I go to Daerim every now and then, and this time too I stopped by for a look.

This kind of atmosphere

It felt just like an alley in China..

Chinese liquors

I just snapped a photo. Pretty much all bottles I already know.

Side dishes

These are side dishes I love, and it turns out they sell them in Korea too. Things like zhacai are delicious.

Chinese groceries

Markets like this have grown a lot in number as well.

Restaurants like this have multiplied like crazy too.

Walking in alone feels a bit much, though..

Cafes like this too..

There was a nice, tidy place..

Fruit shop

They sell durian in Korea too. Inside China, sure, but I had no idea durian was this popular in Korea..

Dried goods

There is a huge variety.

The street

The scenery looks roughly like this..

Market scene

It feels like I have arrived in China..

The zhacai I bought this time

It works nicely as a side dish with rice.

The snacks I bought this time

They are hawthorn sweets, and there was not much difference from the ones I bought in China.. who would have thought.. it made me wonder why I bothered lugging them all the way back from China..

Taiwanese kaoliang liquor, 53%

It costs less than a few thousand won and it is still perfectly drinkable. A little rough, but with that strength it really feels like drinking proper kaoliang..

Maopu Xiaoqiao buckwheat liquor

Maopu Xiaoqiao used to burst with pineapple aroma and was quite good, but drinking it again this time I picked up a bit of off-flavor.. still, it was decent enough.. turns out it is classified not as a baijiu but as a health tonic liquor..

Honestly this is more than drinkable, and thinking about it rationally there is not much point in drinking anything pricier. It is clean, it goes well with food, and there is no hangover. Value like Chinese liquor is probably not easy to find.. but once you get drinking, ending up with all sorts of bottles is what human relationships are about, I suppose..

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