The Corner Shop

Corner shops are called Karges (Kar gay) and you can buy anything there. Toilet paper, toothpaste, fruit and veges. Not like our shops at home that have the odd smattering of things. It is like a mini supermarket. They are also no more expensive than the supermarket.

The idea is that you do your big shop at the supermarket and then get everything else at the Karge. They are usually tiny and so crammed with things that you have to squeeze between the isles. Most apartment buildings have one at the bottom. Oh and they stink. A favored snack in Korea is squid jerky and that hangs all around the shop - so the odour is not so great when you walk in, but you get used to it.