Posts Tagged ‘HK Supermarket’

New Mocha con Choco from Caffe Latte

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

Actually, it’s just the color of the cup has changed. It used to be green; now it’s brown! Only I with my unique expertise in Caffe Latte packaging would notice. ;)

New Mocha con Choco cup from Caffe Latte

매일 카페라떼모카 콘 초코 = Maeil Caffé Latte Mocha con Choco

Comes with a brown-tinted translucent plastic cover and brown green straw in transparent plastic sleeve that was glued to cup with golden foil lid.

Aside from the color, the Italian-themed cartoon people on the bottom half of the cup have been replaced with live, ethnically ambiguous models. Yeah, I guess this is a design improvement.

Yet the misspellings remain! Recommand [sic] used [sic] by date lid.

Same instructions: Do not use in microwave. Keep refrigerated. Though cups are being sold at room temperature… Maybe they mean refrigerate after opening.

The taste, I must admit, is still unremarkable. I can’t even tell the different variants of Caffe Latte apart. Ingredients the same:

Water, espresso coffee extract, whole milk powder, granulated sugar, Colombia coffee extract, cocoa powder, sodium bicarbonate, sucrose esters of fatty acids, cocoa mass, flavor, carrageenan

Slight change in Nutrition Facts. No more trans fat. 1 serving is 200 milliliters. 105 calories per serving, 30 calories from fat. 3 grams of total fat, 2 grams saturated. 12 mg of cholesterol. 100 mg of sodium. 17 grams of total carbohydrates. no dietary fiber, 16 grams of sugars. 3 grams of protein. Calcium content is 8% of DV.

UPC Bar Code 7 65444 10633 5. Manufactured by Maeil Dairies. Product of Korea.

The label on the cup is also translated into French. Nothing in hangul, so this must be purposely made for the American market. With CA CRV printed on the cup.

HK Supermarket had them on sale at 99 cents with $0.05 crv.

Crown Sando Cookies – Chocolate Flavor

Monday, June 15th, 2009

크라운 산도 초코 61

Crown Sando Choco Cookies

Crown Sando Choco Cookies – Chocolate Flavor

8 individual packs in a box, which costs 2,000 won. Usually on sale for 99 cents (American) at the Koreatown grocery store HK Super, which also has the strawberry variant. These cookies are addictive! Once you start chomping, you can’t stop.

Guessing that 61 refers to Crown Confectionery being founded in 1961.

INGREDIENTS: Wheat Flour, Shortening, Powder Sugar, Glucose Dextrin, Coconut Oil, Whole Milk Preparation, Egg

Nutrition Facts: Each serving of one individual pack (20 grams) contains 105 calories, 45 from fat. Total Fat 5 grams — 3.1 g saturated fat, no trans fat. No cholesterol. 50 milligrams of sodium. 14g total carbohydrates — no fiber, 5g sugar. 1 gram of protein.

Allergy Information: contains wheat, soybean, egg, milk

Net Weight: 5.68 ounces/ 161 grams
*This unit is not labeled for individual sales.

UPC Bar Code Number 8 801111 614436

KNPS Korean Net Promoter Score. Product of Korea.

Manufactured by Crown Confectionery Co., Ltd. 131-1 Namyoung-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea.

Korean Chaltteok Cookie – Chocolate Flavor

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
Chaltteok Cookie - Cacao Flavor
The chocolate version of the CW’s chaltteok cookie, this gwaja is Invention Patent No. 0626971 — sticky rice encased in a soft, hollow cookie. What a way to combine traditional Korean and modern Western in a baked goodie! CW translates their product into English as Korean Biscuit.

Chaltteok Cookie - Cocoa Flavor The picture on the wrapper shows the filling as white, but actually the chaltteok inside is dark brown in color.

Ingredients list as given in English: sugar, cocoa, wheat flour, corn syrup, corn starch, salt, glutinous rice. The label on another part of the box says it contains 2% “cacao.”

Six of these individually wrapped cookies are contained in a box which states that its price is 2,000 won (Korean currency). The box bears a sticker containing nutrition facts and other information in English.

Chaltteok Cookie - Chocolate Flavor

국내산 찹쌀이 함유된 청우 찰떡 쿠키

Each cookie weighs 20 grams, which equals one serving. Each serving contains: 74 calories, 13 from fat. One gram of total fat — no saturated or trans fat. Two milligrams of cholesterol, 55 milligrams of sodium. Fifiteen grams of total carbohydrates — no dietary fiber, 6 grams of sugars. One gram of protein. No vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium or iron.

Net weight: 120 grams (4.23 ounces). UPC 8 801204 202335. Made by the Korean confectionery company Cheong Woo known in hangeul as 청우식품. Product of Korea. Available at HK Super for 99 cents when on sale.

Caffe Latte Double Cinnamon Cappucino

Saturday, June 6th, 2009

Caffe Latte (카페라떼 ) is a popular brand of coffee drink manufactured by the Korean company Maeil (매일). The flavor in the pink cup is Double Cinnamon. Other flavors available at HK Super are Mocha con Choco in dark green and Mild Caffe Latte in a cream-colored cup.

Caffe Latte Double Cinnamon Cappuccino

Caffe Latte Double Cinnamon Cappuccino

Net Weight 6.7 fluid ounces (200 milliliters)

Comes with a translucent plastic cover and opaque straw in transparent plastic sleeve that was glued to the cup, which was topped with a foil lid.

Ingredients: water, espresso coffee extract, whole milk powder, granulated sugar, Colombia coffee extract, sodium bicarbonate, sucrose esters of fatty acids, maple syrup, flavor, cinnamon extract.

Recommand [sic] used [sic] by date lid. Keep refrigerated. Do not use in microwave.

Nutrition Facts. 1 serving is 200 milliliters. 120 calories per serving, 45 calories from fat. 5 grams total fat, 4 grams saturated and 0.5 grams Trans Fat. 15 mg of cholesterol. 120 mg of sodium. 16 grams of total carbohydrates. No dietary fiber, 16 grams of sugar. 4 grams of protein. Calcium content is 12% of DV.

UPC Bar Code 7 65444 10632 8.

The label is also translated into French. The only hangul is under the cup, designating the plastic for recycling.

On sale at HK Supermarket for 99 cents with $0.05 California CRV.

Korean Rice Crackers

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

오색찹쌀유과 Le Biscuit Sec Coréen de Riz. Yukwa! 油菓

Colorful Korean Rice Crackers

That’s what the English label says — Korean Rice Cracker. It’s a hangwa (한과, traditional Korean snack) called yoogwa (유과). To make it, Koreans use rice flour to form a dough into these stubby fingerlings, which are then deep fried in oil. Airy and crunchy inside.

The hangeul label identifies the product as 오색유과 (osaek yugwa). O-saek means five colors. The flavors or variants listed on the package are 백년초 (cactus), 쑥 (mugwort), 콩 (bean), 유자 (yuja, a citrus fruit) and 연유과 (lotus).

Surasang (수라상) is the brand. Net Weight: 170 grams (6 ounces). Available at HK Supermarket on Western Avenue.

Western Avenue in Los Angeles closed

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

Road Closed to Thru Traffic 24/7

Western Avenue in Los Angeles Closed

Western Avenue is closed May 9, 2009 – July 11, 2009

This is in Wilshire Center (north of Koreatown proper) by the Korean grocery store HK Supermarket on Western Avenue, near 1st Street.

Southbound Western Avenue closed at 1st Street for water-line construction by LADWP (Los Angeles Department of Water & Power). Avoid Western Avenue near First Street. Drivers can take detours via Wilton Place, Oxford Avenue and Normandie Avenue.

HK Supermarket Mural on Western Avenue

Friday, May 8th, 2009

WELCOME TO LOS ANGELES (graffiti by KOG)

HK Supermarket Mural on Western Avenue

A small part of the mural on the side of the Korean grocery HK Supermarket on Western Avenue. The Korean hangeul characters are 옷 (clothing), 신발 (shoes) and 향수 (perfume) — items you can buy at HK Super.

Truth be told, their fashion collection is minuscule and so unstylish. People go to HK Super not to buy clothes, but to buy food, which I will vouch for in terms of quality. Check your change though. There’s one cashier who thinks you’re not paying attention.

Address: 124 North Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90004

Samdasoo: Jeju Island’s Famous Water

Friday, May 8th, 2009

제주삼다수 Special Sale 세일 at HK Super. Regular Price $0.79 per 500-ml bottle. Now 49 cents + CRV (California Refund Value), usually 5 cents.

Bottles of Jeju Samdasu Natural Mineral Water on Sale!

Despite the concern of saltwater contamination, Jeju Island’s Samdasu (a marketing brand of underground water) has been certified safe according to USFDA Code of Federal Regulations for Beverages and Bottled Water. This product was introduced by the company NongShim in 1998 and is now the bestselling water packaged in PET bottles in South Korea.

Trade Name: Jeju SamDaSoo. Product Type: Natural Mineral Water. Facility Location: Jeju Special Self-Governing Province (Cheju Island), Korea

US FDA The United States Food and Drug Administration, Code of Federal Regulations – Beverages and Bottled Water: Chapter I, Title 21, Part 165, Subpart B, Section 165.110.