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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito
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| When is this gonna trickle down to the countryside? I'm still shelling out 13'000 for a small chunk of whatever decent cheese the local Emart or Lottemart happens to maybe have in stock. If I'm lucky, it's 9000 due to near expiry. |
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Modernist
Joined: 23 Mar 2011
Location: The 90s
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| Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Can you still get blocks of Tillamook at Costco there, and if so how much? |
I just bought a block of Tillamook Pepper Jack at Costco-Daejeon last week, and it was right around 15,000. Considering the size and quality, I think it's quite fair. I slice it in thirds and put the latter two in the freezer so I'm not overwhelmed  |
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Kimchifart
Joined: 15 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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| orosee wrote: |
This is good news but...
Does the anglo-saxon culture [url]only[/url] know Cheddar as cheese, perhaps with a measure of Gouda or Mozzarella thrown in for the more adventurous?
Or is Cheddar somehow better suited to be sold in export markets (e.g. because fungi refuse to grow on it)?
It works okay in a sandwich maker and melts nicely in a microwave over nacho chips, but on bread I need to put horeseradish or mustard on it just to get a decent flavour out of it.
Anyway, here's a tip for those near Hanti Station: The Lotte department store there had a very decent cheese collection as long as I remember, and right next to the cheese (which is sold in the wine department) is an almost excellent bakery selling very very nice breads. Used to set me off 50-70k for 3 days' worth of delight, but maybe the prices ther have dropped as well. |
If your cheddar has no flavour, it's a bad cheddar. You need to get the vintage stuff or extra mature. It should have visible crystals of salt inside when you cut it. That's cheddar. The crap you get on the shelves in Korea is rarely anything approaching decent cheddar. |
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12ax7
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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| allan of asia wrote: |
| I cant wait till they start stocking more European cheeses that dont cost 21000won for 150g (this used to be the price of stilton!) |
In reality, tariffs only account for a small fraction of the high prices at retail on imports here. Greed is usually the main culprit. |
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Kimchifart
Joined: 15 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 11:04 pm Post subject: |
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| 12ax7 wrote: |
| allan of asia wrote: |
| I cant wait till they start stocking more European cheeses that dont cost 21000won for 150g (this used to be the price of stilton!) |
In reality, tariffs only account for a small fraction of the high prices at retail on imports here. Greed is usually the main culprit. |
Yeah, the stores here really take the piss. Saw a bog standard cotton fitted sheet for a single bed at emart for 200,000 won. Actually it's disgusting that they rip off their consumers like that. |
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