Back to Koreatown

Last night after work I decided to make a run through Koreatown on my way home. There is actually a pretty large one near my workplace, so it is convenient to drop by now and then. I have been before and I have my favorite places to shop.

I hit a couple of other shops selling homemade kimchi along with Korean sauces and spices before going to my favorite place. The owner is an older Korean lady who always tries to pick me up. Yesterday I bought cucumber kimchi and chapuche, and she filled my shopping bag with some other goodies on the house. She gave me some surume (chewy dried strips of squid) soaked in Korean sauce, some Korean nori, and also a big chijimi pancake. Nice lady!

Also on the way home I stopped in the Seiyu supermarket that is near Shin-Nagata station. It used to be a Hankyu department store, but it went out of business and is now Seiyu. Seiyu is a chain of Japanese supermarkets that is actually owned by Walmart, so they have some unique American items. In fact, they are the only place in Japan that sells Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. I bought two 4-packs, each 4-pack was only 200 yen. The list of things that I can’t get in Japan is getting smaller and smaller.

Back home I did some exercise on the bike while watching some old Amazing Race episodes, and then waited for Kuniko to get home. We enjoyed the Korean feast, and hopefully we are not too garlicky this morning.

Tonight is Setsubun, so I’ll be buying some sushi tonight on the way home. This is one of our favorite holidays to spend together – and a good excuse to buy some really nice sushi rolls.


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