Whenever I go to Homeplus (big supermarket), there is a corner I always keep an eye on. It is a sushi corner. I often buy sushi at Homeplus. Only when it is cheap though.
Its usual price is 400-600 won each. But sometimes they sell any kind of sushi for 390 won each (US $0.40), like today. So I bought some. This is the picture of my portion and I always get the same stuff. (I bought 2 each of them.)
They are all my favourite.
- From the top: Red and yellow salmon caviar sushi, shrimp sushi, smoked salmon sushi.
Amongst these, the most expensive sushi is salmon caviar sushi when it is not on sale. I like them best too, because I like the popping feeling when I chew them.
If you go to Homeplus you should try some too. It tastes very good too.
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The slices of fish being so small/thin and the rice balls so lumpy and dry-looking as well as unnaturally square, I can only surmise that they are machine-made to precise specification to minimise cost and maximise profit. The tiny “salmon roe” photographed here are actually eggs from herring or some other fish, and any self-respecting sushi-bar in Japan would sell them for less than boiled shrimp, which is again one of the cheaper and beginner-proof “neta” (toppings).
Any serious sushi eater will appreciate the much fatter and juicy “ikura” (salmon, not herring, roe) and the sweet and succulent “ama-ebi” (sweet raw prawns).
Please wait until you know a bit more about sushi - the authentic variety - before you write about it…. Although it is interesting to see that something that isn’t sushi is sold openly as such in Korea.
Neko,
Perhaps you don’t realize that Homeplus is a supermarket.
Of course I realize they are not selling high quality sushi (or whatever you want to call it). It’s a cheap way for me to get something tasty and different for less than 50 cents each.
I just typed the labels as they were written on the counter where I bought them.
Thanks for pointing out that the caviar is not salmon roe.
I was just trying to point out a cheap snack to people in Korea.