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You Can’t Visit Chuncheon City Without Having Chicken Ribs!

Seongpo-Dong
June 18, 2010

"Chicken Ribs" are a specialty of Chuncheon city, where Treasure had her dance performance a couple weeks ago. Of course, we made sure to have some too before heading back home.

All Of These Brands of Makgeolli Contain Aspartame

Seongpo-Dong
June 17, 2010

I have been on something of a campaign against makgeolli with aspartame. I mean, if it's a traditional Korean drink that's part of the "well-being" craze in Korea these days, should they really be putting toxic chemicals into it? Doesn't make it any worse than Diet Coke, but I'm not...

Ajuma’s Noodle Restaurant Across from Hanyang University

Seongpo-Dong
June 12, 2010

When I first got to Korea, I lived with a family in Ansan for over a year during 1994-1995. I call them "Ajuma" and "Ajossi" and we've stayed very close friends through the years, even as they later moved to locations in Anyang and Seoul. They're back in Ansan now...

GAFIC Trip to Cheonju with Cauvery and About 15 Japanese CEOs of Foreign-Invested Companies in GyeongGi Province

Seongpo-Dong
June 7, 2010

Click here to visit the Jeonju Hanok Village in Google Maps. Visiting Jeonju without having bibimbap is kind of like a trip to Seattle without dropping by Starbucks… View of Jeonju from the top of the nearby hill. Making Korean fans with Korean traditional paper (한지). One of the many...

Day Trip to Northern GyeongGi Province (5 of 10) – Military Base Soup for Lunch

Seongpo-Dong
June 1, 2010

Heading into the outskirts of Paju, this place had a full parking lot and a lunch of military base soup (부대찌게) sounded delicious. I've heard two versions for how this dish got its name: 1. Long back, the first sausages available in Korea were from the canteens of the US...

Last of the North Korean Liquor for Us

Seongpo-Dong
May 26, 2010

At the Unification Observatory on Sunday, we picked up a bottle of wine and a bottle of beer from North Korea. With the news that North Korea is cutting all relations with the South, I guess it'll be awhile before we get more premium North Korean products.