Eating inside HMart

Here you are, reading mmm-yoso!!!, a blog about food, again. Welcome.  Kirk is enjoying some time off and Cathy is writing.  

We've had HMart in San Diego since 2012. There are only a few 'food court' selections inside the store, unlike at the Super H Mart in Diamond Bar (mentioned in the middle of that post). There is one "Enter" and one "Exit" door.  To the right of the 'Enter" is a small kitchen, cooking and wrapping food for those who want to 'Grab and Go'.  There is a small seating area (including two corner chairs which are useless).  The kitchen prepared meals are pictured above the 'By the Pound' items.  ($8.50/lb)(Hot or Cold)
The hot items are plentiful, protein based (other than rice) and kept fresh, since the cooking area is three steps behind the trays.
The cold area has a great selection, especially if you are thinking about buying something you've seen pre-packed in the refrigerated area of the store.  There's also sliced sushi roll pieces, pork and tofu if you want cold protein.
We grabbed a few items on this visit before beginning to shop.  Cold items were kimchi, seaweed salad and marinated mushrooms.  All were good (nice flavor/mild heat of kimchi) and complimentary to the hot items- fried squid, fried head-on shrimp and breaded, fried pork in a sweet sauce. Total for these two boxes was $6.  The item on the bottom right was just packed (still warm) and placed in the open refrigerated area.
 Pan fried crab cake ($3.50).  Fresh vegetables, plenty of crab, crispy fry. A good meal on its own.

There's a dispenser of hot water, cups, utensils and condiments in the eating area, so you can have a decent meal.  

HMart 9440 Mira Mesa Boulevard San Diego 92126 (858)577-0060 Open 8 a.m.-10 p.m. daily Website

NEW LOCATION (opening  in February): 7725 Balboa Avenue (SE corner at the 805) San Diego 92117 (same parking lot as the 24 Hour Fitness) 

Comments

[kat]

sounds like a great assortment of foods.

[Junichi]

The new H Mart on Balboa/805 (where Sports Authority used to be) should be opening soon.

[Cathy]

Eating before shopping is necessary for us, Kat...it's never good to go to the store hungry. The variety here as well as ability to just grab a literal bite of food makes it convenient.
I did put the new address at the bottom of the post, Junichi; was hoping to find more intel about the in-store 'food court' (if any) so as to be able to post, but drove by yesterday and still not much can be found out. Frustrating.

[caninecologne]

Whoa, I did not even know there was going to be new H-Mart locations. I went to a huge one in Niles, IL (Super H Mart) and in Irvine. So overwhelming. I like their selection of ready made foods. The fish pancake is good.

[Cathy]

Oh yes, cc-next to where the Lucky Advantage store had been (I still miss the in-store meat smokehouse). Still, not a Super HMart, but a bit closer for you. The ready made foods here are great and the by-the-pound items are a way to 'sample' as well as give me ideas of what to buy that day.