Saturday, January 24, 2009

All you can eat for 17$


I shop at the Jwa- Dong Traditional market for most of our produce. We have not tried to buy meat there yet, as we want to ensure we know what it is.
In this picture oranges and tomatoes from one vendor for 6,000won everything else was 17,000. From the oranges clockwise: Potatoes (dirt included), bell peppers (8), zucchini (1), a pack of hot peppers (popular in all of Korean cooking), 6 cucumbers, 3 broccoli heads, and carrots (also covered in dirt) . The orchid in the background we also got for a steal of a deal- 20,000!! I was so shocked, as this plant in Canada would be at least double. There was a huge pot of cymbidium orchids- about 12 stems, on the plants- for 70,000 but she was going to give us a discount and let go of it for 60,000! We thought about it, but decided what on earth are we going to do with a plant that big. This type of plant is also give around the New Year for prosperity etc.
Sul nal (new year) is this 26 & 27.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi Mandy and Mark, I am enjoying your blog so don't get discouraged even if you don't get many comments.I really like to hear the ordinary things about where you shop, what you eat, how their culture is differnet from ours, what works, what doesn't. Thanks for the pics of your apt.
Love, Helen