Korean grocery shopping

One image can speak thousand words. So first, here's a picture.

I went to a Korean grocery store. I had to. I simply was getting quite tired of my daily routine of pasta, pasta, pasta, sandwich, pasta. I deeply missed Kimchi. Despite I am legally a US citizen, I am a Korean to the bone marrows.

The process of finding a Korean grocery store was quite clever. With knowledge of phonenumbers of grocery stores from http://www.bostonkorea.com/listings.html, I simply looked at the one starting with same area number. Dokdo Korean Groceries, starting with 603 area code was closest on Google Maps. In fact, it is on the Main street of Nashua, NH (the only two time winner of Best Place to Live in US!!)

Now equipped with a car and a Garmin GPS, it was a simple matter. I went in, bought tons of food (more like instant foods and spices) and I was out like a professional Korean mother.

What you see in the picture is kimchi, hot pepper paste, fried dumplings, instant bowl noodle, curry sauce in powder form, more curry sauce, soft tofu and tofu spice, beef soup seasoning, and Chinese noodle pack (and I also purchased a Korean fruit tea). Before I can gather more experience to attempt more exotic dishes, those should keep me afloat.

And then there's this item.

(wow my fthumb is stubby)

This is my sister's favorite. Get a bowl of rice and you put this seasoning on top of it to make it quite a delicacy. It does have that instant-food look and feel to it, but in fact it is quite delectable. I was introduced to it when I visited my sister's graduation at Cornell, and when I saw this I simply couldn't pass by it.

My current roommate Patrick and I are trying few different things. The items I collected should spice up our lives a little (quite literally and figuratively). Living just got a bit more interesting.

Tomorrow, I will try to get to a Korean catholic church.