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A Seoul Food Experience (Part II)
By estar | March 9, 2009
With all the snacking, Fen and I were hard pressed to find time to eat more substantial meals – yeah right! Every street we walked down had cafes, restaurants and other eating establishments shouting out to us. We just couldn’t resist!
We visited a 49 year-old shop in Myeongdong after reading a rave review of its Tongdak (Roasted chicken) online.
The review was spot-on. Crispy and juicy…just the way chicken should be.
Yes. I ordered this despite its rather interesting description of “Sea-ear, Seaslug & Clam Porridge.
Fen ordered this traditional Pumpkin Porridge – made from glutinous rice flour and pumpkin. It was mildly sweet and absolutely additive.
And of course we just had to sample the original version of these Korean classics:
From top to bottom: Soondubu Jjigae (Spicy tofu stew), Dolsot Bibimbap (Stone bowl rice and vegetables with spicy bean paste), Samgyetang (Ginseng chicken soup)
What made the biggest impression on me in Seoul however, was not the food, delicious as it was. It was the fact that every food court had one of these – a water dispenser – for all patrons to drink from. What a change from having to buy drinks at exorbitant prices in our local joints!
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