Totally-Not-Target

China is famous for ripping off American (and presumably other countries's) brands. However, it seems Koreans do it a bit too. My Korean tutor has been showing me around town after my lessons, and this week she took me to a "store that sells everything." Here it is:

The name of the store is Taiso. And they do, indeed, sell a bit of everything. Unlike Target, however, the only food they have is snack food. Otherwise, it's almost exactly the same thing as our version of a 'stuff store'. 

One interesting thing I found out was about food storage containers. In Korea, you can almost only get glass ones, not plastic. I asked why and my tutor said it's because Korean food is so strong you can't wash the oils and flavors off of plastic. I was glad to hear her say that because I find Korean food to be quite... pungent. I'm not really a fan yet.