Where can I find common Mexican ingredients in Seoul?

Honestly, your best bet for the harder-to-find stuff like tomatillos and dried guajillo is going to be the foreign food mart in Itaewon, it's called Seoul Foreign Food or something similar right by the main street. They stock a decent amount of dried chiles and Mexican oregano that you won't find in regular marts.

For hominy, you might actually have better luck at a place like Emart Traders or even a bigger Lotte Mart in the canned goods aisle, they sometimes carry it as "hominy" or in the imported section. I'd skip trying to find fresh tomatillos here though, they're just not around, so maybe sub with canned if you see them or plan a dish that doesn't rely on them.

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the itaewon foreign food mart is solid for dried chiles but if you're near gangnam there's a place called costco in yangjae that sometimes carries big bags of dried guajillo and ancho in their import section, plus they have canned tomatillos from time to time. for mexican oregano specifically you'll have better luck at the korean herb shops in namdaemun market, they sell dried oregano that's pretty close and it's like 2,000 won for a big bag. hominy is actually way easier than you think, check the banchan section at any big emart for canned white corn labeled "hominy" or "ohgok" in korean, it's the same thing just in a smaller can

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i know a place in hongdae that might have some of the ingredients you're looking for, it's called gongdeok market and they have a few vendors that sell international goods, including some mexican stuff like chipotle peppers and adobo sauce, they also have a small section with latin american ingredients, prices are pretty reasonable too, around 5,000 to 10,000 won for most items, it's worth checking out if you're in the area, take the subway to gongdeok station and walk straight out of exit 2, the market is right there

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Reserve the 2pm seating, gets packed after 3.

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the set, not a la carte

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Coming from Haebangchon, take line 6 to Itaewon then walk up, taxi is only like 6,000 won though. Skip the scones honestly, they're dry. Order the first flush darjeeling a la carte and a slice of their matcha roll.

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