Gimpo Geumsal Brand Makgeolli
This one doesn't have aspartame either; didn't taste as good to me as my otther preferred brands though.
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Daepo Brand Makgeolli
These makgeolli's are excellent and don't have aspartame. There are a couple other flavors in this same series, too.
Here in Texas, It Feels Like Lunar New Year Already!
The mailman delivered this Lunar New Year gift from my associate in Korea today. It's a collection of traditional Korean snacks and we're already about a third of the way through the box!
The Eighteen Chicken Restaurants Within a Five Minute Walk of Our Place
With competition like this, is it any wonder the Korean restaurant industry is so inefficient? And with so few other opportunities in the economy for small businesspeople, is it any wonder so many people open chicken restaurants? All of these places serve chicken (fried, grilled or baked) and are within...
Pocha
Koreans are all about nostalgia for the 70s and 80s, and not much brings back those memories than the 포장마차 (shortened to 포차 or "Pocha"), which is basically a plastic tarp-covered food wagon that vendors used to set up in the streets in the evenings. There're still a few around,...
The Korean Alcohol Chronicles: With Special Consideration for Magkeolli
Nojeok Hill: “Overview of Alcoholic Beverages of Korea” Nojeok Hill: “New” is the “New Old” in Korea Today (includes section on makgeolli) Korea Business Central: What’s Your Favorite Makgeolli? [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://stevenbammel.com/category/archives/kbcforum/topics/what-is-your-favorite] Seongpo-Dong: More Aspartame-Sweetened Magkeolli at Star Mart Seongpo-Dong: Last of the North Korean Liquor for Us Seongpo-Dong: All of These Brands of Makgeolli...
The New Taktail Drinks in Four Flavors
Another name for makgeolli is "tak-joo". So, the combination of "tak-joo" and "cocktail" would be"tak-tail". These new taktail drinks combine fruit juice with makgeolli in these four flavors: banana, grape, Japanese plum and strawberry. Yum…
Empty Jar of Ginseng Liquor
Where did all the ginseng liquor go? (What it looked like full.)
Happy Pepero Day!
The "Pepero" (빼빼로) candy is shaped like the number 1, so every January 1, January 11, November 1 and November 11 is "Pepero Day" in Korea, which is apparently the result of some great marketing by the Lotte company since this snack flies off the shelves on these four days...
I Tried a New Raw Octopus Delicacy Today
Cauvery's basketball team had a tournament today and the families went out together for lunch to a local octopus restaurant. In true Korean fashion, it was men at one table, women at another and kids in the room next door. Because we brought so much business to the restaurant, the...
