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[makemischief]

Where, if anywhere, can I find frozen food such as:

Lean Cuisine (and other frozen meals of this sort)
Hot Pockets

Other than on a US base, are there any options?

I've never seen them available at Costco, Red Door (Itaewon), or the various online foreign food websites.

Anyone else have better luck?

Thanks for any ideas.

[pesawattahi]

Microwaves are a crutch. Learn to cook fast and easy it tastes way better and in most cases is better for you.

[NightSky]

These are pretty small and I don't know how they taste but...

http://www.ezshopkorea.com/shop/step1.php?number=41640

[PeterDragon]

I dunno if you'll get those exact brand names, but Costco is your best bet. Get a 1 year membershib, best 32,000 won you'll ever spend.

[mistermasan]

hot pockets are food? preservatives, processed meat (carcinagen), cheese (hormones and pus) and a white flour (no nutritional value) outer casing.

maybe we need a new definition of food.

[makemischief]

Thank you pesawattahi and mistermasan for enjoying the sound of your own voices

I'm pleased to provide a pedestal on which you may preach.

Yes yes, health, cancer, blah, blah.

To paraphrase wiser words: let he (or she) who is without at least one bad health habit throw the first politically correct slogan.

I jest, I jest.
But besides: I hardly think my occasional nostalgic indulgence of sub-par nuked cuisine will be what does me in.

Usually I cook (shock and awe) or dine out.

Costco is a good call, and I'm a member- but they are very limited on the frozen meal front last time I checked.

Nightsky- that's getting close- Thanks for the idea!

Any other avenues?

[jjurabong]

Haddon House has frozen meals sometimes - they are hit and miss as to what is available - sometimes they have lean cuisine, sometimes others. That is the only place I have seen those types of things.

I'm not sure of directions there from a subway, as I usually take the 110 bus from Itaewon. ( It goes up through hannam dong, past hannam village and the stop is shortly after that). Sorry - maybe someone else can give better directions.

[tzechuk]

J, just pay me and I'll cook for you... freeze the meals and give them to you next time we meet. How does that sound??

[makemischief]

jjurabong: thanks! I'll give that a shot.

tzechuk: i'd love to try your cooking just because i'd love to try your cooking- though for the moment what i am looking for is:
vile and loathsome but tasty in a nostalgic way microwave dinners

[Intrepid]

Hannam supermarket complex, on the right where the road from Hannam Bridge north turns into Left to Itaewon/Right to Yaksu/Tunnel to Chongno, in Volvo Building basement. There's an independent guy in the first shop as you walk in who can get you anything.

[Vancouver]

I saw MaCain or McCain fries at Kim's club today