(Sept. 2009) Former Fresh World is now Allgreen market under new management. However, the foodcourt in the market is still the same.
Fresh World International Market-El Grande Supermercado recently opened in Glen Burnie, MD on the Ritchie Highway.
It's a huge market with lots of real international stuff and regular necessities. Unlike Lotte or Hmart in Ellicott City, MD, Fresh World has more Latin products. But since it's a huge market they have a variety of products including Korean (of course).
They just opened (November 7th, 2008) a Korean and Japanese foodcourt/restaurant beside the seafood department.
I, of course, had to try it out!
The restaurant's name is 풍년식당 (Poong-nyun) which means 'abundant year'.
They had many different kinds of food and very reasonable price compared to other Korean foodcourts.
When I was there the cashier lady told me that their menu sign was delivered wrong. She said that she ordered BOTH Korean & English menu but only Korean menu sign arrived. If you already visited that pplace and was confused, the cashier lady said English sign is on the way! I also realized that they have more food choices than what's on the picture menu sign.
On the left side of the restaurant they were getting ready to open a petite sushi bar. They have a sign saying that it will open soon. The Japanese sushi bar is open. People were very nice and I ordered one of Combo rolls-California, Rainbow, and spicy Tuna (really really SPICY) only for around $12! It's not as good as Japanese restaurants but it was a good deal and pretty good taste too. I would definitely go back. On top of that, I guess we got there right on time since we got a freebie salmon roll. It was a lot of food for two of us (December 2008).
Well back to the food. Since I LOVE all kinds of soup and stew, I chose Daegu Maeuntang (a cod fish spicy stew) and Japchae Bop (Stir-fried Korean vermicelli with vegetables). Both dish came with a bowl of rice and side of Kimchi (Baechu Kimchi and Ggakduki). Daegu Maeuntang is a stew with cod fish, tofu, mushrooms, radish, korean cabbage, etc. It's spicy and shouldn't have any fish smell if cooked right. Japchae is a stir-fried Korean noodle mixed with lots of veggies.
Daegu Maeuntang ($8.95) was smaller than other restaurants but it was good. It was cheaper too, so I didn't mind the smaller size. I just wished that they had more soup in it though. Although Japchae was little too sweet for my taste and tasted more like some Chinese stir-fried noodles ($8.95), it was pretty ok. The price was reasonable and the serving size was good too.
I'll post some more dish when I get to try other ones. Meanwhile, if YOU get a chance to go there, please let us know what was good and what was not.
Would love to hear from you!
Enjoy and be adventurous!
FreshWorld Supermarket Allgreen (Under new management since 2009)is located at:
7927 Ritchie Hwy Glenburnie, MD 21061 (443)557-4308.
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