What's the best place for mail-ordering korean ingredients to norcal?

February 15, 2018 6:34 PM

I can read and write korean fluently and want korean dry goods shipped by mail to a location in Norcal (Palo Alto). Amazon is expensive as crap for nearly all ingredients. Are there any places with cheaper stuff that ships by mail (hopefully with more obscure ingredients if possible)? Minimum orders are acceptable. I go to the actual korean mart but can only make it about quarterly, so I often run out of specific dry goods
posted by hleehowon to Food & Drink (3 answers total)

Best answer: Did you check out Maangchi's online shopping guide? Below the Amazon section, she lists 3 other online grocers that deliver by mail within the US.
posted by yonglin at 9:40 PM on February 15, 2018

It’s probably more cost effective for you to have Doordash or similar deliver your order from the local Korean market instead of ordering from an online retailer.
posted by ananci at 10:49 AM on February 16, 2018

Response by poster: ananci: doordash is for restaurants, I am actually cooking for myself
posted by hleehowon at 11:24 AM on February 16, 2018