Nanaimo Bars

[bertacci]

I'm a Canadian living in Seoul and would like to know where I can get the ingredients for Nanaimo Bars, especially graham wafers or a suitable replacement.

[Canonite]

Where in Canada are you from?

[bertacci]

West coast near Victoria. You?

[Canonite]

Nice!! Whereabouts? I've probably been there a million times...I grew up in Victoria and lived in Nanaimo just before I moved to Korea :) (also lived in Campbell River, Kamloops and a few places in Alberta over the years)

[eggplant_tyrant]

If you don't mind paying out the nose for them, the "red door" place listed on this page had them when I went.
http://wiki.galbijim.com/Black_markets

[bertacci]

Thanks. I'm from Duncan. People just usually pass through, but it's come along way in the last few years.

[Canonite]

DRUNKEN DUNCAN!!! j/k, Duncan's definitely a decent place!...heck, most of the Island is a beautiful place :) I've driven through it literally a few hundred times haha...somewhere in Duncan there is a Honda Civic with a massive sound system pissing off the neighbours courtesy of me haha

[hyeonbuk]

Hey did you have success with this! I was thinking of Canadian food and possibly making these (even thought I always just bought them back home). I went to MAL/ VIU  but am from Qualicum :) Yeah for Vancouver Islanders! Sokcho where I am now is so much like home. ps  :) Drunken Duncan!

[junipurr]

Graham crumbs are easy to substitute.  Go to the store, buy some similar looking cookies, bring them home and put them in a bag--double bag is best--then stomp on them a few times. 

[#basedcowboyshirt]

Hey cats - I lived in Vic for the last five years. And my parents moved to Lake Cowichan like two years ago.

[#basedcowboyshirt]

If you don't mind paying out the nose for them, the "red door" place listed on this page had them when I went.
http://wiki.galbijim.com/Black_markets

Also, this might be the coolest thing I've ever seen. I'm going to romanticize the idea of going into an unmarked door to go buy illicit foodstuffs to the max.

[TeePee]

I've seen graham crackers at the foreign food shop in Itaewon and they are pretty cheap as well.

[bertacci]

I haven't checked it out yet, but will. I was just in Itaewon the other night and forgot to check for them. My parents have a cabin on Cowichan Lake. When I was growing up I spent every summer there. Great place!