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First we hear about Dunkin Donuts going to Shanghai and offering things like honeydew flavored doughnuts, then we find out that Costco in Taiwan is pretty much the picture of bulk Asian food awesomeness. (I didn't even know that Costco was anywhere except the United States).
Teczcape documented a trip to Costco in Taiwan, and though the ridiculously long lines at the rotisserie chicken counter and the requirement that all payments are made in cash are nothing to envy, I couldn't help but covet the bulk bags of kimchi (in the picture, lower left bag in the cart). It's Costco, so who knows about the quality of the kimchi, but at least it's not Kirkland brand!
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1-31-2008 @3:54AM Alex said... Just so you know ... we have Costco in the UK too ... with Kirkland brand (that coffee is HORRIBLE!!!).
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1-31-2008 @3:57AM t said... i wish our costco in korea would stock more western food. i dont know the percentage, but it seems like it's maybe 50/50 western and korean food in stock. however, there's korean food on every corner and not such great western food around a lot fewer corners...may seem nice, but when every restaurant serves heaps of kimchi i find no need to buy it in bulk. koreans do though...
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1-31-2008 @4:39AM ZenKimchi said... Yeah, Costco in Korea is one of the only spots you can get Western food.
And it's a good example of the sad state of isolation we are in here when we actually get excited about scoring a can of "HORRIBLE!!!" Kirkland coffee and a block of cheese.
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1-31-2008 @7:34AM Butterfly said... Wish they something like this in Vietnam!
1-31-2008 @4:41AM ZenKimchi said... And what self-respecting Korean buys kimchi at Costco???
Geez... mothers-in-law ain't doin' their jobs. Even *we* make our own kimchi before resorting to Costco.
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1-31-2008 @6:55AM Jane said... Actually, that bag of kimchi looks exactly like a brand I buy from korean supermarkets here in la. I haven't eaten kimchi in a while, but that brand has some types of kimchi that taste pretty good...I don't really remember which ones though. The lady who sells it at the market I like going to has several different ones.. It's definitely not costco/kirkland though.
@ZenKimchi, who has the patience to spend a good hour or two making kimchi?!?! I watched my mother make it once, and it took her FOREVER. She was working pretty fast, but the time it took to just merely rinse and cut all of the veggies and to prepare all the other ingredients was crazy. However, unlike store-bought brand and most restaurants, she put in stuff like asian pear and raw oysters in there, tasted soooo good.
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1-31-2008 @7:58PM Carl said... You know what's great about the Costco here in Tokyo (ok... Kanazawa and Chiba.. but same thing), CAKE AND PIE!! They have lots of it here in Tokyo, I admit, there are little home-style bakeries on every corner it seems, but it's just so rotten expensive for a slice of heaven. Costco supplies full cakes and pumpkin pies, amazing. (No I can't bake a pie myself, ovens do not exist for 99% of Tokyo residents, but there is such thing as rice-cooker banana bread: amazing as well)
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1-31-2008 @12:57PM Jennifer said... Dunno where you live, but you can get all that and more at any of the Korean supermarkets in Los Angeles.
Including giant bags of frozen dumplings and gyoza in a ton of varieties... these days just check to make sure they're not from China ; )
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1-31-2008 @2:07PM Julie said... My sister is living in Tokyo and she took me to Costco last time I visited. The best thing about it was watching people try to fit industrial-size cases of groceries on their bike racks to go home. ;-) But I have to admit, all the fresh seafood was a close second!
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1-31-2008 @7:56PM NoMore said... I go to a Costco in Alhambra, CA where Millions upon millions of Asian type people live. I was grossed out to see so much nasty lookin Asian food there. Yeah, I know people love Asian food, well sorry not me. It's all fishy tasting and nasty looking.
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2-01-2008 @8:29PM Jorge said... There's Costco in Mexico and even though they stock basically the same things US Costcos have, people living in the border with Mexico will go to both, due to the Mexico Costco having better things than the US one. Wish I could tell you what it is that's different. ha.
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