KO Mart — Local services in Brent

I found Bogo Market a few years after I moved to east Baldwin County, AL from Baton Rouge, La. I'm closer to Pensacola to shop. I've always loved All the different Oriental Foods, but I've often lived in rural areas where there are no Oriental Restaurants, so I had to teach myself to cook a few dishes, starting before the Internet you had to collect Cookbooks to learn. It was 2001 Christmas I got a wonderful new one, "Asian Noodles" by Nina Simonds, from my dear friend back in Texas, Kathi Forrsell. It's a great book, highly recommended. I didn't know there was so much to learn about noodles! I love Bogo because they have all the staples, and then some carrying the large economy size, like 1 gal of soy, to the small 8 oz jar for someone who doesn't cook it very often, and doesn't want to spend all buying all the starter products in huge amounts that might go bad . They have a few Chinese china dishes, cutlery and chopsticks, etc. if you're looking for Pho Bowls. Noodles, like in my new gift cookbook, they had every kind of noodle that was listed in Nina's Book for me to experiment with! So what ever you are looking for, Bogo Market probably has it. And for you budding Oriental (Thai, Chinese, Vietnamese) Chef aficionados. Stock up on a lot of the little sizes, until you tried it and you know you'll make it again, like page 64 in Nina's book Cinnamon Beef Noodles. Talk about yummy, and make the kitchen smell wonderful. Who would have thunk Cinnamon sticks in a big pot of Beef broth with thin strips of sirloin, using garlic, fresh ginger, scallions, Aniseed, and Hot Chili Paste to kick it up a notch. Get your Udon noodles or Big extra wide Thai Rice Noodles, your choice. Only thing I changed was I added sliced mushrooms. So get you some fresh Shitake, or oyster mushrooms to slice and add to the recipe early on with the meat and scallions. It's at the end you add 2 big bags of baby Spinach after the noodles. If you want the recipe you might be able to Google it, I don't know, but I'm fixing to post it on my Facebook page,...

This is a great little authentic Korean market. The outside is in some serious need of TLC but don’t let that scare you away. Prices on grocery items are a little high, but on par for most of the mom and pop markets like it.

My husband is Korean and unfortunately there aren’t a lot of options for real Korean food in the area. Bogo Market has small menu inside of items you can order, and a refrigerator with banchan and kimchi you can buy too. Their house made kimchi in the fridge is fantastic.

Today I picked up some japchae, bulgogi (both pictured), kimbap, and kimchi jigae for lunch (didn’t get pictures of those).

The bulgogi and kimchi jigae come with rice , two banchan, and two fried mandu. It was all pretty tasty and definitely not a bad deal for the price—again, on par with most Korean restaurants. My order was made quickly (less than 10 minutes) and packaged well, including napkins, chopsticks, spoons, and an extra bag tied around the soup to prevent leaks.

Overall, 10/10 and we will definitely be going back regularly in...

This is a classic "don't judge a book by its cover". While the outside of the shop may look a little rough the inside is brimming with wonderful people and ingredients. Doesn't matter if you enjoy snacks or dive more into cooking dishes this place is not to be over looked. In addition to a variety of munchies and ingredients they also care some household items. Their pre-made food is also worth the buy. I hope this shop doesn't fizzle out. I found so many Japanese specific ingredients I'd been looking for. They also carry a large variety of Korean along with bits of other things. It was hard not spending my entire paycheck. (Because I...