What are Korean supermarkets like?

Whenever you travel to a country, in addition to the must-visit attractions, supermarkets are also a must-visit place, because supermarkets can most intuitively see local prices, especially if you bring your own pot. I have to go to the supermarket to buy ingredients every day.

It must be said that because there are too many foreign tourists, especially Chinese tourists, some supermarkets in South Korea are specially opened for these tourists, and the prices are much higher. Tourists like us who take pots with us when traveling abroad and have to cook every day have to plan carefully. Then you must go to a large local supermarket like the one pictured above. The difference is that in front of the entrance of this affordable supermarket, there will be a large pile of vegetables arranged flatly. Because this kind of supermarket caters to the daily consumption of local people, every day The daily volume is also large.

The simplest way to convert Korean won into RMB is to remove the last three digits and multiply the number on "thousand" by 6. The amount obtained is the approximate RMB price. For example, if you sell A pound of broccoli sells for 2,000 Korean won, which is equivalent to 12 yuan in RMB, and so on.

A box of eggs, containing 10 eggs, sells for 4,950 won, which is almost 25 yuan. Compared with China, such prices are very high.

Looking at the fruits in season, a bag of fresh dates weighs about a pound. After removing the last three digits from 3,000 Korean won, it is equivalent to RMB 18 after multiplying by 6. It is still “expensive”!

Seeing this kind of large plastic bottled beer reminds me of the beer sold in Russian supermarkets. Similar packaging, the ones sold in Russia are very cheap, with an alcohol content of 9 degrees and a capacity of 1.5L. It was equivalent to about 10 yuan, so I hurried over and took a look. Oh my God, the price sold in Korean supermarkets was about three times that of Russia, and it had the same alcohol content and capacity.

Let’s talk about it. The price of pork in the supermarket is really sky-high. Any type of pork costs tens of yuan per pound. No wonder in Korean movies and TV series, the big meals are all barbecued meats. I remember I heard a Korean friend say that their family usually eats a bowl of miso soup or kimchi soup, plus a few dishes of kimchi and a few bowls of rice. This is a meal. If my mother is in a good mood, she can add at most a piece of fish, and They can't eat a barrel of oil a year. Except for making fried dishes during the Chinese New Year, they rarely use oil for cooking. No wonder most Koreans are thin because prices are too high.