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[mindmetoo]

I think someone long time ago wondered if tonic water was available in Korea. Lottemart sells it. You'll find it in with the hard booze.

[Alyallen]

So does Homever....

At least the Homever in Jeonju does....

I love me some gin and tonics.....

[reactionary]

Ministop too.....

[Jarome_Turner]

It seems to be one of those things that is becoming more and more readily available in the ROK as time passes. It seems as if every big supermarket now has a foriegn booze section, complete with a large variety of wines, even decent rum at some.
The last time I was at HomePlus stocking up on commander vodka (6000won )and tonic water, I noticed that there's even a Korean brand tonic water for sale now. It's naturally (not sure if that's the right word) infused with lemon flavor. I was gonna try some, but it happend to be a little more expensive than the usual stuff.

[spliff]

My small town grocer has a nice selection of jins and vodkas along w/ mixers as there are many Eastern European folk living here...but I stay away from it...

[mindmetoo]

They're getting creative with mustard these days (at LotteMart):



I had to take a quick photo, lest I get yelled at.

Also you can get some straight up horseradish sauce (much like the horsey sauce you get at Arby's):

[Hyeon Een]

With regards to the tonic water: I found it easily in small-town Korea in the local supermarket (not one of them fancy chains, more like a king-sized mom&pop store (which has since been turned into a funeral home)) in early 2004. At the time there was no sliced ham, no non-square-processed cheese, no wine except for Jinro or that other brand I forget the name of - but which is Korean with a foreign sounding name - or any kind of foreign food more exotic than corn pizza or jajjang-myeon (I know it's from Incheon, I'm just kidding..) in the town. I don't think tonic water has been an exciting product to find for a long time now..

Your mustards look interesting though.



PS (The town I lived in then got developed and got a Hanaro-martuh!! Now it has a Homeplus. You can get ANYTHING now.)

[KumaraKitty]

Costco recently started selling cases of Canada Dry Ginger Ale and Dad's Cream Soda. I know a lot of people who love using the ginger ale as a mixer, not sure about the Cream Soda, but thought I'd mention it!

[reactionary]

and my costco apparently stopped stocking that excellent "european beer mix" twelve pack. one less reason to shop at that place....

[Son Deureo!]

Tonic Water's been in Korea for quite a while. I found it in Bucheon in November 2001. Went great with the W5000 Juniper Gin.

[freshking]

you can make that horseradish sauce by just mixing straight horseradish with sour cream... getting sour cream in less than a 2 liter container can be difficult though. We need sour cream in pints or half pints here. Anyone know where to find that?

[bassexpander]

When I am out drinking with friends, I always go with a club soda from Canada Dry. I don't need the sugar in cola, and I am not someone who likes alcohol.

[Mea]

[topas]

[mindmetoo]

Besides Costco, anyone ever find hotdog buns for sale anywhere?

BTW, you can buy Sucrets at the little newspaper store at the Westin Chonsun hotel.