I totally went bonkers and started filling up my basket with the help of a friendly ajumma (I should have taken a photo with her...).
Since it was early in the morning, and I practially helped her open her shop, she was relatively free to guide me along the aisle, introducing me to ingredients I needed to cook 2 new recipes that she aptly took out of thin air, as we browsed along.
Although this is a small store ( I was expecting it to be larger), it's well stacked with any Korean-loving shopper's daily need. The relatively large open freezer is well-stocked with ...well, whatever you need.
Although she spoke English well, having lived here for the past 10 years, she chose to speak to me in Korean because she said "I needed the practice" - har har..how perceptively true.
While paying for my goods, I chanced upon a magazine with Jo In Sung's picture on the cover. Ajumma asked if I liked Jo In Sung. I said, "Well, not really. I like Sung Si Kyung". She said " Ah.....you are like an agasshi". I said" No lah..I am an ajumma too..hee hee".
Anyway, it was a pleasant experience.
And I get to eat my Korean Maize, albeit without the technicolours. But the taste reminded me of the long humid walk along Hoegi.
And my fridge was suddenly engulfed with Kimchi smell, until I bought this perfectly brilliant Touch-Vac Vacuum Container. It's Korean made, of course. Perfect.
