{"id":16139,"date":"2018-01-09T21:20:03","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T20:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=16139"},"modified":"2018-01-10T12:52:14","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T11:52:14","slug":"korean-supermarket-in-vancouver-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=16139","title":{"rendered":"Korean supermarket in Vancouver BC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was keen to visit a Korean supermarket when I was in Vancouver and some Koreans I met in Victoria on a walk recommended H Mart, a chain of supermarkets specialising in Asian food and particularly Korean. The &#8220;H&#8221; in &#8220;H Mart&#8221; stands for Han Ah Reum, a Korean phrase meaning &#8220;one arm full of groceries&#8221;!<br \/>\nI was hoping to find Korean Aster (chwinamul or Aster scaber), but I couldn&#8217;t find it&#8230; However, there were a few other interesting perennial vegetables!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-16139 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=16148'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"958\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010311.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-16148\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010311.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010311-247x300.jpg 247w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010311-300x364.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16148'>\n\t\t\t\tMugwort powder (Artemisia spp.)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=16149'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010315-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-16149\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010315-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010315-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010315-300x400.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010315.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16149'>\n\t\t\t\tDried sweet potato stem \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=16151'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010317.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-16151\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010317.jpg 700w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010317-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010317-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16151'>\n\t\t\t\tGosari is also bracken fern\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=16152'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"639\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010319-639x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-16152\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010319-639x1024.jpg 639w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010319-187x300.jpg 187w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010319-300x481.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010319.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16152'>\n\t\t\t\tGinseng root\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=16143'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010302-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-16143\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010302-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010302-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010302-300x400.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010302.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16143'>\n\t\t\t\tAloe stem?\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=16146'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010305.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-16146\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010305.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010305-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010305-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16146'>\n\t\t\t\tAcorn powder (oak acorn flour). This reminds me of this article about foraging acorns of the Garry Oak (the species that I saw a lot of in Victoria BC, growing with the camas!): http:\/\/arcadianabe.blogspot.no\/2012\/11\/how-to-eat-acorn.html\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=16147'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010307.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-16147\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010307.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010307-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16147'>\n\t\t\t\tGarlic stem? These were very long if they are garlic scapes (flower stem)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=16150'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010316-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-16150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010316-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010316-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010316-300x400.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010316.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16150'>\n\t\t\t\tDried roots of balloon flower (Platycodon) \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=16156'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010300-672x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-16156\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010300-672x1024.jpg 672w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010300-197x300.jpg 197w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010300-300x457.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010300.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16156'>\n\t\t\t\tChamnamul &#8211; the original chamnamul is a plant in the carrot family, Pimpinella brachycarpa. However, the real plant is rare it seems and what you get is often Cryptotaenia japonica: See http:\/\/bburikitchen.com\/cham-namul-pimpinella-brachycarpa . I have a plant of Pimpinella brachycarpa (seed off ebay) in the cellar and it does look very much like Cryptotaenia (no redness in the stems)&#8230;. :(\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=16144'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010303.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-16144\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010303.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010303-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010303-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16144'>\n\t\t\t\tBurdock (Arctium lappa) root (borre)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=16141'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"573\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010299-573x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-16141\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010299-573x1024.jpg 573w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010299-168x300.jpg 168w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010299-300x536.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010299.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16141'>\n\t\t\t\tDropwort, presumably Oenanthe javanica (water dropwort), a common vegetable in the Far East (more on this one in an upcoming blog!)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=16142'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010301.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-16142\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010301.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010301-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010301-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16142'>\n\t\t\t\tTaro stem, Colocasia esculenta\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=16155'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"694\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010298-694x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-16155\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010298-694x1024.jpg 694w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010298-203x300.jpg 203w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010298-300x443.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010298.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16155'>\n\t\t\t\tCrown daisy or Chopsuey Greens  (Glebionis coronaria syn. Chrysanthemum coronarium).  See my article about how this Mediterranean annual native plant became a super vegetable in the Far East here:http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?page_id=3493  \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=16140'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010297-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-16140\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010297-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010297-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010297-300x400.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010297.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16140'>\n\t\t\t\tDried bracken fern (einstape)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=16145'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010304.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-16145\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010304.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010304-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/P1010304-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16145'>\n\t\t\t\tChinese yam?\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was keen to visit a Korean supermarket when I was in Vancouver and some Koreans I met in Victoria on a walk recommended H Mart, a chain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2805],"tags":[2810,2813,2808,404,2811,214,2807,2812,2809,1474,2806],"class_list":["post-16139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-supermarket","tag-acorn","tag-aloe","tag-bracken","tag-burdock","tag-dioscorea-opposita","tag-garlic","tag-korean-supermarket","tag-oenanthe-javanica","tag-platycodon","tag-taro","tag-vancouver-bc"],"views":6950,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16139"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16157,"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16139\/revisions\/16157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}