Trip to Home Plus and lunch with Dee

I got up early this morning and went down to Dee's place. Gavin and her son are now walking to school together. Dropped Gavin off and told Dee if she would drive I would buy her lunch. So we agreed to meet up at 10:30. Originally the plan was to go to the KATUSA snack bar on Camp Walker. But Court suggested Shang-hi grill. Dee thought she might know where that was so we went off to find it.

We ended up at Home Plus instead. They have a McDonald's which is perfect for the kids and a huge food court. This was my first visit to this Home Plus but I think it is my favorite out of the three I have been to. It is HUGE!
Above and below are a few outside shots. You can see how big it is. It is also a really nice place and super clean which I always like. Going during the week is better because it is not so crowded and there are plenty of parking spaces available.

Our first stop was McDonald's. I was soooo tempted to eat here. I have had McD's once since I left the US and I am so sick of Burger King. But I also really wanted Korean and wanted to try something new.

Maddie, Abby, Dee and her son Jaydee wait for our food. Everyone had Chicken Nugget kids meals.
Next stop was the HUGE food court. There were a million different restaurants/vendors including Japanese. Popeyes and Baskin Robbins. For the Korean and maybe Chinese and Japanese food you looked at this case and picked a number. I love these food cases. It is all fake food but it looks so pretty! So many different dishes and I appreciate being able to see what it is that I am ordering! Then you go to the lady and tell her what you want and pay for it.

We had a seat in front of our food place. We had our ticket and had to wait until our number came up. It was maybe a 5 minute wait.

Here is Dee's food. I am not sure what it all was. Top left I tried it and it was good. The middle was a pot/soup with dumplings, clams and squid in it. I did not try this. Bottom right is Kimchi.

Here is my food. In the big bowl/plate...rice at the bottom, top right was potatoes and onions and carrots. A little spicy, to the left of that was spicy beef. The bread stuff sort of tasted like eggs? All super yummy! The top bowl was a salad similar to cole slaw and very very sweet. The other two bowls contain different types of kimchi. I did not care for the one on the bottom but the one on the top was really good! To my surprise under each of these bowls were 3 more bowls with soup in them. One was a rice soup. Basically rice and water...kinda bland but went well with the other spicy stuff. One had noodles and onions in it. Very tasty! The last was a cold soup with cabbage, onions and I am not sure what else. That was good as well.

The amazing thing about these lunches was that each cost just 5,000 won a piece! All that food! And we could not eat all of it. It was fabulous and I really liked what I chose!Here is part of the food court...it was huge.

They had a free play area for kids with all sorts of riding toys. There was also a pay place that looked like fun. Dee says you pay and leave your kids...it is like a babysitting service. Nice!

The girls had to go for a ride on this puppy. Inside was a small screen so it was like a ride and a video game all in one.

If you have some free time you can hop into this booth and practice your singing. It is a Karaoke both/machine.

Dee with Jaydee here getting some pancake dessert things. I was too full from lunch to eat anymore.

After we ate and let the kids play in the play area we walked around the 3 floors of the store. I saw this mini dishwasher. I wish we had a dishwasher at our place. I am sick of washing dishes by hand.
Here is a shot of one of the check-outs which is in the grocery part of the store. As you can see there are 22+ lanes to check out. On the weekends they will all be open.

One thing that is super frustrating for me is people who cut in lines. I know this has to be a culture thing. Dee and I were in line at this check out and this lady and her kids just walks right in front of us like it is no big deal or as if we did not even exist. So I snapped a picture. More shots of the grocery department. It is HUGE!

Here is a cosmetic area. This is also in the grocery area. I made no exciting purchases since I was just basically there for lunch. I ended up with some coffee and bananas though.

Well I hope you have enjoyed this latest installment of my blog!