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maddog · Joined: 08 Dec 2005 Location: Daegu

Perhaps I'm asking the impossible, but I really miss good quality wholemeal bread. I'm talking about the gigantic wholemeal baps you can buy in supermarkets in the UK, the ones you can half a pound of chicken and a huge salad on. Tell me if I'm living in fantasy land.

MD.

rothkowitz · Joined: 27 Apr 2006

Bundang has the best bakeries.Opposite subway sandwiches you could pick up a good heavy one.For 8.000 Shocked

Head up the road to Huckleberry Farms and get some organic mayo.200 grammes...for 9.000 Embarassed

Give up on finding the staple stuff here.I'm getting a bread machine shipped over.

stevieg4ever · Joined: 11 Feb 2006 Location: London, England

jeez that much. what about costco do they do it?

freakin expensive

xtchr · Joined: 23 Nov 2004

simone · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Location: Now Mostly @ Home

Bought mine online.

Great model, 75,000 won. Can't remember the Korean name for it - it was hard to find, but once we knew the name, there were dozens available online.

Get help.

rothkowitz · Joined: 27 Apr 2006

simone · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Location: Now Mostly @ Home

Get help because I can't remember the korean word for breadmaker. Maybe someone here can tell you.

Get help with shopping online. There's probably a Korean Gal somewhere around your work who would be thrilled to help you shop online.

Yeast is available at Hannam Supermarket, EMart, and most places with flour.

-- If someone were to simply mail you your bread machine, it'll probably cost more than the value of the machine itself. And no guarantee it'll survive the trip.

JongnoGuru · Joined: 25 May 2004 Location: peeing on your doorstep

Breadmakers... Rolling Eyes

FFS, what next? Espresso machines? Swear to fark, I'm really going to make that poll now. That off-site poll where I pay some subscription to create a long-ass survey, and I'll send you lot over there to answer 150 questions about all the stupid over-kill electric knick-knacks cluttering up your already small & increasingly cramped kitchen surfaces.

K-Expats Gone Wild! Woild! -- Can't hack life in Korea so they go off the "electronics make my life pretty!" deep end with blenders, with toaster ovens, with yogurt makers, with espresso machines, with coffee grinders, with icre cream makers, with breadmakers, with... with.... butt-scratchers, nose-pickers, humidifiers, dehumidifiers, and colour TVs!!

rothkowitz · Joined: 27 Apr 2006

I've got a colour TV but I turn down the tone.It's too bewildering when I go outside.I need inside and outside clearly differentiated.

JG,you must have dinner rolls when you par-tee,yes?

I want some of that action.Bread rolls,I mean.

simone · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Location: Now Mostly @ Home

sub · Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Location: soul

heavy compared to the k-stuff. not quite what im used to back home but its decent. just stock up the freezer with a few loaves every couple weeks.

sub · Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Location: soul

sorry, didnt know the subject wouldnt be very visible.
anyway, yes, the bread at costco is decent. for under 3 bucks a loaf its a deal. there is no variety though, just one kind.

re:cursive · Joined: 04 Jan 2006

I pick up wholemeal bread from my local bakery regularly. Costs 2500 won for a largish half loaf. It's acceptable and a lot better than the sweet white stuff. I assume plenty of local bakeries would sell a similar product....it's not "that" exotic.

chronicpride · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

It's not exotic and not hard to find over here. And cheaper than Costco. Just ask your local bakery if they carry 통밀빵 (tohng-meal-bbahng "wholemeal bread").

If you're in the sticks and can't find any bakeries that have it, then ask a Korean friend or co-worker to order online and have it delivered.

Novernae · Joined: 02 Mar 2005

The chain Panamie sells organic wholegrain bread. Pretty tasty, too.