I sometimes buy oatmeal from the little market in the Samick Beach APartments, but she is very often out of stock. Anyone have a more reliable hookup?

Check Lotte Seomyeon when you take your xbox down there, they often have Quaker rolled oats there. Failing that, Megamart is a likely candidate, and I believe that I have seen it at Chockie Cookie in Jangsan as well.

The Novotel deli used to carry them too but haven't been there in a while.

the Kukje shijang always has it, 5000 won for a small box of Quaker..

Also, you can always have it delivered to your door by EZShopKorea, 7000 won

alas, all oatmeal was not created equal. has anyone seen rolled/steel cut/irish oatmeal, that is, the non-pre cooked quick one minute kind? i checked a few of the delivery websites on this forum and they hall seem to have quick oats, as do most of the markets ive been to. im pretty happy with quick oats, but real oatmeal would be better.

The home baking shops near Kukje market carry oatmeal(not the quick-cooking, instant stuff). I use them to make cookies and such.

I have found the canisters at Kukje in the past, although I once bought the wrong kind which yielded a substance not unlike drywall.

For those that do online shopping, I always get mine here - 4 kgs for 36,000 + 10,000 for shipping. Very reliable.

Non- instant oatmeal

It's not the super-long cook stuff, but much much better than the instant fare. I've never found anything like steel cut, or just plain rolled oats.

Here is a good authority:

http://www.quakeroatmeal.com/qo_ourProduct...rOats/index.cfm

I ask at the "Samick store" and have them try to buy the old-fashioned Quaker for me.. occasionally they do. The only difference between old-fashioned/rolled oats and "quick" is that the rolled oats have been cut into smaller pieces for quicker cooking.. makes a difference in cooking time (marginally) and texture, but not flavor. I like the old-fashioned for cookies and porridge, best. I am always charged 5,000 won for the small box and 10,000 for the large.

For some reason, Koreans like it quick. Kukje shijang always has Quaker Quick in stock.

Where are the baking shops at Kukje?? That is such a warren of crowded little alleys, can someone give me directions from the "western products/alcohol" section that starts next to the main street/sidewalk ??

I am now curious about the oats I used to buy back in Canada. I assumed they were Quaker but it was a third grade which doesn't appear on their website. These took much longer to cook than the Old Fashioned, but were not steel cut. I guess it was a little less refined than the 'quick' oats - it took about 18 minutes on the stove top if I recall. If only we could get that or the the steel cut stuff here!

My favourite way for preparing the old fashioned stuff is topped with toasted, smashed almonds and honey, sometimes with banana. Or this week, with really tasty apple a student had handpicked. Of course accompanied by a strong cup of freshly roasted coffee. Yum!