I did not attend any Halloween parties this year here in Korea. Instead, Jason and I went to E-mart and decided to look around the rather large department store and get a few things.
When we got to E-mart and smelled the food in the food court we were hungry. The process for getting food in a food court here is a little different than at home...
Pick which one you want...
Tell the cashier which number you would like. She doesn't give you the food though... She gives you this...
Then you go sit down and wait. Every now and then you will hear some strange little bell go off. What that means is that someone's food is ready to eat. When you hear the bell you have to look for your number at the different places that make the food in the food court.
128 was our number. Woohoo!
Then you go sit down and wait. Every now and then you will hear some strange little bell go off. What that means is that someone's food is ready to eat. When you hear the bell you have to look for your number at the different places that make the food in the food court.
128 was our number. Woohoo!
Jason and I chose this because it had some veggies on it.What we ended up getting was not quite what we expected...
It tasted okay despite the lack of red and green vegetables.One big thing westerners will notice in a Korean food court is that there is no soda of any kind available to drink. You get hot or cold water. That's it. I personally like this because soda is not very good for you.
You get to use little metal cups too. It was strange at first but a cup is a cup. :)
After eating we walked around E-mart for a little while. We looked upstairs at electronics and toys (great place to get materials for teaching) and then went downstairs to the grocery part.
If you know me then you know my love of crab legs. I wish we could have had this for dinner instead...
To finally get to why the title of this blog is $11 cheese..........
I got to buy some cheese. :)
I'm sure my parents are thrilled that they did not raise me in South Korea. Growing up I would eat cheese and chicken all of the time. As you know now, cheese is not cheap. Can you imagine having a child who loves to eat cheese here? lol Chicken is somewhat expensive too but I don't think the price even compares to cheese. I love cheese.
2 comments:
Yeah, you and the cheese were hard core back in the day. Love you. Miss you. :)
Unlike some other Eng teachers who I've worked with, you sound open-minded and respectful of your host country. Thank you for not using your blog to rant up and down about how backwards Korea is! I'm sure your students appreciate your take on Korean life...
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