When Orlando’s long-awaited H Mart finally opened last month, it had a zillion things I was ready to try, from the inhabitants of its aquarium-like seafood department to the genetically modified joys of its Pinkglow pineapples.

There are not one, but two whole aisles of instant and cup noodles. And two aisles of snacks, shelves crammed with crinkly bags bursting with umami-forward, butter-soy paldo bibimchips and strangely addictive Melon Kick corn puffs and a mind-boggling selection of flavors from chicken wing to cuttlefish to sesame-squid peanut.

And I haven’t even mentioned the food court yet.

I wanted to try everything at H Mart. But to its crushing crowds and hours-long waits, I said F, no.

H Mart is the largest Asian supermarket chain in America, and it’s family-owned. Fou

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