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My favorite brand of makgeolli is still Baehyejeong Buja, but it's not the carbonated type. For those who prefer that extra zing on the tongue but want to avoid the aspartame, here's a brand to look for. The red text at the bottom on the second photo below says: "Fresh...
One of the benefits of being a consultant to the Gyeonggi Province of Foreign Invested Companies is that they do nice things for me. Here's the latest in the form of a Chuseok gift:
This is what I was talking about in a recent column in Seoul Magazine about the ridiculously priced Chuseok gifts at the Korean department stores. We really do appreciate the present from my translation colleague, Dong-Hyeok Kim and his wife, and the price makes it all the more meaningful, but...
On our way out to Mr. Toilet House in Suweon a week or so ago, we stopped by Banweol Lake, a nice 15-minute drive from our house outside Ansan. It's not one of the prettiest parks around, seeing as how it's surrounded on all sides now by highways and the...
This is my favorite brand of makgeolli but it's not available in Ansan, except in limited quantities of just one of five flavors at Emart, clear on the other side of the city. But I've got connections… and just got in a shipment of 40 more bottles this week… Note...
I took this video on a recent Saturday evening at Homeplus…. Could this be why Tesco has succeeded in the Korean market while other heavyweights like Wal-Mart and Carrefour left in disgrace? Also, the following is the link to another video I took last year at our local Homeplus… How...
It was so spicy that Myunghee could only make it through two pieces; that left the rest for Treasure and me! The big smile in the top photo was BEFORE Myunghee started eating… The one below shows her after taking a bite.
The city of Chooncheon is famous for "chicken ribs", a tasty dish enjoyed now throughout Korea. But passing through Chooncheon on the way back from Cheorweon, we wanted to visit one of the original restaurants that made the food famous. Unfortunately, we were a little too hungry by the time...
Checking out a new restaurant is always a little risky. But with risk can come reward… and we hit the jackpot yesterday… This hole-in-the-wall place out near the GyeongGi Province offices in Suwon is run by a Chinese-Korean from up near the Tumen river on the northern border of North...
Recipe: Get a big bottle of clear, cheap, relatively tasteless but extremely high alchohol-content liquid at the grocery store and pour it into this purpose-built jar. Add a couple roots of ginseng and let sit for a year. Turns into ginseng-flavored liquor… Good stuff!
