Day 6- Korean supermarket- Part 1: Top 10 Western foods

Homeplus supermarket part 1: 

top 10 Western Foods

What?

Yes, yes, it really is! Korean Tesco!

There are over 4 floors of clothes, cafes, restaurants and even a pet shop...

A pink puppy with blonde hair!

But the all important grocery store is on the second floor. 

It's laid out just like any English supermarket, except the fish counter takes approx. 1/4 of the entire shop floor, but I'll talk about that in part 2.

So what Western style food is a available?

1. Bread! Croissants, donuts, cream filled bread, churros, savoury filled breads. Watch out as the majority is sweet- even the sliced loaves. Haven't seen any brown bread.

However, in chain-bakery Tous Les Jours you can buy unsweetened sliced white bread and baguette-style bread. 

콘푸로스티- "Corn prostee"

2. Cereal! Lots of Kellogg's favourites, just in Korean. Haven't spotted any porridge or muesli though. 5,490 is just under £3. 

For other breakfasts options, there is... yoghurt! croissants! dairy, soya and almond milk! fruit- bananas, apples, pears, mangoes, persimmons/sharon fruit (at the end of season), kiwi, strawberries, even avocados and tomatoes etc.

*It's cheaper to buy fresh fruit at markets or smaller local 'marts', 

but visit Homeplus in the evening for reduced stuff!*

And for my breakfast: 

My beloved frozen fruit for smoothies ♥ (in various pack sizes) 




3. Herbs and spices

4. Meat: Bacon, lots of chicken (mostly on the bone), pork and beef. I've not seen much lamb. Every conceivable fish including tinned tuna (although maybe no mackerel?)

5. Good old sandwiches :-) and there are some classic flavours too (with English translations). These can also be found in 'bakery' cafes as well, such as Paris Baguette and Tous Les Jours, also a nice cafe I found called Cafe Dono.

*Beware sweetened butter and marg. 

I stuck with Lurpak to be on the safe side but was stung for it.*

6. Salad leaves! (also, olives and olive oil) and...

7. Veg! Well, every conceivable type of mushroom. I also spotted broccoli, carrots, cabbage, onions, spring onions, sweet potatoes, potatoes, spinach...


8. For the modern Westerner, a sushi counter.

9. Granted, you can't eat this, but once you've had your nostalgic Western meal, you inevitably have to wash up, so I thought I'd include it. Familiar brands of laundry detergents and other cleaning products are readily available. 



10. Panic over. Tesco Finest tea and... abundant chocolate. Let's just make that last picture bigger.

A tiny snapshot of the vast confectionary aisle...

My humble haul.

P.S. And pasta and pasta sauces and baked beans and a whole aisle of instant noodles...