i’m so obsessed w the videos of the grocery stores! i want to try the fresh rice cakes so bad they look sooo good. i’ve still never tried tteokbokki but i want to🤤 i love mochi so much!
Whenever you get a chance to go, the best time to pick up the fresh ones are midmorning to early afternoon because they are still super soft. For tteokbokki, if it is affordable to purchase the ingredients online, do it! The experience will be worth the investment. If you live in the U.S., Hmart delivers nationwide. Also, just a tip, whenever you eat tteok, make sure to chew very well. I didn't once when I was 10 and got a huge stomach ache.
I love Japanese Sweet potatoes, purple sweet potatoes, white sweet potatoes. Actually, I like them all better than the regular sweet potatoes. The ramen that you picked up I've only seen that in the cup form here. Haven't seen it in the package like you picked up. I'm going in a few minutes to get some plantains, mushroom seasonings and mushrooms and whatever goodies that catch my eye.
I live in a small town in the east of Germany, the next asian grocery store is like 1 1/2 hours away and it's still really small and hasn't got nearly as much korean options as this one, now that's sad ;-;
I’m like dying to try Korean food like teokbeokki, mochi, kimbap, I haven’t even had ramen before. I want to try kimchi, spices like gochujang. There’s just so much. Korean is one of the cuisines that is so appealing to me and seems amazing
Those are the most awesome sweet potatoes!!! I stay away from regular potatoes. Stores with 25 checkouts are intimidating to me. This store looks like it’s so much fun to shop at!❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for sharing; I always love learning about other people's culture! Is there a difference between a japanese and korean sweet potato? Either way, I'd love to try them one day (only had the purple and orange flesh variety so far)!
I’ve been to one locally 2x. I got everything I could understand how to use and loved it all. People were nice and so was the store. I’ll have to find a new one around here and try one of your recipes! You make it look sound and feel so easy, and inspiring! Your family has to be proud of you!
What a fun light hearted video💖. Grew up in Hmart/Good Fortune, etc... I could shop for hours, especially housewares area, beauty section is growing as well, mascara and such!! Thanks "Auntie"🥰
Among the food culture of Korea, special things that distinguish it from the food culture of other countries. // 1. Perfect vegan food represented by Korean Buddhist temple food 2. An endless variety of soup dishes 3. Kimchi: Vegetables fermented with animal protein represented by cabbage kimchi. In the past, only Koreans made and ate it. There are over 800 types of kimchi. 4. Jeotgal: A fermented animal-based sauce made from seafood. In Korea, there are more than 140 different types of salted fish. 5. Ssam: It means wrapping all the ingredients you want to eat in various leafy vegetables represented by lettuce. However, unlike burritos, you have to swallow them in one bite, so you need to adjust the amount of ingredients to be wrapped appropriately. 6. Herbal Medicine Ingredients : Herbal medicine ingredients are not only eaten for special diseases or health, but are also often used for general home cooking. For example, as ingredients for Samgye-tang, Mulberry, Tree Aralia, Eleutherococcus Sessiliflorus, Mongolian Milkvetch, Korean Angelica, Ginger, Jujube and Korean Ginseng are used. 7. Namul : South Korea is the country that eats the most dishes made with only vegetables without meat and seafood protein. Namul are foods made with one edible plant as the main ingredient. Examples of the types of Namul include Shepherd's Purse, Stringy Stonecrop, Korean Angelica-tree, Korean Wild Chive, Butterbur, Bracken, Doellingeria Scabra, Bamboo Shoot, Chamnamul and Cirsium Setidens. // Etc... Korea shows a distinctly different food culture from neighboring countries in Far East Asia (China, Mongolia, Vietnam, Japan).
Ok, I feel awkward and a little silly asking this, but I really need advice. So, I've grown up with 0 dietary restrictions, and always ate however I wanted, in other words, fairly unhealthy. However, after some unfortunate events I wont go into detail about, I have been placed on a medically requested diet with no animal products, included any meat, eggs, or dairy, no gluten either, and a maximum of 3g of added sugar in a meal or snack(which means the lightest chocolate I can have is 85%). In addition, I've also been put on 5 supplements/antibiotics, 3 of which I have to take with food 3 times a day. So basically, a really, really big change for me. I'm still wrapping my head around all of this, as this all happened this morning, and I just need some advice, whether it be about antibiotics, veganism, or anything else. Sorry for bothering anyone, but I'm really not sure how I'll cope with such a big change and any advice or positive ideas whatsoever would be great. Sorry again!
If you’re someone who gets anxious or annoyed when store employees hover and ask if you need help, go to a large Asian grocery store and shop in peace! Lol that’s my experience anyways. No one has ever struck up a conversation there without me speaking up first. I’m very anxious in crowded spaces, so it’s nice to not be caught off-guard. I do find that small family-owned stores will be more eager to help if you look confused, but again, the owners/employees often don’t strike up a conversation, perhaps due to fears of the language barrier. Again that’s just my experiences. I do enjoy quiet, friendly moms and pops 😌 So yeah, don’t let the anxiety get in your way if you want to go! ☺️
Scenario 1: She left the store without paying Scenario 2: The store owners love her so much that they refused to let her pay Scenario 3: She paid for everything 'cause her folks ultimately raised her right.
I have a Korean grocery store (H-Mart) AND a Japanese grocery store (Uwajimaya) where I live so I can get just about any ingredient I need for Asian cooking. I am soooo lucky I don't have to order stuff online and can get fresh ingredients to use in my recipes. If you have ethnic grocery stores where you live, don't hesitate to go in and check them out. You'll find some hidden treasures for sure.
So I’m fluent in Chinese and me and my family who are Mexican went to a Chinese market which is obviously not the same as Korean but when we were in there I heard people snickering about us and saying very rude and almost racist things about us and one of the ladies refused to check us out so now whenever I see a Asian supermarket I’m almost scared to go inside anyway you made me feel a tiny bit more safe if I ever go in one again thank you are such a big inspiration in my life❤️
I love this video so awesome thank you so much for taking us along long with you to the Korean grocery store I’m definitely going to head out to my local Asian grocery store sometime this week you’re totally inspired me to make something yummy and vegan thank you so much sending lots of light love and respect your way for you and your loved ones all the way from London Ontario Canada 🇨🇦
Omg this is where I used to shop when I was an international intern (Germany) working in Chicago. This was one of my favorite stores! I would ride my bike there from Logan Square with my roommates every weekend. So many good memories are tied to this place. This makes me so nostalgic 😔🥰. Thank you for taking us along .
I got the courage to do so a few years back. Loved the experience, was there for three hours.. now I come back every 2-3 months since its an hour travel. But I take my list and go crazy. The last time i went they even had a freezer full of vegan dishes!
Omg after watching your video I feel so dumb now. I live in Koreatown in LA and I shop at Hmart all the time (Korean grocery store) and I always thought the “Ramyun” isle which is full of ramen noodles was misspelled this whole time 🤦🏻♂️
I live in a pretty big city (Birmingham, UK) but I can't seem to find a Korean store like this! Most of the places I go are these Chinese stores in town with an aisle or two packed full of Korean and Japanese food... which kinda sucks because I end up having to go to 2-3 stores to find exactly what I want!!! Korean food is some of my favourite to make so it's worth the effort.
I can't ever go Vegan because of health issues,, but I love watching your videos. Sad that you have to give up many, many snacks from the snack isle but hey! At least you can make your own healthy food and snacks.
I'm not sure if anyone is going to read this but if you freeze the sweets with the blue and green packaging (Yugwa 유과) for a bit in the freezer, It is so much tastier!!
I am not Korean I am Mongolian and I can relate to the sweets isle. It’s usually where me and my sister hang out 😂 The pajama isle also reminds me of my grandma. She buys a new pair of pajamas every week.
Thanks for taking us along. Enjoy shopping it was interesting to see and hear what you and brother like to get for snacks. I so look forward to your videos.
Thank you for this video. There is very interesting Asian store that I would visit at my old place. The problem is there were so many items that I just couldn't figure out what they were. I really enjoyed shopping the items when I could understand what were the items being sold and how to use them. In addition to the sections that you showed in your video, my favorite store in that town also had essentially a butcher and fish sections as well. Perhaps they are also in your store, but you may not have shown those since you're vegan? So seeing this video, I'm still not sure if the store that I would go to was a Korean store or not, but there were so many similarities to the store that you were visiting that I feel like you've cracked open a wonderful diamond and I can enjoy visiting this store even more when I'm back in town! Thank you!
This totally helps you to kind of become familiar and less intimidated you know when you start seeing okay you know what there is some really great items and some interesting things I want to check out
