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Vancouver
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 Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:59 pm Post subject: Foreign ingredients at E-mart |
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| I'm going back to Korea for a couple of weeks in December, and I'm planning on making food for my relatives. Does anyone know if E-mart sells extra virgin olive oil and/or balsamic vinegar? |
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The_Eyeball_Kid
Joined: 20 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:01 pm Post subject: Re: Foreign ingredients at E-mart |
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| Vancouver wrote: |
| I'm going back to Korea for a couple of weeks in December, and I'm planning on making food for my relatives. Does anyone know if E-mart sells extra virgin olive oil and/or balsamic vinegar? |
Yes, but not-very-good olive oil, and 'possibly' on the vinegar, but again, it won't be very good. Mediterranean types are hardly going to waste the premium stuff on the Korean market, are they? |
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just because
Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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| The selection of oils at my emart is getting better and better. they do have both of those things where i live... |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Unless E-Mart has changed a lot in the past year or so since I last went there...........I reckon it must be the worst supermarket in Korea for foreign goods. |
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ceesgetdegrees
Joined: 12 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
| Unless E-Mart has changed a lot in the past year or so since I last went there...........I reckon it must be the worst supermarket in Korea for foreign goods. |
Word...mine stopped stocking the Aussie cheese's they had that made the trip there well worth the while. Philistines. |
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just because
Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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| ceesgetdegrees wrote: |
| eamo wrote: |
| Unless E-Mart has changed a lot in the past year or so since I last went there...........I reckon it must be the worst supermarket in Korea for foreign goods. |
Word...mine stopped stocking the Aussie cheese's they had that made the trip there well worth the while. Philistines. |
Yeah, i noticed that too....not just Homeplus but everywhere.
I think bega basically just pulled right out of the Korean market. |
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Snowflake
Joined: 12 Dec 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Not E-mart (sorry) but I did notice a rather spectacular selection of olive oils and balsamic vinegar at the Green Store in Hyundai department store at Cheonho at the weekend. |
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Vancouver
Joined: 12 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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| hm...alright. thanks guys. I might just have to buy em here and take em with me when I go |
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Evil Boweevil
Joined: 20 Oct 2007
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Vancouver wrote: |
| hm...alright. thanks guys. I might just have to buy em here and take em with me when I go |
You can get it but it's expensive. Save the space in your luggage for things more difficult to find like Kalamata olives, pesto, anchovies and salt & vinegar crisps |
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JustJohn
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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| My GS Supermarket has EV olive oil... |
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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| Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:22 am Post subject: |
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I like Homeplus over Emart due to Homplus having a better selection at slightly lower prices and better bargains on things Korean. For example, you can get really good Hikoka coffee freshly ground at Homemplus, but Emart doesn't have any good coffee. I get EV olive oil at Homeplus and it's good. There also is more bacon, ham, and foreign products since it's a joint venture with Tesco out of England which means having a selection of western products from European countries that Emart lacks since Emart is not international.
For those of you in Changwon such as Justbecause, you know that Homeplus beats the pants off of Emart, though Emart plays really cool music in store and is more hip, chic, and modern in style.
Food is still outragiously expensive at Homeplus, but it's the best store locally. I know Costco in Daegu or Seoul probably beats the pants off of any other store in Korea, but that's a trip and a half not possible of an evening after work. |
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Location: I love baby!
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| Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:29 am Post subject: |
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| just because wrote: |
| ceesgetdegrees wrote: |
| eamo wrote: |
| Unless E-Mart has changed a lot in the past year or so since I last went there...........I reckon it must be the worst supermarket in Korea for foreign goods. |
Word...mine stopped stocking the Aussie cheese's they had that made the trip there well worth the while. Philistines. |
Yeah, i noticed that too....not just Homeplus but everywhere.
I think bega basically just pulled right out of the Korean market. |
CODSWALLOP!! I just bought some Bega 'Strong and Bitey' at the E-Mart in Godeok last Saturday... |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:29 am Post subject: |
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| sojourner1 wrote: |
| I like Homeplus over Emart due to Homplus having a better selection at slightly lower prices and better bargains on things Korean. |
Homeplus also seems to carry some Tesco's brands. |
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:31 am Post subject: |
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| They were also selling Bega cheeses at the Haitai Supermarket (below Gecko's) in Itaewon last week as well... |
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plato's republic
Joined: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Ancient Greece
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| Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:33 am Post subject: |
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| The Emart in Cheonho still stocks Bega cheddar cheese and Italian olive oil but I'm not too sure about Balsamic vinegar. Maybe Hyundai/Lotte dept stores might have some. |
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