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Continue reading →: The Splendor of Buyeo: Where to travel in South Korea that is not Seoul.I’ll let the pictures do most of the talking at the beginning. Buyeo is a magical site and it’s quite incomparable to other places I’ve been. Gungnamji pond is a manmade pond nearly a thousand and a half years old. The sites are reminiscient of Kyeongju but hold their own…
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Continue reading →: 5 Foods You Can Eat Alone Traveling in South Korea without Mentioning TteokbokkiWe see this question pop up a lot. So many people are familiar with Korean dining and there’s no hiding that many times it is oriented towards group dining. While there are restaurants that focus group dining options towards solo diners, here we’re going to focus on more traditional options…
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Continue reading →: Jeju Pork TonkatsuI eat a good amount of tonkatsu. For that, I am guilty. Maybe once or twice a month, I will indulge. One of the main reasons to eat it, in my opinion, is it is an easy single serving food with a nice variety. I eat a lot of kimchi…
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Continue reading →: Seonji Haejangkuk – The best hangover cure in the world. 선지해장국 ^^Seonji Haejangkuk is one of those polarizing dishes that you can find in Korea. I stand convinced that the less people know what it is, the more they might like it. And people with a strong stomach who search out unique foods are in for a treat. The secret ingredient…
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Continue reading →: Hometown Fare in Seoul’s Seongnae: YukGaeJang 육개장Chuseok was a good reminder of various things. One of them being that I need to post more often. Lucky for me, there has been no shortage of food in the past few months, so I expect I will post a couple entries this week. Of course, I keep visiting…
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Continue reading →: 예산시장 Yesan Market on the Hottest Day of the YearDespite the heat, me and a friend made it over the Yesan market this last weekend. It was the hottest day of the year, I think. I had the spot on my radar for a long time, it did not disappoint. On the verge of melting, we hit the spots…
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Continue reading →: 중앙시장 – Jungang Market – Cheonan’s Hometown MarketI have lost count of how many times I’ve been to Jungang market. It’s certainly on the old side of town and for a lot of people, it’s a bit out of the way. However, if you’re traveling to Cheonan station, it’s right there and an easy stop-in. The food…
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Continue reading →: Quant and Delicious: Cheonan Seongjeong’s 참실이 Bakery천안성정동에서 싼 맛있는 빵집이 가 밨어요. 매우 놀랐어요. 가 봐야 해요! On the edge of Cheonan’s Bongmyeongdong, a quiet place, there is a quaint and unassuming bakery next to Seongjeong market. The bakery packs quite a punch, and I’d recommend it to travelers spending some time in Cheonan. The top…
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Continue reading →: Hanwoo Beef and Bar Food. The high life in Suwon.We went to a nice place this last weekend. It’s the kind of place where you go and pick your meat out from the glass cooler. For the uninitiated English speaker, that means a mighty fine beef product. Now, what we bought wasn’t quite a 1++ 한우 or a high…
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Continue reading →: Walking down memory lane. Bibimkuksu, the soondae house and the old chicken house.I grow from food stock. If it isn’t apparent from the name of my blog, I’m particularly home in a restaurant. Pops was a restaurants guy, from slinging as an off-brand Anthony Bourdain to dealing food for a few counties. This exposed me to a lot of places. And it…
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