People always ask about this, and it is hard to find good information. I'm not saying mine is brilliant, but I thought it might give people an idea about what I spend on things if I went through some recent receipts and gave you a breakdown of what I spent. If you want any further information on prices, just let me know and I can probably find out prices for you.
At the supermarket:
8 medium onions- 5,050W (£2.74, $4,23)
Aprox. 20 cherry tomatoes - 2,100W (£1.14, $1.76)
As a disclaimer for this part, this was an expensive supermarket! This is pretty much the max I'd spend on this stuff and I decided against getting more stuff as it was too expensive!
1.1Kg of rabbit food - 6,800W (£3.70, $5.70)(they just made you buy more expensive stuff, it used to be about 4,000W for 900g).
A Pyrex dish (the only kind of oven safe container you can get) - 9,900W (£5.39, $8.30)
This was all I could make out on my receipt for a normal supermarket.
At the bakery
A cream cheese cinnamon roll - 1,600W (£0.87, $1.34)
A cheese, bacon and rice bread thingy (it was not nice!!) - 1,400W(£0.76, $1.17)
A cup of black tea - 2,500W(£1.36, $2.10)
This is in a chain store, which are cheaper, but less nice than the independent places
At Dunkin Doughnuts
A bagel with cream cheese - 2,500W(£1.36, $2.10)
A doughnut - 1,000 - 1,300W (£0.54-£0.71 , $0.84-$1.09)
A coolatta (ice fruit drink) - 3,300W (£1.80, $2.77)
At the coffee shop
An Iced Tea - 5,000W (£2.72, $4.19)
Coffee shops are the opposite of bakeries, the chain stores are comfier, but more expensive than independent stores. This was a chain store.
At Baskin Robbins
Single scoop - 2,500W(£1.36, $2.10)
At the local cheap eatery
Dumpling ramen - 3,500W (£1.90, $2.93)
Special rice and vegetable mix - 4,500W (£2.45, $3.77)
Pork cutlet with rice - 5,000W (£2.72, $4.19)
Pork cutlet with rice and cheese - 5,500W (£2,99, $4.61)
In fairness they don't give you a receipt at these places, so I'm just quoting the price I know
At the PC room
1 hour - 600W-1000W (£0.33 -£0.54, $0.50-$0.84)
You do get what you pay for though, the one which was only 600W had no tabbed browsing!!
At the cinema
1 ticket - 8,000W (£4.35,$6.70)
Tickets are cheaper at my local cinema during the morning, and I'm afraid I can't tell you how much popcorn is, but together with a drink it is less than 10,000W (£5.44, $8.38).
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Thanks for this!
Do they subtitle films in korea...might be a silly question. I thought I'd ask anyway :P
No it isn't, it's 22.5% at most, and there is an option (although this much be new since 2004) of getting it 19.5% (called "fresh"). There is an odd flavour, but it isn't that pleasent, almost sweet, but bitter.
I went to Seoul today, it cost me 7,400W each way.
Soju is "roughly" the Korean equivalent to Russian vodka. It tends to be super-distilled and usually over 100-proof but it has no real taste to it, which is why I mentioned adding it to flavored drinks to get the most out of it.
It's one of the things South Korea is known for (if you go there; not just buy stuff from there like TVs or cell phones).
What is this Soju? Is it like a spirit?
Yeah, I don't mind Soju when it is cold, warm soju is horrible though. Like vodka, ice cold, it's okay. Mixing it with just a cube of ice in a shot glass makes it go down quite well. Soju cocktail (mixed with a fruit juice and ice) is wonderful though!
The key with Soju is that you've got to mix it with flavored drinks to get the most out of it. I would know (I was stationed at Osan Air Base in 2004) as drinking is really all you could do...
Hah! I love Bangkok too! It's much cheaper than South Korea that's for sure!
Oh, and a bottle of soju is 9 shots I think.
Okay, I went out drinking tonight, entirely in the name of research. A bottle of the local liquor, soju, cost (in a Korean bar) 3,000W and a pint (or near enough) or beer cost less than 4,000W. I know in the foreigner bars here 1 vodka orange costs 2,000W at happy hour or 3,000W outside that.
This is actually higher than I thought it would be! Wow. I love Bangkok. ^_^
This is Cheongju, which is a small city! I guess it is probably a slightly disproportionate representation. I mean, London UK, tell me a place you can get a good meal for 1.90 GBP and I'll thank you for it :)
Coffee is expensive! Coffee shops are expensive!
Also, I feel that I should point out that cherry tomatoes and onions aren't really in season atm (unfortunately though, not a whole lot is apart from apparently Pak Choi, which was really cheap but I didn't think I'd use). Vegetables vary considerably depending on where you shop, these are expensive vegetables! I guess we could contrast with a pack of mushrooms that in most seasons cost less than 700W most places (and I got 10 packs for about 1,000 a little while ago that have been in my freezer for a while).
Also, I should point out that no one in Korea owns a rabbit, getting food for it is a bit of a faff sometimes!
This is possibly me being lazy as well. For a rough guide of what I spend in a month (although obviously as ShiningT1g3R says, this will not apply to all) going for coffee two or three times a week and eating out most days (but only in cheap places) and going to the cinema maybe once every week and a half, I live easily on 500GBP, or 1,000,000W. I don't drink much (but am going out tonight, so I'll try and add it to the guide).
LOL!!! It depends on WHERE you live IN South Korea and YOUR lifestyle. Obviously, prices in Seoul will be high because it's the capital city; but if you live in Incheon or Taegu/Daegu, then the cost of living will be relatively low. The cities are only going to get bigger, so if you are thinking about going to South Korea know that the competition for space and amenities is fierce!
Good Lord! That's actually pretty expensive! I never realised it was that pricey! That's pretty much the same price as London, UK!
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