H Mart

For those of you that get intimidated by the Japan Center, this is the solution — it’s a much more normal sized store, but still packs in a lot of content. There are a large range of Korean and Japanese products, and even a couple of American ones too.
Prices are far more reasonable than I would expect — imported A&W root beer was £1.09 for example. The highlight of the trip was that they had ramune– Asian lemonade but in a really unique bottle where it is stopped by a glass marble inside the bottle (see YouTube for how to get the sucker open). Great fun, and great tasting too.
Staff were good and I liked the overall feeling of the shop. More ramen than you could imagine. Adding this to one of my secret delights of north London — hey, that should be a list!

A great little shop, full of interesting Korean and Japanese things!
It’s a tight fit but it’s worth exploring the shelves. There’s a decent range of fresh, frozen and pantry items, many of which I’ve only ever seen in the many cooking shows I’m forever watching. We just got a few things — a Korean version of pocky, some hoisin sauce, some sriacha, and a bottle of ramune (which Brian is very excited to open, it’s got the marble and everything).
Store cupboard items are really well priced, and the fresh/​frozen things are a bit high but for imported, authentic ingredients, they’re not overpriced.
The wall of ramen/​noodle soups was overwhelming. I need to do some research into which varieties are the best and come back!

A really fine little korean supermarket.
All your staples.
Best thing is the lunchboxes; sweet n sour pork, sweet chili chicken, fried anchovies, kimchi, mochi etc all at super cheap prices — between £2 and £5.
And they have K-​pop!