Comments on: COLA Drops for Soldiers Stationed In Seoul http://rokdrop.com/2009/08/31/cola-drops-for-soldiers-stationed-in-seoul/ Korea From North to South Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hamilton http://rokdrop.com/2009/08/31/cola-drops-for-soldiers-stationed-in-seoul/comment-page-1/#comment-364173 Hamilton Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:47:45 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=16061#comment-364173 Chunmu-ro Sam-ga, and it's like crack. There are two much cheaper places we go to sometimes near Yongsan but they are not nearly as good. The pork is beautiful/just falling apart not that stringy/grisle/fatty stuff many places use and the Kimchi is excellent. Chunmu-ro Sam-ga, and it's like crack. There are two much cheaper places we go to sometimes near Yongsan but they are not nearly as good. The pork is beautiful/just falling apart not that stringy/grisle/fatty stuff many places use and the Kimchi is excellent.

]]> By: cgal http://rokdrop.com/2009/08/31/cola-drops-for-soldiers-stationed-in-seoul/comment-page-1/#comment-364168 cgal Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:21:59 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=16061#comment-364168 where are you eating that chigae is over 7000? I know fruit is always much more expensive but I have experienced eating Korean has always been much cheaper then western food here (beside mcds). Jaja myung is still 3,000 and it is big enough to feed two! I think the areas near the bases are much higher the elsewhere. I dont live near a base so I think the prices are fairly cheap and havent really increased since I lived here 5 years ago. where are you eating that chigae is over 7000? I know fruit is always much more expensive but I have experienced eating Korean has always been much cheaper then western food here (beside mcds). Jaja myung is still 3,000 and it is big enough to feed two! I think the areas near the bases are much higher the elsewhere. I dont live near a base so I think the prices are fairly cheap and havent really increased since I lived here 5 years ago.

]]> By: Hamilton http://rokdrop.com/2009/08/31/cola-drops-for-soldiers-stationed-in-seoul/comment-page-1/#comment-364159 Hamilton Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:41:45 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=16061#comment-364159 Pete, the wife and I have been shocked at the price increases across the board we have seen in the last 18 months. The price of one of our favorite meals Sambap (삼밥) went from 5,500won to 7 and now 8,000 won in just under a year. One of our lunch favorites, kimchi chigae went from 5,000 to 7,000 and I suspect it might be higher since we have not gone back in the past two months. All types of fruit are much, much more expensive in Korea. My wife's favorite Korean snacks are about 20% more expensive now and there are noticably less snacks in the bags. Tuition at a Korean night class I used to go to went up nearly 30%. As a non-scientific comparison, when we return from the Comissary we can barely carry the bags and it runs $90-110 for most weeks. Our trip to E-mart or Lotte-mart costs about the same but I carry a few bags out while my wife carries nothing. Basically, if you are an American buying American style coffee, hamburgers etc you are okay. If you are buying Korean items you are getting hosed from a year ago. Pete, the wife and I have been shocked at the price increases across the board we have seen in the last 18 months. The price of one of our favorite meals Sambap (삼밥) went from 5,500won to 7 and now 8,000 won in just under a year. One of our lunch favorites, kimchi chigae went from 5,000 to 7,000 and I suspect it might be higher since we have not gone back in the past two months. All types of fruit are much, much more expensive in Korea. My wife's favorite Korean snacks are about 20% more expensive now and there are noticably less snacks in the bags. Tuition at a Korean night class I used to go to went up nearly 30%.

As a non-scientific comparison, when we return from the Comissary we can barely carry the bags and it runs $90-110 for most weeks. Our trip to E-mart or Lotte-mart costs about the same but I carry a few bags out while my wife carries nothing.

Basically, if you are an American buying American style coffee, hamburgers etc you are okay. If you are buying Korean items you are getting hosed from a year ago.

]]> By: cgal http://rokdrop.com/2009/08/31/cola-drops-for-soldiers-stationed-in-seoul/comment-page-1/#comment-364114 cgal Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:19:56 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=16061#comment-364114 are these states for single soldiers? our COLA just went up from $40 to almost $200!!! we are unaccompanied but I still came and got my own apt which BHA (or whatever the acronyms are) covers. I wonder if that increase is concerning me?? are these states for single soldiers? our COLA just went up from $40 to almost $200!!! we are unaccompanied but I still came and got my own apt which BHA (or whatever the acronyms are) covers. I wonder if that increase is concerning me??

]]> By: Pete http://rokdrop.com/2009/08/31/cola-drops-for-soldiers-stationed-in-seoul/comment-page-1/#comment-364100 Pete Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:14:35 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=16061#comment-364100 Other than housing/rent and maybe the cappuccino mentioned, I personally believe Korea is less expensive than the states. Others may have a different opinion. Other than housing/rent and maybe the cappuccino mentioned, I personally believe Korea is less expensive than the states. Others may have a different opinion.

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