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Lotte only closed a few weeks. H-Mart may be better than Lotte, but I think it depends on everyone's tastes. I go to H-mart when I need a rice. H-mart has better rice selections (I am Japanase so rice is important).
I have heard that a new Asian (international?) grocery store will open on August at Glen Burnie at the route 2 @old Giant site.›11 Replies-
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re: nosey
The store is called "Fresh World Maket", my friend said that it must be the same store already has established in Virginia. The place is near the Marley Station Mall. I do not know the name of the shopping mall; which between the Route 2 and Mountain Road, behind the Boston Market. The site used to be Giant.
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re: nosey
Two bakery ideas: 1) The small rice pastries filled with sweet red bean paste at either Lotte or H Mart. The consistency is like marzipan, but it is a lighter flavor. They come in plastic-wrapped packages -- maybe a dozen or so for $3-4. At H Mart, they're usually green and white. (Look at the ingredients to see if it says red bean.) They're best the same day and shouldn't be refrigerated. 2) A red bean or "potato salad" donut at the bakery in H Mart. The red bean donut is a donut with the same sweet paste. The "potato salad" is basically a barely sweet donut with no filing. I have no idea where it got its name. It's as sweet as a biscuit or maybe corn bread.
(There is also La Boulangarie Bakery across the parking lot from Lotte. They have many great steamed and baked pastries, and the ingredients tell you about the filing. They're like $2 each, so you can sample. I posted about that here: http://howchow.blogspot.com/search/la... )
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re: nosey
I always buy a white bread. This is very different from ordinary american breads. Moist & soft, I cannnot find anywhere but Asian bakeries. I also buy a red bean paste bread ("an-pan" in Japanese; a bun filled with sweet red bean paste), green bean version, curry doughnuts (this is like a Russian piroshki, filled with curry flavored meat & vegie paste). I also like a bun with bean paste filling (looks like Dunkin's "Munchkins"). There are several fravored cream filling breads; custard-cream, mocha, strawberry, & chocholate; they are all my favorite. If the sweet beans are not your taste, try those cream filled breads. Additionally, a jelly roll (Swiss roll?) is also yummy. Just in case if you do not know what is the bread filled with a red bean paste: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anpan
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I went to Lotte this weekend and walked right back out due to the stench. Apparently, getting shut down by the health department only a few months ago for rotting produce/meats/goods didn't make a lasting impression to its management.
Lotte is located on Rt. 40 in Ellicott City and caters to a mostly Korean clientele. Han Ah Reum (aka H-Mart) is located on Rt. 40 in Catonsville and provides a more wide-range of Asian (Indian, Thai, Vietnamese, etc.) products.
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re: nosey
H Mart is way better. Better food. Better smell. They redid the fish section about a year ago, and I haven't gone back to Lotte. Well worth driving to Rolling Road even though I pass Lottee on the way. I blogged about the popped rice bowls, the fish section, etc. http://howchow.blogspot.com/search/la...
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