Joyang Mart is famous for its huge, cheap selection of booze, and it turns out it sits not far from Konkuk University Station. I stumbled on it while walking down the street and went in, and the shabby exterior gives absolutely no hint of how much liquor is inside.
Bottles like these
And this is just the warm-up…
Whiskies
It felt like they had pretty much everything that has ever been imported into Korea.
Champagnes
Expensive champagne just lined up on the shelves.
All sorts of bottles
Lots of familiar labels here…
Chinese liquor…
Looks like they have all the famous ones. Prices at the duty free are less than half, though. For the expensive stuff, flying to China to buy it might well cover the airfare…
The pricey bottles…
For someone like me who drops by duty free all the time, this is just a reference point…
The cheap bottles
Some of the cheaper ones are close to Chinese prices.
Bottles
Leaving this here for the record.
Whiskies
Ki One is here too
Whiskies
And bourbon as well
Whiskies
Whiskies
Kavalan
Feels like there is hardly anything that does not make it into Korea…
Kavalan
Japanese whisky
I can spot things like Miyagikyo.
Hakushu too…
They have all kinds. With this much liquor on the shelves, do people actually buy it all…
Macallan
There are new releases too.
Ankimo
It goes great with a drink, but I had no idea they imported this as well…
The Chinese fruit shop
There is jackfruit and there is pomelo. Fruit you rarely see in Korea.
Dried fruit
Quite a variety.
Desserts
Really a lot of different kinds.
Cashews still in the shell
These are the tasty ones, and they even sell them here…
All kinds of desserts
They sell plenty of things besides fruit.
A different shop
The shop’s name
It is called Durian Empire, and there is one in Daerim too. At this point, price aside, it feels barely different from being in China itself…
Long Shao Ye China Burger
Yongsoya, of all names… Jackie Chan’s Dragon Lord, memories from way back…
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