Korea: Food and Dining

The day is Saturday, October 13, 2007 ...

Korea has a plethora of offerings in terms of food and dining. They have a varied but small selection of multicultural food from most corners of the globe and of course their home-grown korean restaurants. When I was there, we had a traditional style Korean breakfast, which consisted of Kimchi (spicy cabbage that is a staple of Korean culture) and oily soup. For lunch, we had kimchi pot, which is a mixture of tofu, kimchi, and a mixture of veggies. The photo below is of kimchi pot I had on day 2, oishii!! And for dinner, I got a chance to have real Korean BBQ! Sugei!

Kimchi Pot

Photo 056: Kimichi Pot for lunch on Day 2

In Canada, we have many Korean barbeque places and I thought Korea should have the best Korean barbeque in the world. Well, in fact, barbeque is just barbeque. The thing is, due to this hype, many places charge ridiculous rates for Korean barbeque. Luckily, on Day 3, I went with an old friend who is Korean that helped us find a good place to eat (and affordable!). Most of these places are located near City hall (if you plan on going). And sorry, there's no Korean dessert that I know of.

Korean Barbeque with Nadia

Photo 059: Korean BBQ with Nadia on Day 3

Also, an interesting thing happened on the day we went to Korean BBQ with Nadia. Some Japanese tourists were looking for a restaurant that they had reserved and they didn't speak any English or any Korean. So my girlfriend translated into English for them and Nadia took them to the restaurant. Moral of the story: knowing multiple languages is definitely useful :D.

Finally, on the first day, we went to a 100% authentic Korean restaurant. It was located in the busy nightlife of Dongmyo (I can't remember if this is the right name but it seems right >.<). This restaurant was family owned and had fusion Korean and Italian food. The Italian fusion was really just an Italian name with a Korean name and the food came with more cheese lol. I didn't take a photo of the food because I was starving, but here is a photo of the restaurant:

Korean Family owned restaurant

Photo 027: Korean Family Owned Restaurant

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Mr. Roboto wrote this on Friday, October 12, 2007 That kimichi pot is awfully fluorescent orange... almost looks radioactive.... Is that what Kim Jong Il meant by having weapons of mass destruction? And subsequently claiming that they're disposing these weapons..... in their stomach?

Ayan wrote this on Saturday, October 13, 2007 Bahahahha. Last week Kim Jong Il met with the prime minister of South Korea. Maybe they were trying to make new recipes to disguise this brilliant weapon of mass destruction. I hope it tastes as good.