Hannam Supermarket

April 26 2014 — The day my mother was bullied.
Korean sushi or ‘Gimbap’ has always been one of my family’s favourites. Today, my mother went to Hannam at 9:08am to purchase some gimbap. Since the store was just opening, nothing was ready yet… So she asked if she could wait for some. The lady behind the counter was very nice, she told my mother to wait 20minutes… It ended up being 30minutes, but the lady was very pleasant & apologized, so my mother was quite happy.
That changed quickly.
When she took the gimbap to the cashier – she was greeted with an attitude, almost a glare. What was her problem? My mother has no idea. Then, the cashier exclaimed the price on the gimbap had been labelled wrong… «It’s $ 5.69, not $ 3.99». APPARENTLY, MY MOTHER HAD TAKEN ANOTHER STICKER AND STICKED IT ON THE GIMBAP HERSELF. Yes. The cashier implied that my mother had managed to go through their machines, make her own sticker, and then stick it on the gimbap.
At this point, she felt humiliated. The cashier had accused her loudly! Everyone around her was staring. Upset, my mother tried to stand up for herself – but she couldn’t, she can’t speak English. Then, the manager walked by. My mother tried to explain, but it didn’t make sense because the cashier had already got rid of the stickers. The only thing she could say was «before, sticker $ 3… Now $ 5». The manager thought she was bargaining. The cashier didn’t speak. My mother was told to leave & stop causing trouble.
My mother left the store – wrongly accused, upset, and humiliated. She swears she saw a smirk on the cashier’s face as she left the store. Why was the cashier so rude? I have no idea. The only conclusion I can think of is not very pleasant… The cashier was probably racist.
Dear Hannam, please pick up your phone… I’m quite angry & ranting online is barely helping.

Solid 3.5, not as nice as H Mart but it’s got the basics, just a bit dressed down if u know what i mean.
Obviously geared towards the Korean market, as they do carry some unique fish and beef products for hot pot.
Good bakery in the back, as well as the washrooms, no key required.
Sometimes they have samplers of their fruits to test out with toothpicks provided.
accept amex too.
lots of parking, but can be busy with a few restaurants upstairs.
Today they didn’t have that dessert food truck ;(where they sell these mini-​pancakes with syrup oozing out

It is conveniently located close to the Guildford mall. So when I head out this way to go to the mall, I try to go to Hannam Market as well to save time and gas.
The store is smaller than their other store located in Coquitlam and their deli section isn’t as good but considering that I don’t have to cross the bridge, it’s all right.

Whenever I feel like cooking up some Korean food inspired by youtube videos, I come here. It doesnt have a gigantic selection like Hmart, but you’ll find everything you need at affordable prices. Most of their produce is local, or imported from Korea.
Aside from groceries you can find asian brand cosmetics such as Shiseido, Laneige, ect, kitchenwares, and even clothing.