Costco...a piece of home

"Do you like my bag? It's from Costco."

Costco has made its way over the bigger pond to this side of the world. Therefore, we had to visit and see what it was like. There really wasn't much different except that a lot of the products were obviously Korean, like the bulk rice and sesame seeds. I wouldn't be surprised if there was bulk 고추장 (pepper paste). There were Japanese and Chinese products, too. Also, like every Costco, samples were everywhere. There was one station that was sampling packages of a 삼개탕-ish soup (Korean style chicken soup). The three of us tried it and thought it was good. Elizabeth asked for more. I went to get a couple more sample cups. She slurped them down and wanted more. I think she went through about 12 of the samples. We were sold, so of course we bought a box.

At the food court, they sold the usual pizzas and hotdogs. They also had chicken bakes and beef bakes, which I'm sure was 불고기 (bulgogi). The beef bake was so good that we got 6 more to bring home. It also helped that Elizabeth liked it too, which is a good thing as any parent would agree. One weird thing to note was that everybody around us had plates of this saucy concoction that we couldn't find on the menu. It turned out that they were taking piles of the diced onion condiment and mixing them with ketchup and mustard. Once we realized what it was, there no longer was a desire to try that "side dish". -T