S Mart! I have such fond feelings for S Mart, as for a long time it was my local dairy. It’s a small Korean supermarket, and so it stocks mostly Korean and a smattering of Japanese foods, but if that’s not your thing, it does have a small«Western» foods section and a Rivermill bread stand, which is not the greatest but good if you don’t want to spend $ 6 a loaf at the Fix down the road. As I’m not Korean, I used to like to buy something that I didn’t really know what it was, which was sometimes something I found yuksville, but sometimes resulted in delightful discoveries such as the Beef BBQ wheat chips(do not contain beef). My favourite things here are canned lemon and apple sodas here for the very reasonable price of $ 1.10(used to be 80cents). They are pretty friendly here, and there’s also a loyalty scheme you can sign up to and eventually get some credit on your purchases.
Jon T.
Rating des Ortes: 4 Auckland, New Zealand
S — Mart has everything you could ever want. If you are Korean. If you aren’t, they are missing a few items more suited to Western Tastes. Let’s just say this isn’t the type of place to come if you feel like a coke and some pringles. However, if you want to go beyond the run of the mill, branch out in to the unknown, S Mart is the place to come. It’s a collection of loosely grouped shops all under the banner S– Mart — so there is an alcohol store, a convenience store and a coffee shop all seperate. Within the convenience store is the food shop Madis, which I have also reviewed — it’s well worth checking out as you can get custom made sushi for 5 — 7 dollars. They have benches outside where you can sit and explore the purchase you have made, deciding whether or not Mung Bean ice cream really is for you.