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Pre-marinated bulgogi or kalbi meat. I keep an emergency stash in my freezer and will be using some tonight actually . My kids also like the bakery items from the Tous Les Jours shop.

I think they have a great produce selection and it's fairly inexpensive. I also like trying new things from the bakery.

@spaniellove: Ooh yes the kimbap, me too. That's a great tip on the marinade. The amount I get kind of varies from time to time...

I'm with T-mom on the pre-marinated meats! So convenient!

@spaniellove: When they're packing the boxes, we always ask for extra marinade. Our H-mart has the already packaged marinated meat and a lil stand where you tell them how many pounds of what you want and they'll pack it for you then. We always purchase from the lil stand. It's right next to the pre-packaged cooler in the meat department.

Oh good post! There is one near me and I haven't been in yet. I am feeling intimidated for some reason! My hubs and I love all types of Asian food and I would love to start cooking on my own, rather then relying on takeout all the time.

Not to threadjack but if anyone had a list of basics (including brands) that I should stock up on that would be super helpful

DH always get the biggest jar of kimchi he can find there.

It took me a long time to find gluten-free dwenjang (soybean paste) and kochujang (hot pepper/chili paste), so I thought I'd post a photo. It's not just any sauce in a glass jar! If you live in the Northeast your store might carry these?

The one in ma has a food court. I always get kalguksu or sujaebi when I go. There's also a bakery and I get castella to go. Yum!

@SupernovaJ: Um, completely unnatural. But I think the packaged fruit (in packs/boxes) is chosen to look a certain way because you're supposed to give only the biggest and most appealing fruit.

@mrsmate: What is castella? I remember hearing about it as a kid but never knew what it was except that maybe it was cream-filled.

@spaniellove: castella is a light, fluffy version of pound cake. I think you may be thinking of a roll cake? A spongy log-shaped cake with cream and/or fruit filling. Those are good, too!

There is an H mart near me...I'm not Korean but I love Korean food, I need to go checkit out! Also, off topic but we were looking at houses with our real estate agent the other day and this one house had a kimchi refridgerator...whaaat? So crazy! Our agent (who is Korean) was telling us that it keeps the kimchi at the perfect temperature, etc etc....wow! I was impressed!