 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 8:06 am Post subject: |
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| Oliver wrote: |
| toothpaste. A years supply. |
I'll second that |
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Globutron
Joined: 13 Feb 2010
Location: England/Anyang
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| Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 8:14 am Post subject: |
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Why toothpaste? There's lots of toothpaste here. Tastes like regular toothpaste, too.
Colgate and the like is easily accessible. |
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Waluigi
Joined: 09 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 8:17 am Post subject: |
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brown sauce! essential in my book.
I brought lots of Yorkshire tea with me.... has to be done. |
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Jake_Kim
Joined: 27 Aug 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 8:40 am Post subject: |
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| Birmingham.couple wrote: |
| Tea? I drink a fair bit of tea, seems strange to me that black tea would be a problem...what with China next door but yeah, I'll definitely bring a good supple of tea. Thanks. |
By 'tea', it is more or less green tea that is assumed first in Korea unless otherwise specified. China's being the next door neighbour doesn't help, since local demand for black tea is practically nonexistent to begin with. (an exception would be powdered ice tea with lemon or peach flavour. Yeah, that.) |
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Troglodyte
Joined: 06 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 9:06 am Post subject: |
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| Vimfuego wrote: |
| Oliver wrote: |
| toothpaste. A years supply. |
I'll second that |
Huh? There's plenty of toothpaste here. Cheap stuff, expensive stuff, international brand names.
| StavvioD wrote: |
| Teabags/gravy/marmite! Also, I recommend bringing several cans of your prefered deodourant. It is available here, but there is less variety and it is more expensive. That's about it really! |
Marmite/vegemite - definitely. I've never seen that outside of an English speaking country.
Gravy is not common. Same goes for soup cubes (e.g. Maggi cubes).
As others have said, antiperspirant. You can get it but only in small sticks and department stores will only care 1 brand of it.
I'd suggest bringing along a few books, especially if you're not going to be anywhere near Seoul. You can order books online, but it's a bit more expensive than if you bring them with you. But depending on how much you read that might not be an option for you.
You can get most stuff here. It's not a question of availability, but a matter of how hard it is to find stuff and how much you'll end up paying for it. If you go to Itaewon, there are plenty of stores that sell imported stuff specifically to foreigners, but they really jack the price up. |
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Vimfuego
Joined: 10 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 9:49 am Post subject: |
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| Korean toothpaste is dreadful, it doesn't actually make your mouth feel clean and the imported Colgate is quite pricey |
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Pa Jan Jo A Hamnida
Joined: 27 Oct 2006
Location: Not Korea
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| Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 9:52 am Post subject: |
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| Copies of The Beano, Dandy, Beezer and collections of Oor Wullie & The Broons. |
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