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winaniw
Joined: 18 Sep 2010
Location: San Francisco, CA
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 Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 6:04 am Post subject: Where can I find weird candy in Seoul? |
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| I want to ship my friend a box of weird Korean candy for Halloween. Do you folks know of any stores that specialize in that kind of stuff? |
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madoka
Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:14 am Post subject: |
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Make sure you friend doesn't pass them out for Halloween. I think giving kids in the U.S. kimchi laced chocolate will probably get you arrested.  |
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sojusucks
Joined: 31 May 2008
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| Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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| OP, what do you have in mind? Halloween candy or candy you can find anywhere that tastes strange to waygookin? |
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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| Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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| sojusucks wrote: |
| OP, what do you have in mind? Halloween candy or candy you can find anywhere that tastes strange to waygookin? |
우와! 한국어 능력이 정말 대단하네. 어떻게 그 만큼 잘 할 수 있나요?
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Skippy
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Daejeon
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| Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Really any Korean supermarket. Look for the Ginseng and Rose Gum. All kinds of of strange snacks and candies. Maybe trying to find some classic yut. Still that would not ship the best. |
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Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?
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| Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Burnt rice candy!!! |
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thrylos
Joined: 10 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Go to one of the many little stationary/snack shops usually just outside an elementary school and you can pick up lots of different kinds of candies for just a few hundred won each. You can't really find them outside these stores. (thinking of the dots on a paper, the pumpkin-colored corn sheets, etc-- candy that's been around for 20+ years). Not really flavorful or sweet, but still kinda cool looking packaging. |
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MollyBloom
Joined: 21 Jul 2006
Location: James Joyce's pants
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| Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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| In Hyewha on Daehangno I saw street booths selling old school candy. In Insadong, there are a few shops that sell the same type of candy. It's like "Ye Old Candy Shoppe" Korean style. |
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winaniw
Joined: 18 Sep 2010
Location: San Francisco, CA
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| Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:01 am Post subject: |
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Thanks, guys!
Thrylos, unfortunately, the local elementary school is right by my apartment and there aren't any little stationary/snack shops around here. |
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Skippy
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Daejeon
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| Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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| winaniw wrote: |
Thanks, guys!
Thrylos, unfortunately, the local elementary school is right by my apartment and there aren't any little stationary/snack shops around here. |
Not one!? Not a little shop selling pencils, pokeman cards, and popsicles. The places never look fancy - usually a little hole in the wall place.
Still just go to E-mart and have a look. |
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flakfizer
Joined: 12 Nov 2004
Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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| madoka wrote: |
| Make sure you friend doesn't pass them out for Halloween. I think giving kids in the U.S. kimchi laced chocolate will probably get you arrested. |
I actually did see kimchi chocolate at Lotte Mart before along with ginseng chocolate. I know Koreans love their kimchi, but it doesn't sound like a great mix. Made me remember this old ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJLDF6qZUX0
That ad is corny enough, but if you replaced the peanut butter with kimchi, it would make a pretty funny spoof commercial. |
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Skippy
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Daejeon
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| Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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| flakfizer wrote: |
| madoka wrote: |
| Make sure you friend doesn't pass them out for Halloween. I think giving kids in the U.S. kimchi laced chocolate will probably get you arrested. |
I actually did see kimchi chocolate at Lotte Mart before along with ginseng chocolate. I know Koreans love their kimchi, but it doesn't sound like a great mix. Made me remember this old ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJLDF6qZUX0
That ad is corny enough, but if you replaced the peanut butter with kimchi, it would make a pretty funny spoof commercial. |
Argh! - I wished I had remembered that! The Korean Chocolates from Kimchi to Hot Pepper to Kim(Seaweed). |
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