a craving not satisfied.

It had been a while since I ate Ddukbokki. I drove on over to the Korean market to buy the ingredients.

dduk- check

fish cakes- check

onions- check

red chili paste- ch...

red pepper flakes- che....

red chili paste and red pepper flakes were imported from none other than China. Each brand, whether it came from somewhere in the States or imported from Korea, it had been first brought in from China.

So, I ventured into the fish aisle to buy some fish instead. I checked the label on the package fish... Imported from P.R.O.C.

What is P.R.O.C.? People's Republic of China.

How cleverly they tried to disguise the name of the import...