Turns out the dumplings are not vegan as one of you pointed out (they include anchovy sauce UGH) and I stupidly missed it in the ingredients list. Sorry about missing that, guys!! :( Just letting you know to not get this brand LOL there are usually other brands of vegetable dumplings that are vegan friendly - but remember to triple check the ingredients list so you don't mess up like i did!
I would eat them or give the dumplings away. More shameful to waste food to me than to consume and learn from the experience🤷🏻♀️ Unpopular opinion I’m sure... Best to you dear Rose 💜
Yes!!!! My favorite ramen!!! My friends call it rich people ramen because it has 5 packets instead of 1🤩👍 they have another 1 that is delicious kari kapitan
Are you sure it’s vegan @nenny ? I just did a quick search and there was a subreddit that talks about this specific food product and said there are a couple things that aren’t: Sodium guanylate (which is usually sourced from fish) and flavors (which can be sourced from animals?)
According to indomie australia website, Indomie does not contain any meat products or its derivatives (except Mie Goreng Spicy Beef Ribs). It also said that the flavour enhancer are derived from vegetable based ingredients.
Hi Rose Silken tofu is great for scrambled eggs, you can add turmeric for color I like onion and spinach salt and pepper... the trick is to let it cook a little longer than regular to get the extra water out before you add the other ingredients..❤️
I always love seeing what vegans pick up from the shop! I find that here in Ireland while veganism is on the rise, it can be tricky to find places that do cater for vegans shopping wise
You've gotta find a supervalue with Happy Pears products 🤤 they are a vegan cafe based in greystones but started selling their homemade products to supervalue in the South of Ireland!!
I have been enjoying Korean dramas on Netflix. It is so refreshing to see how characters in Korean culture are eating noodles in the storyline, and eating rice, and not obsessing about low carb this and that. Yes, many Koreans eat meat like Westerners, but they also seem to have veggies and more balanced portions. Not to mention, I just love watching the Korean series Crashing Land on You. It is so cute, and Captain Ri is a hottie!
"Once it's vegan friendly I'm like okay take my money" haha so relatable.. Thanks for this haul, I really enjoy these kinds of videos.. Would love to see the stuff you cook with these, especially the inari and knife cut noodles! Also I love natto, didn't really like it that much the first time cos of the bitterness and slimeyness but the flavour and texture definitely grows on you. I wish it came in more vegan flavours! There's a yuzu one that I've tried that's pretty good and vegan friendly :)
Personally, I think once you know how the Korean, Japanese, and Chinese writing systems work it's actually really easy to tell them apart. It might be only because I learned how to read and write Korean and Japanese but I think that Hangul is a very logical and systematic writing system and that it looks very different from the other scripts with its circles and geometric shapes. Also Hiragana and Katakana also have a very distinct appearance.
Hi Rose. You got me hooked on Korean food a couple of years ago when I first found your channel and was trying to eat a more plant based diet per my doctor's instructions. We have a lot of small Asian markets in Raleigh, but I had never heard of H Mart until I saw this video. Yesterday I discovered that there is an H Mart about 15 miles from my apartment so I had to go. $130 later, it is now going to be my go to market (even though I work in a grocery store LOL). Thanks for turning me on to Korean food and H Mart.
Laver (noun) an edible seaweed with thin flat fronds of a reddish-purple and green color that becomes black when dry. Laver typically grows on exposed shores, but in Japan it is cultivated in estuaries.
As a very white person, the way I differentiate between different Asian languages is like this: Chinese languages have characters that are kind of... blocky? Japanese characters are more flowy, and Korean has circles. I don’t know if that’s offensive, that’s just how I learned to figure it out growing up in Queens with lots of different Asian neighborhoods. 🤷🏻♀️
@@midnight3946 Yes, Japan uses three systems of writing and one of them is literally Chinese, except they say them differently. So those two can be harder for people to tell apart, compared to Korean which is technically a language isolate.
"You know when you think something is vegan but it has a random animal ingredient" a few days ago when I went to the store they were out of basil besides a tube of basil paste, so I shrugged "ehh ok this works" and grabbed it later, when I was preparing dinner I grabbed the basil and put it in the dinner. Whilst it simmered I sat down to read the back "basil, oil, salt, whey, whey? Dang it." It had never occurred to me that they would put whey in herb paste but ok then. 🤷♀️ I dont even know why. Halp, I cant even trust veggies Ps the way I tell between Japanese, Chinese and Korean writing as a English only speaker Korean writing= lots of circles Japanese writing= a mix of complex and simple letters Chinese writing= very complex square- ish letters
I live in spain, and every autum there are stands with chestnuts in the strets, they toast them right there, and the smell in the street is so conforting :))
Same thing in Germany! We call them "Heiße Maroni" and they are so delicious! The smell is wonderful and they make an excellent snack and we even eat them as a side in bigger meals
Korean can be distinguished by the use of circles in hangul, while Japanese and Chinese share many kanji/hanzi together - but the hiragana in japanese script can be used to identify whether the symbols are being used in a context of japanese or chinese language
Thank you for doing this. I love learning about different cultures. When I go in the Asian store I am totally overwhelmed. So now I have some things to look at. I love your videos, keep up the great work.
Hi pretty lady! I’m Puerto Rican but I can tell the difference between Japanese and Korean characters (Thai too). It’s because I live in an area that we call Viet Town and we have lots of different types of foods and grocery stores. I love it! I love learning about different cultures and the foods they like to eat. I also watched a lot of anime growing up so that helped. Hehe.
I’m so jealous. Indomie is vegan Rose. It got no egg in the noodle. Btw that dude on the package of your kim is baek jong won. He got awesome dashima guksu recipe that happen to be vegan friendly. He even said you won’t miss the meat at all.
ROSE, I LOVE YOU!! 😂😂 I love how you say the funniest things so casually and don't even realise how funny you are! When you were talking about the seaweed packet 'who is this man?' 😂😂😂 this is the most I've laughed all day
As a Japanese person, it’s so funny to see japanese products made by Korean brands. Especially the “u-dong” noodles 😂😂 I hope you can acquire the taste for natto! I live in Tokyo so I always have to buy the ones with fish sauce and I just take the packet out and use my own soy sauce... 😩 wish they had vegan ones here too!!
I didn’t like natto either but after acquiring a 4 pack I learned that if you mix it first THEN add a splash soy sauce, Chinese mustard, green onions, and siracha over hot rice and eat with some avocado. Changed the game! Even my little sister likes it now this way.
Love H mart, I am studying Japanese and Korean so I can tell between the languages, every time I go to H-mart I’m overwhelmed by all the amazing things I just want to buy everything too! This was super helpful to know what to get next time I go
I'll move soon and I have already been searching for asian grocery stores in my are. Thank god I found one, I could not live without my Jumbo sized soy sauce😂
Weirdly enough natto is one of my favorite foods ever, probably because I love anything fermented and I am the least picky person on this planet haha but it's so good I do not understand how people don't like it! It is exquisite on steamed white rice and a splash of soy sauce. I miss eating it so much! I am currently in Italy and It is IMPOSSIBLE to find!!!!! ughhhh!! The lack of Asian grocery stores around here is astounding!!
Have been an H-Mart shopper for over 2 decades! We have a prominent Korean/Vietnamese/Laotian/Chinese community in Philadelphia, PA and the H-Mart is in a plaza with a full Korean/Viet/Chinese food court on the upper level, along with Chinese medicine docs, other random shops.
To answer your question. No you're definitely not a bad Korean! I've learnt so much about Korean food from your channel, it so nice to hear you talk about it
Korean(individualized characters formed by sounds)vs Japanese(characters have more curves, dots, dashes and roundness) vs Chinese characters(typically more square and complex) I can easily tell the difference. I should call out, I am not asian, nor do I speak any of the above and only know like 3 phrases in each. =)
I just moved to Korea so I am gonna spend some of my quarantine time rewatching your videos and taking notes! (for when I am finally allowed to get out and go to a supermarket 😁)
Watched this video this morning and got inspired, so I went to my local Asian supermarket and I found so many ingredients I can use for your recipes! 😍 Super super happy right now. Thank you for your great videos and all the yummy recipes. Excited to try them out!
omg this was SO helpful!!! i feel like recipes and meal plans are one thing, but to get an idea of what a usual grocery haul looks like helps me on so many other levels. i love how you talk about what you make with each ingredient too. the tips help my confidence in maintaining sustainable eating habits. also love your personality! so fun to watch
Wow! I loved this video so much! I have a question tho! I've been trying to gather ingredients for specific soups you've made on your channel. Really difficult in my rural upstate NY town lol. Gochujaru has been the most difficult, I'm trying not to order it on Amazon. Currently I'm looking to make Doenjang-jjigae, and the fermented soybean paste has been the struggle. I've been able to find "Healthy Boy Soybean Paste" and wondered if I could use that? Or if there's a Korean word for it that I should be looking for! Thank you so much and love your channel so so much!!
fermented soybean paste is called "doenjang" in korean. the healthy boy one is not the same thing, that's a dipping sauce and doenjang is more of a raw-ish paste. doenjang is similar to miso, which is sometimes easier to find (i can find miso at almost any grocery store where i live but have to go to a special korean mart 50 miles away if i want doenjang). if you want to avoid amazon you can find korean ingredients on sites like yamibuy or asianmart, or even hmart sells some stuff online.
@@missragsdale thank you so much!! I really appreciate the info! Didn't realize I could swap out miso! I can find that with no problem! I'll also check out those websites! Thanks!!!
As a Portuguese Canadian, every family gathering in November features roasted chestnuts. We peel them by hand or w a knife. And you can find chestnuts growing in Canada! My local park has a few chestnut trees.
I am soo soo happy you made this video! I recently moved into a new house near an H mart. I’ve gone there a couple of times but didn’t know what to get besides vegetable dumplings! I can’t wait to get inspired and see what you make with these!
sungold kiwis are the BEST - I cut them in half and eat them with a spoon. Thank you for showing these products. I am new to Korean cooking so this is really helpful .
20:05 I believe that same company/brand makes a vegan kimchi, if I’m not mistaken. The Hmart near me has it. Green lid near the other (non-vegan) kimchi.
I love natto, you have to stir it well before eating. I discard the packet which contains the sauce because it doesn't look healthy & mix mustard & soy sauce & use as a sauce, it's great with rice.
I have an app called Soosee that scans the back of the package and it checks for ingredients derived from animal products or ingredients you may be allergic to. Basically what ever you tell it to look for. It is so helpful in the grocery store. I recommend it as it is so much quicker than reading all the ingredients
Thanks for posting this haul video. I order my groceries from H-Mart and often have the hardest time meeting my $35 minimum. I can’t buy gochujang and sesame oil EVERY month.😂 These ideas will really help! 🙏🙏🥰
(disodium inosinate) according to Google: is generally produced from meat, including fish and pigs. Though it is normally a non- product, it also may be produced from tapioca starch without any animal products involved in the production. Which the Indomie noodles listed as an ingredient. From Indomie website Most Indomie products sold in Canada marked “export products”.
Yes, I am happy to say that I can tell the difference between Japanese and Korean writing. I am from the UK and a native English speaker, but have been dabbling for years with learning to speak and read a little bit of Japanese. Love your videos Rose xx
Thank you for doing a video on Hmart! I love the one nearby but get stared at for not knowing where things are sometimes, or taking too long. This helps to know where to start with other items!
I purchase the seaweed snacks as well for on the go but if I am home just brush nori sheets with a littttttttttttttttttttle sesame oil and/or oil and salt on one side, toast on both sides in hot skillet for 5-10 seconds, tastes just the same and you can make a ton!
Omg!! My Korean grocery haul fantasy!! 😁 Yes those Indomie noodles are vegan... The only ones from that company that are... And you have to do a road trip to Toronto to shop at Galleria... Yum!!!!!!! I'm just lovin' your channel!
In Germany they sell hot chestnuts at street stalls around the autumn and winter time, and sometimes around this time you can also buy them in the produce section of the supermarket. I'm not sure if I ever tried them as a child, but since I'm allergic to nuts I stay clear of them now.
I'm 99% sure the mi goreng is vegan, my local supermarket has them and the vegetable flavoured ones have an import sticker that says vegan, the hicken flavour ones say vegetarian (So I assume that one has milk powder or something). You could always email the comapny to confirm though!
I used those knife cut noodles to make Ramen recently because they looked good and my husband bought them. They worked soooo well the whole family loved them
I’m Japanese, natto with Kimchi, scallion goes very well! Mixing with udon/ soba is common in japan as well. Try Japanese natto brands, have no idea if Korean brands are good.
In Germany in bigger cities we usually have smaller Asian supermarkets, you know, family run ones and since I live in a metropolitan area that has a huge amount of Asians, especially Chinese, I luckily have a good amount to choose from, but recently there's been am Asian chain store that opened in a lot of the bigger cities in the city centre (Berlin even has multiple locations) and a few months ago I went on a shopping spree and bought all kinds of rice noodles to find the ones I like most and I spent ages in there, they have so many! I checked the ingredients lists and just a few didn't make it into my shopping cart (too many E numbers for my liking) and I didn't buy any vermicelli/angel hair type, but otherwise I got like one from almost every brand they had, everything from 1mm to 10mm width and I mean, I did get a few staples like soy sauce and some expensive frozen dumplings and vegan German kimchi, but I ended up spending over 50€ on all of that and I think at least half of it was rice noodles 😅 I could feed an army, but I definitely am not worried about running out of noodles in this pandemic 🤣
In the United States its something of a tradition to have chestnuts during wintertime, so they're really easy to buy in supermarkets in the right season. (My sister buys them all year round from Asian grocery stores, though.) I once went to a Christmas party where they had roasted chestnuts, cracked into the skin with my teeth since it's easier than using fingers, and this grandma was like, "You don't eat the shell," and I was so embarrassed since it probably looked weird to her.
Yesssss!!!! I love hmart! Where I’m at (nyc) the prices are so much cheaper then other grocery stores like Stop N Shop. Also @cheap lazy vegan if you look (usually there’s a whole aisle with different types of seaweed and brands) , or ask someone bc there’s always the full sheet roasted seaweed in 3 large squarish packs!!! So yummy!!
Korean has circles so its easy to distinguish. Chinese and Japanese I usually just do off context but Japanese usually has more flowy/curved lines than Chinese
I’m lucky enough to live in a place (the Seattle area) where I have 3 big Asian grocery chains to choose from. H Mart tends to be expensive, at least here. Ranch 99 is the spot for cheap. All Asian grocery stores, however, always have the best produce, hands down. I started learning to cook Asian foods in truth because I started shopping at Asian markets for the produce! As a non-Asian, I have made the effort to learn a few Chinese and a lot of Japanese characters so I can kinda figure out food packaging! Korean remains a bit of a mystery but I recognize it because it’s so different than the other two. This video was awesome!
I can read Japanese and a tiny bit of Korean so I can definitely tell the difference. I love Pulmone products, they have some pretty great vegan dumplings.
I’m mexican and I can differentiate between Japanese writing, Hangul, and Chinese writing. Although I have been into anime, kdramas, and even c-dramas so it’s pretty easy to tell
Rose, there is a brand of vegan dumplings called Annie Chun. They are really delicious shitake and veggie dumplings. I have found them out here in Nebraska at a regular supermarket so I imagine you could find them there too!
For the natto, I recommend having it over rice (sushi rice consistency) with soy sauce. I can tell the difference between the characters...but I also lived in Japan for a while, lol.
Yes!! Thank you for this! I was planning to go to H Mart today to reup on Gochujang(your fault). I usually explore and triple check the ingredients list. My list just got longer.
That non-dairy green tea ice cream was previously sold at Trader Joes but they've discontinued it! I love that and the strawberry flavor when they used to sell it. Guess I'll stop by H-Mart next time to check if they have it here in the states! I hated natto before too. A friend of mine made me try it at least 5 times before I started to like it. Japanese eat it with chopped green onions mixed in. The sauce that accompanies it isn't vegan due to the bonito/fish stock in it so when I do eat it, I substitute it with soy sauce and mix it in with the mustard packet that accompanies it. Remember to stir, stir, stir the natto really well before consuming! ;)
Tysm for this video!!! I’m trying to eat more plant-based, and I usually shop at H-mart, and trying to find vegan items can be a challenge. This video is super helpful!!!! As for being able to tell the difference between Chinese, Korean, and Japanese writing, for the most part i can tell the difference between them. I’m not an expert, nor can I actually read any of the languages (although I have tried to teach myself Japanese through workbooks), but I’ve noticed that Japanese, esp hiragana (one of 3 Japanese characters sets, the other 2 being kanji and katakana) the characters are made of very few strokes. Many of the Japanese characters I’ve seen that are made with more than one stroke are mostly straight lines at sharp angles. Korean, on the other hand, I’ve noticed that the characters not only have more strokes, but that many of the characters I’ve seen incorporate more circles and ovals. I’ve noticed that Chinese characters have the most strokes, and contain mostly non-rounded shapes like squares and rectangles. For me, I find it most difficult to tell the difference between Chinese and kanji because, to me, they look very similar. These are just just my observations I’ve made after living in both NYC’s Chinatown and Koreatown, as well as watching anime ( 😂 only with subtitles tho, I dislike the dubs with a passion).
You should also check out their oyster mushroom and king oyster mushrooms! There's a channel on TH-cam called Wicked Kitchen and he makes some amazing dishes with these mushrooms! King oyster mushrooms can be used to make vegan scallops and vegan pulled pork! Regular oyster mushrooms can be used to make bbq.
Turns out the dumplings are not vegan as one of you pointed out (they include anchovy sauce UGH) and I stupidly missed it in the ingredients list. Sorry about missing that, guys!! :( Just letting you know to not get this brand LOL there are usually other brands of vegetable dumplings that are vegan friendly - but remember to triple check the ingredients list so you don't mess up like i did!
Would H mart have smoked tofu? Love your channel!
@@karleybioanthro I'm not sure! I know I've seen some in other Asian markets like T&T recently! thank you so much : )
Love your channel so much! Did you like the golden kiwis!? They are the best thing since sliced bread🥝🤤
Girl you can buy seaweed in bulk at the hmart! You cut them up yourself. ❤️
I would eat them or give the dumplings away. More shameful to waste food to me than to consume and learn from the experience🤷🏻♀️ Unpopular opinion I’m sure...
Best to you dear Rose 💜
I agree they need to make seaweed snacks in bulk!!! For those of us to eat them in bulk at one time!!
We have bulk size's in Korea. Maybe not exported.
They sell bulk sized dried seaweed at Nam Dae Mun (similar to H-Mart).
They do check amazon
Maybe this is wrong but isn't a lower waste option those nori sheets made for sushi? Or are those not crispy enough? I haven't bought nori in a while.
@@kalpic11 I tried to eat Nori like the snacks and it becomes soft when it hits your saliva lol. Not pleasant😂
Indomie is vegan, and it’s delicious!
I'M SO HAPPY HAHA
@@CheapLazyVegan I love the Indomie hot and spicy flavor
I’m so happy to hear this 😍😍😍
Yes!!!! My favorite ramen!!! My friends call it rich people ramen because it has 5 packets instead of 1🤩👍 they have another 1 that is delicious kari kapitan
Are you sure it’s vegan @nenny ? I just did a quick search and there was a subreddit that talks about this specific food product and said there are a couple things that aren’t: Sodium guanylate (which is usually sourced from fish) and flavors (which can be sourced from animals?)
I discovered a new asian supermarket earlier today but couldn't think of what to buy 🙈 so the timing of this is almost perfect
Lotus root! :D
@@MaynardsSpaceship how do you prepare or eat that? :)
Yay!!
According to indomie australia website, Indomie does not contain any meat products or its derivatives (except Mie Goreng Spicy Beef Ribs). It also said that the flavour enhancer are derived from vegetable based ingredients.
The New Zealand Kiwi comment was so cute, haha. We're actually nicknamed Kiwi because it's our native bird, not because of the fruit. :)
Hi Rose
Silken tofu is great for scrambled eggs, you can add turmeric for color I like onion and spinach salt and pepper... the trick is to let it cook a little longer than regular to get the extra water out before you add the other ingredients..❤️
yummm!!
The dumplings have anchovy sauce. It's in the ingredients list.
Yep. I’m guessing they don’t actually say vegetarian on them then.
UGH i can't believe i missed that :(
I always love seeing what vegans pick up from the shop! I find that here in Ireland while veganism is on the rise, it can be tricky to find places that do cater for vegans shopping wise
You've gotta find a supervalue with Happy Pears products 🤤 they are a vegan cafe based in greystones but started selling their homemade products to supervalue in the South of Ireland!!
I have been enjoying Korean dramas on Netflix. It is so refreshing to see how characters in Korean culture are eating noodles in the storyline, and eating rice, and not obsessing about low carb this and that. Yes, many Koreans eat meat like Westerners, but they also seem to have veggies and more balanced portions. Not to mention, I just love watching the Korean series Crashing Land on You. It is so cute, and Captain Ri is a hottie!
Same -yes to all of this. And I like Romance is a Bonus Book too.
@@Martina_E My friend said she also watched that one. I need to see it 🙂
"Once it's vegan friendly I'm like okay take my money" haha so relatable..
Thanks for this haul, I really enjoy these kinds of videos.. Would love to see the stuff you cook with these, especially the inari and knife cut noodles!
Also I love natto, didn't really like it that much the first time cos of the bitterness and slimeyness but the flavour and texture definitely grows on you. I wish it came in more vegan flavours! There's a yuzu one that I've tried that's pretty good and vegan friendly :)
Personally, I think once you know how the Korean, Japanese, and Chinese writing systems work it's actually really easy to tell them apart. It might be only because I learned how to read and write Korean and Japanese but I think that Hangul is a very logical and systematic writing system and that it looks very different from the other scripts with its circles and geometric shapes. Also Hiragana and Katakana also have a very distinct appearance.
Hi Rose. You got me hooked on Korean food a couple of years ago when I first found your channel and was trying to eat a more plant based diet per my doctor's instructions. We have a lot of small Asian markets in Raleigh, but I had never heard of H Mart until I saw this video. Yesterday I discovered that there is an H Mart about 15 miles from my apartment so I had to go. $130 later, it is now going to be my go to market (even though I work in a grocery store LOL). Thanks for turning me on to Korean food and H Mart.
Laver (noun)
an edible seaweed with thin flat fronds of a reddish-purple and green color that becomes black when dry. Laver typically grows on exposed shores, but in Japan it is cultivated in estuaries.
The Sungold Kiwi is absolutely DELICIOUS, it's sweeter than "normal" kiwi. I really love it.
Hi Rose, are you planning to make some recipes videos with the grocery you just purchased?
Thank you 😊
that could be a fun video!! thanks for the suggestion ~
@@CheapLazyVegan I will be looking forward to it 😊
Your rant about the seaweed had me😂 I swear I shove 10 down my mouth and have to get another bag
As a very white person, the way I differentiate between different Asian languages is like this: Chinese languages have characters that are kind of... blocky? Japanese characters are more flowy, and Korean has circles. I don’t know if that’s offensive, that’s just how I learned to figure it out growing up in Queens with lots of different Asian neighborhoods. 🤷🏻♀️
Joanie you got the points!
not offensive at all, super interesting! I wouldn't have been able to articulate the differences especially from a more foreign perspective.
That's exactly how I differentiate them as well
Japanese often confuses me because I could swear there's chinese characters in there sometimes
@@midnight3946 Yes, Japan uses three systems of writing and one of them is literally Chinese, except they say them differently. So those two can be harder for people to tell apart, compared to Korean which is technically a language isolate.
"You know when you think something is vegan but it has a random animal ingredient"
a few days ago when I went to the store they were out of basil besides a tube of basil paste, so I shrugged "ehh ok this works" and grabbed it later, when I was preparing dinner I grabbed the basil and put it in the dinner. Whilst it simmered I sat down to read the back "basil, oil, salt, whey, whey? Dang it." It had never occurred to me that they would put whey in herb paste but ok then. 🤷♀️ I dont even know why. Halp, I cant even trust veggies
Ps the way I tell between Japanese, Chinese and Korean writing as a English only speaker
Korean writing= lots of circles
Japanese writing= a mix of complex and simple letters
Chinese writing= very complex square- ish letters
I live in spain, and every autum there are stands with chestnuts in the strets, they toast them right there, and the smell in the street is so conforting :))
Same thing in Germany! We call them "Heiße Maroni" and they are so delicious! The smell is wonderful and they make an excellent snack and we even eat them as a side in bigger meals
Korean can be distinguished by the use of circles in hangul, while Japanese and Chinese share many kanji/hanzi together - but the hiragana in japanese script can be used to identify whether the symbols are being used in a context of japanese or chinese language
The description of the taste and texture of a chestnut is perfect! I just ate an entire bag last night so it is still fresh in my mind.
The sun gold kiwis are so freaking amazing! I'm obsessed with them
Thank you for doing this. I love learning about different cultures. When I go in the Asian store I am totally overwhelmed. So now I have some things to look at. I love your videos, keep up the great work.
Hi pretty lady! I’m Puerto Rican but I can tell the difference between Japanese and Korean characters (Thai too). It’s because I live in an area that we call Viet Town and we have lots of different types of foods and grocery stores. I love it! I love learning about different cultures and the foods they like to eat. I also watched a lot of anime growing up so that helped. Hehe.
I’m so jealous. Indomie is vegan Rose. It got no egg in the noodle. Btw that dude on the package of your kim is baek jong won. He got awesome dashima guksu recipe that happen to be vegan friendly. He even said you won’t miss the meat at all.
Yes indomie noodles are vegan! They’re my favorite instant noodles. Even the bbq chicken one is vegan, it’s the best.
ROSE, I LOVE YOU!! 😂😂 I love how you say the funniest things so casually and don't even realise how funny you are! When you were talking about the seaweed packet 'who is this man?' 😂😂😂 this is the most I've laughed all day
hahahaha i'm glad to make you laugh!!!
Dammit!! I missed that one !
I thought that was funny too 😂"who is this man?"
please Rose try the natto and make a video im so curious about it !
As a Japanese person, it’s so funny to see japanese products made by Korean brands. Especially the “u-dong” noodles 😂😂
I hope you can acquire the taste for natto! I live in Tokyo so I always have to buy the ones with fish sauce and I just take the packet out and use my own soy sauce... 😩 wish they had vegan ones here too!!
It would be awesome if you could do a video where you go through the produce section at HMart and explain what things are and what they are used for.
I love H-Mart! I can tell the difference between Korean & Japanese & Chinese but I can't read any of them...lol
I absolutely love H-mart!! One of my favorite stores and I spend about the same each time!
so many goodies!!!
I love Natto! Adding mustard to the sauce makes it so good.
I didn’t like natto either but after acquiring a 4 pack I learned that if you mix it first THEN add a splash soy sauce, Chinese mustard, green onions, and siracha over hot rice and eat with some avocado. Changed the game! Even my little sister likes it now this way.
Love H mart, I am studying Japanese and Korean so I can tell between the languages, every time I go to H-mart I’m overwhelmed by all the amazing things I just want to buy everything too! This was super helpful to know what to get next time I go
$92 USD for H-Mart groceries for that amount of food is actually a really good (or reasonable) deal so good job!! 👁👄👁👍
I'll move soon and I have already been searching for asian grocery stores in my are. Thank god I found one, I could not live without my Jumbo sized soy sauce😂
Weirdly enough natto is one of my favorite foods ever, probably because I love anything fermented and I am the least picky person on this planet haha but it's so good I do not understand how people don't like it! It is exquisite on steamed white rice and a splash of soy sauce. I miss eating it so much! I am currently in Italy and It is IMPOSSIBLE to find!!!!! ughhhh!! The lack of Asian grocery stores around here is astounding!!
Have been an H-Mart shopper for over 2 decades! We have a prominent Korean/Vietnamese/Laotian/Chinese community in Philadelphia, PA and the H-Mart is in a plaza with a full Korean/Viet/Chinese food court on the upper level, along with Chinese medicine docs, other random shops.
Excited to watch because I was just wondering what vegan stuff is at Hmart!
That green tea mochi is the bomb!!! I used to get it all the time until they stopped carrying it. It is the best!!!
To answer your question. No you're definitely not a bad Korean! I've learnt so much about Korean food from your channel, it so nice to hear you talk about it
Korean(individualized characters formed by sounds)vs Japanese(characters have more curves, dots, dashes and roundness) vs Chinese characters(typically more square and complex) I can easily tell the difference. I should call out, I am not asian, nor do I speak any of the above and only know like 3 phrases in each. =)
I just moved to Korea so I am gonna spend some of my quarantine time rewatching your videos and taking notes! (for when I am finally allowed to get out and go to a supermarket 😁)
"I brought this for you guys to show you" surrrreeee rose ;) lol looks like you got a good haul!
Watched this video this morning and got inspired, so I went to my local Asian supermarket and I found so many ingredients I can use for your recipes! 😍 Super super happy right now. Thank you for your great videos and all the yummy recipes. Excited to try them out!
omg this was SO helpful!!! i feel like recipes and meal plans are one thing, but to get an idea of what a usual grocery haul looks like helps me on so many other levels. i love how you talk about what you make with each ingredient too. the tips help my confidence in maintaining sustainable eating habits. also love your personality! so fun to watch
Wow! I loved this video so much! I have a question tho!
I've been trying to gather ingredients for specific soups you've made on your channel. Really difficult in my rural upstate NY town lol. Gochujaru has been the most difficult, I'm trying not to order it on Amazon.
Currently I'm looking to make Doenjang-jjigae, and the fermented soybean paste has been the struggle. I've been able to find "Healthy Boy Soybean Paste" and wondered if I could use that? Or if there's a Korean word for it that I should be looking for!
Thank you so much and love your channel so so much!!
fermented soybean paste is called "doenjang" in korean. the healthy boy one is not the same thing, that's a dipping sauce and doenjang is more of a raw-ish paste. doenjang is similar to miso, which is sometimes easier to find (i can find miso at almost any grocery store where i live but have to go to a special korean mart 50 miles away if i want doenjang). if you want to avoid amazon you can find korean ingredients on sites like yamibuy or asianmart, or even hmart sells some stuff online.
@@missragsdale thank you so much!! I really appreciate the info! Didn't realize I could swap out miso! I can find that with no problem! I'll also check out those websites! Thanks!!!
As a Portuguese Canadian, every family gathering in November features roasted chestnuts. We peel them by hand or w a knife. And you can find chestnuts growing in Canada! My local park has a few chestnut trees.
I am soo soo happy you made this video! I recently moved into a new house near an H mart. I’ve gone there a couple of times but didn’t know what to get besides vegetable dumplings! I can’t wait to get inspired and see what you make with these!
sungold kiwis are the BEST - I cut them in half and eat them with a spoon. Thank you for showing these products. I am new to Korean cooking so this is really helpful .
My brother and I always get the red bean cakes when we go to the Asian/international market. So good!
20:05 I believe that same company/brand makes a vegan kimchi, if I’m not mistaken. The Hmart near me has it. Green lid near the other (non-vegan) kimchi.
I love natto, you have to stir it well before eating. I discard the packet which contains the sauce because it doesn't look healthy & mix mustard & soy sauce & use as a sauce, it's great with rice.
The sauce also has fish usually so it’s not vegan friendly
I have an app called Soosee that scans the back of the package and it checks for ingredients derived from animal products or ingredients you may be allergic to. Basically what ever you tell it to look for. It is so helpful in the grocery store. I recommend it as it is so much quicker than reading all the ingredients
Going to an asian market this week! Im so excited!
Thanks for posting this haul video. I order my groceries from H-Mart and often have the hardest time meeting my $35 minimum. I can’t buy gochujang and sesame oil EVERY month.😂 These ideas will really help! 🙏🙏🥰
(disodium inosinate) according to Google: is generally produced from meat, including fish and pigs. Though it is normally a non- product, it also may be produced from tapioca starch without any animal products involved in the production. Which the Indomie noodles listed as an ingredient. From Indomie website Most Indomie products sold in Canada marked “export products”.
Yes, I am happy to say that I can tell the difference between Japanese and Korean writing. I am from the UK and a native English speaker, but have been dabbling for years with learning to speak and read a little bit of Japanese. Love your videos Rose xx
For the glass jelly, when i was little my mom cuts them up in cube and sprinkle sugar on it. Best to eat cold
Yes! Thank you! I love shopping at my family owned Korean market and I really appreciate the vegan suggestions!!!
Thank you for doing a video on Hmart! I love the one nearby but get stared at for not knowing where things are sometimes, or taking too long. This helps to know where to start with other items!
Just went to H mart yesterday bought lots of similar things. Hahahah! Have you had vegan instant ramen by Nongshim? It is really good!
I purchase the seaweed snacks as well for on the go but if I am home just brush nori sheets with a littttttttttttttttttttle sesame oil and/or oil and salt on one side, toast on both sides in hot skillet for 5-10 seconds, tastes just the same and you can make a ton!
Omg!! My Korean grocery haul fantasy!! 😁 Yes those Indomie noodles are vegan... The only ones from that company that are... And you have to do a road trip to Toronto to shop at Galleria... Yum!!!!!!! I'm just lovin' your channel!
Ughh yess Hmart 🤍🤍
Love the grocery hauls. Interesting seeing the different products that are out there.
In Germany they sell hot chestnuts at street stalls around the autumn and winter time, and sometimes around this time you can also buy them in the produce section of the supermarket. I'm not sure if I ever tried them as a child, but since I'm allergic to nuts I stay clear of them now.
I'm 99% sure the mi goreng is vegan, my local supermarket has them and the vegetable flavoured ones have an import sticker that says vegan, the hicken flavour ones say vegetarian (So I assume that one has milk powder or something). You could always email the comapny to confirm though!
I used those knife cut noodles to make Ramen recently because they looked good and my husband bought them. They worked soooo well the whole family loved them
Just wanted to say, yes I believe telling the difference btwn chinese, korean, and japanese is easy. They all look fairly different. C':
I’m Japanese, natto with Kimchi, scallion goes very well! Mixing with udon/ soba is common in japan as well.
Try Japanese natto brands, have no idea if Korean brands are good.
I have watched many many videos and to be honest! You are the best channel for easy recipes and I thank you very much for that. 😁
I buy chestnuts whenever I shop at an Asian grocery store. Sometimes they are roasted and shelled and sometimes in the shell. But I love them.
yesssss I needed this bc I’ve had trouble navigating the hmart in my city!!
In Germany in bigger cities we usually have smaller Asian supermarkets, you know, family run ones and since I live in a metropolitan area that has a huge amount of Asians, especially Chinese, I luckily have a good amount to choose from, but recently there's been am Asian chain store that opened in a lot of the bigger cities in the city centre (Berlin even has multiple locations) and a few months ago I went on a shopping spree and bought all kinds of rice noodles to find the ones I like most and I spent ages in there, they have so many! I checked the ingredients lists and just a few didn't make it into my shopping cart (too many E numbers for my liking) and I didn't buy any vermicelli/angel hair type, but otherwise I got like one from almost every brand they had, everything from 1mm to 10mm width and I mean, I did get a few staples like soy sauce and some expensive frozen dumplings and vegan German kimchi, but I ended up spending over 50€ on all of that and I think at least half of it was rice noodles 😅
I could feed an army, but I definitely am not worried about running out of noodles in this pandemic 🤣
Do a taste test of the items you bought. That would be such a fun video! Cheers from a fellow Canadian!
In the United States its something of a tradition to have chestnuts during wintertime, so they're really easy to buy in supermarkets in the right season. (My sister buys them all year round from Asian grocery stores, though.) I once went to a Christmas party where they had roasted chestnuts, cracked into the skin with my teeth since it's easier than using fingers, and this grandma was like, "You don't eat the shell," and I was so embarrassed since it probably looked weird to her.
Yesssss!!!! I love hmart! Where I’m at (nyc) the prices are so much cheaper then other grocery stores like Stop N Shop.
Also @cheap lazy vegan if you look (usually there’s a whole aisle with different types of seaweed and brands) , or ask someone bc there’s always the full sheet roasted seaweed in 3 large squarish packs!!! So yummy!!
Enoki mushrooms!!!! Love love love love !!! The best thing ever !!!!
Korean has circles so its easy to distinguish. Chinese and Japanese I usually just do off context but Japanese usually has more flowy/curved lines than Chinese
Omg I’ve beeen dreaming of a video like this!
I’m lucky enough to live in a place (the Seattle area) where I have 3 big Asian grocery chains to choose from. H Mart tends to be expensive, at least here. Ranch 99 is the spot for cheap. All Asian grocery stores, however, always have the best produce, hands down. I started learning to cook Asian foods in truth because I started shopping at Asian markets for the produce! As a non-Asian, I have made the effort to learn a few Chinese and a lot of Japanese characters so I can kinda figure out food packaging! Korean remains a bit of a mystery but I recognize it because it’s so different than the other two. This video was awesome!
I can read Japanese and a tiny bit of Korean so I can definitely tell the difference. I love Pulmone products, they have some pretty great vegan dumplings.
I’m mexican and I can differentiate between Japanese writing, Hangul, and Chinese writing. Although I have been into anime, kdramas, and even c-dramas so it’s pretty easy to tell
I love Natto! You can put Natto in miso soup. You can make Natto fried rice too. Natto smell less when it’s heated.
Rose, there is a brand of vegan dumplings called Annie Chun. They are really delicious shitake and veggie dumplings. I have found them out here in Nebraska at a regular supermarket so I imagine you could find them there too!
For the natto, I recommend having it over rice (sushi rice consistency) with soy sauce. I can tell the difference between the characters...but I also lived in Japan for a while, lol.
Thanks for making this video :D I too want the seaweed snacks but loathe all that packaging.
Yes!! Thank you for this! I was planning to go to H Mart today to reup on Gochujang(your fault). I usually explore and triple check the ingredients list. My list just got longer.
I’d love a vegan/vegetarian oriented label translation app.
Thank you so much for saving my time to read whole ingredients essay! 나또랑 김이랑 같이 드시면 더 맛있어요:)
That non-dairy green tea ice cream was previously sold at Trader Joes but they've discontinued it! I love that and the strawberry flavor when they used to sell it. Guess I'll stop by H-Mart next time to check if they have it here in the states!
I hated natto before too. A friend of mine made me try it at least 5 times before I started to like it. Japanese eat it with chopped green onions mixed in. The sauce that accompanies it isn't vegan due to the bonito/fish stock in it so when I do eat it, I substitute it with soy sauce and mix it in with the mustard packet that accompanies it. Remember to stir, stir, stir the natto really well before consuming! ;)
Tysm for this video!!! I’m trying to eat more plant-based, and I usually shop at H-mart, and trying to find vegan items can be a challenge. This video is super helpful!!!!
As for being able to tell the difference between Chinese, Korean, and Japanese writing, for the most part i can tell the difference between them. I’m not an expert, nor can I actually read any of the languages (although I have tried to teach myself Japanese through workbooks), but I’ve noticed that Japanese, esp hiragana (one of 3 Japanese characters sets, the other 2 being kanji and katakana) the characters are made of very few strokes. Many of the Japanese characters I’ve seen that are made with more than one stroke are mostly straight lines at sharp angles. Korean, on the other hand, I’ve noticed that the characters not only have more strokes, but that many of the characters I’ve seen incorporate more circles and ovals. I’ve noticed that Chinese characters have the most strokes, and contain mostly non-rounded shapes like squares and rectangles. For me, I find it most difficult to tell the difference between Chinese and kanji because, to me, they look very similar. These are just just my observations I’ve made after living in both NYC’s Chinatown and Koreatown, as well as watching anime ( 😂 only with subtitles tho, I dislike the dubs with a passion).
Try adding chestnut chunks in savoury porridge. The sweetness will add depth to the flavours
I’ve been vegan for 3 years and Indomie stir fry has been my holy grail 😅
Mi Goreng is totally vegan and is my favorite instant noodles ever!!!
i wanna like natto too, but never tried it before! lmao. im just super curious.
You should also check out their oyster mushroom and king oyster mushrooms! There's a channel on TH-cam called Wicked Kitchen and he makes some amazing dishes with these mushrooms! King oyster mushrooms can be used to make vegan scallops and vegan pulled pork! Regular oyster mushrooms can be used to make bbq.