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blunder1983 · Joined: 12 Apr 2005

I think this would be a big novelty at the tuckshop i'm setting up, but its not in Costco (well in yeongdongpo office costco). Any idea where i could buy any form of liquourice?

Also big red gum???

the_beaver · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

trevorcollins · Joined: 02 Jul 2004

You can buy the red crap in Songtan black market.
Never seen the black stuff though.

spidey112233 · Joined: 21 Jul 2005

Demonicat · Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Location: Suwon

warning on the licorice. On the first day of kindie I gace my new class (17 students age 3-7) some twistlers. I never thought I'd see small children spit out candy, throw it up, fake hurl, act like I poisoned them. Koreans REALLY don;t like it.

plattwaz · Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Location: <Write something dumb here>

Yep - same here...I shared out some of the Twizzlers (red) that my family sent me, and the students barfed, gagged, spit it out, made horrible noises, etc.....except one poor boy, about 10 years old, politely continued to nibble on his little by little, although with a look of pure torture on his face.

When I asked him if he liked it he looked down and was very quiet. He finally said to me very politely "No, teacher, I'm sorry, but it's not delicious..." and looked soooo apologetic.

I told him he could throw it away like the others, and he said that he thought they were being rude and that he should continue to eat it politely because my family had sent it to me form Canada and he didn't want to be rude to my country by throwing it away!

blunder1983 · Joined: 12 Apr 2005

Yeah I know liquorice will gross my students out proper, thats why i wanna get it. Pay back for the live octopus! Twisted Evil

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

I once stumbled on a bottle of ouzo at a grocery store in Taejon--back of the shelf and dusty. I was delighted. Took it home and sipped away like a good boy. One evening a friend came to visit with some beer and soju. We finished that and he asked to try the ouzo.

He spat out the first drink. Tried again and said it was awful. Third drink wasn't so bad. By the fifth he was chugging it like soju. Finished the bottle.

Massive hangover but a good time. Still mourning that I could never find another bottle.

Anyone ever seen a bottle for sale anywhere in the greater Korea area? More specifically Pusan/Changwon area?

lawyertood · Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 8:23 pm Post subject:

Twizzlers Cherry flavor is sold at Haddon House, near the backside of Dankook University in Seoul, at 5000 won a package.

spidey112233 · Joined: 21 Jul 2005

noelinkorea · Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Location: Shinchon, Seoul

I love licorice myself, and have asked about it on the forum before - Koreans do have an aversion to it. It is know here (it's called �� kamcho) - but it tastes like some traditional herbal medicines, so it doesn't have the pleasant association that we have perhaps...

peppermint · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 1:14 am Post subject:

lawyertood · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 2:07 am Post subject:

Haddon House is a store like Hannam Market. Nearest subway station is Oksu station(orange/#3). Not the easiest to find the first time. Go north from the station, up some stairs along the highway and turn left. Keep going and keep your eyes open after a few hundred meters. If you start going up a rising sidewalk you've gone too far. The store is in the basement level.

tzechuk · Joined: 20 Dec 2004

I will buy from you if you sell:

1. Root beer
2. Cream soda
3. big red gum

lawyertood · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 5:26 am Post subject:

Haddon House has two brands of root beer, too.