I don’t know if you have any plans to travel to South Korea anytime soon — before you ask; yes, that’s the good one — but don’t plan on taking any Trader Joe’s Everything But The Bagel seasoning with you if do.
Or anything with poppy seeds in it, for that matter, because they’re outlawed in the country.
Man… they’re bagels must suck over there.
According to The Guardian, there’s been an increasing number of instances in which travelers who for whatever reasons felt that they needed to travel with a bottle of Trader Joe’s Everything But The Bagel seasoning had said bottle confiscated.
It would seem that the South Korean authorities have had about enough of it, and according to a post on X, they’ve started posting signs specifically showing a bottle of Trader Joe’s Everything But The Bagel seasoning to let travelers know that it’s going to have to get plunked in the trash.
One person even told The Washington Post that they had to fill out a form saying they had brought a “narcotic” into the country.
It sounds crazy that someone would fly to another country with a bottle of seasoning on them, and it is, but people aren’t happy about the prospect of having to part with their bottle of seasoning that costs — *checks Trader Joe’s website* — $1.99.
I mean, look at the first comment on that photo of the sign at the airport.
You are going to need to pry Trader Joe’s Everything But The Bagel seasoning from travelers’ cold, dead hands.
At first, I thought it was hilarious that people are importing their seasonings like modern-day Marco Polos, but it’s even funnier that it’s Trader Joe’s Everything But The Bagel seasoning at the center of the story, because that makes me understand it.
That stuff is fantastic. Pro tip: sprinkle a little on some avocado toast to get your day started right.
Unless you’re headed to South Korea, in which case, maybe leave it at home.
“불치의 인터넷 중독. 수상 경력에 빛나는 맥주 전문가. 여행 전문가. 전형적인 분석가.”
