Friday, May 29, 2020

Korean Toilet Paper

On our trip to Little Tokyo on Memorial Day to take some photos at the JA National War Memorial, we took a detour to what used to be Yaohan.   I have been searching for my cousin in Ohio, for some vitamin supplements that she can no longer get.  The store is located somewhere in that shopping center, but closed due to Covid 19.  Our detour took us to the Japanese market that is apparently owned by a Korean company.   At least I assume so due to half the products are Korean.  We had a great time exploring through the display of the side dishes they serve you at the Korean tofu houses.  But for the first time in months I saw a full display of TP.

At first I thought it was like at Costco, you get excited to see pallets of what looks like TP from the distance only to find out it is paper towels.  Not wanting to use a shopping cart (in theory it limits what she can put in the basket and no, it didn't work) I trudged through the market following the wife as she wandered through the aisles with the TP in my arms and a  overloaded hand basket of groceries.  I was afraid if I put down the TP, it would somehow disappear into someone else's shopping cart.  Paper is paper, and it does get heavy not matter how pillowy soft it is.

When we got home I was able to examine my precious purchase of Korean TP (don't ask how much it cost).

30 rolls, 
3 ply DECO (wow, beats Charmin)
Embossing and Soft Touch (flowers, bees and dimples)
100% Pure and natural (never occurred to me that it could be synthetic)
 A handle to carry the TP (too late, I already squeezed the TP.)



If I knew there was a handle I might have bought two.

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