TGIHyundai Market

I was really, really dying for some homestyle Asian food. Friends back in SoCal would tell me how they went to lunch at Korea House (Sorry! they'd text. Winking emoticon! And a picture of the food! Gaaaaah!) Even seeing characters on tv eat takeout Chinese was making my mouth water. The final straw was my cousin making stuff from scratch.

So Google said there was Hyundai Market. I finally got my act together and went there after picking the girl up from school.

Entering these unassuming doors (including their request to "Please remove ski masks and hoodies"):

Led to an oasis for my sore eyes:

Besides kimchi and seaweed salad, I got a 10 pound sack of brown rice:

And loaded up on other essentials, like sesame oil, tofu, seaweed, etc. The girl went a little overboard on Asian snacks and drinks but next trip, we'll BOTH have to rein in it a bit.

Is this Korean for "Frances's Oasis"?

Next door was a Korean restaurant with a interesting (or promising?) name:

I snagged a ready-to-eat pack of kim bap:

Yes, I ate the whole thing by myself.

I wish I had bought two packs.